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Tshabalira Lebakeng

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‘Our children’s education is not free’ — Soweto parents battle to pay their kids’ internet costs

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

‘Our children’s education is not free’ — Soweto parents battle to pay their kids’ internet costs

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Young people in Soweto are hustling for themselves rather than waiting for jobs promised by government

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Young people in Soweto are hustling for themselves rather than waiting for jobs promised by government

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Dark cloud of drug abuse hangs over schoolchildren in Soweto

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

The Nyaope Boys — ‘There is one way in; your way out, it’s only when you are dead’

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

The Nyaope Boys — ‘There is one way in; your way out, it’s only when you are dead’

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

The desperate lament of Soweto’s poor and fearful elderly

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

The desperate lament of Soweto’s poor and fearful elderly

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Patients complain that service at Diepkloof clinic 'was better under apartheid’

Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

Patients complain that service at Diepkloof clinic 'was better under apartheid’

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

A township tale: Rubbish, rubbish everywhere and not a bin in sight

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

A township tale: Rubbish, rubbish everywhere and not a bin in sight

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Hope and play – Soweto’s public parks are not safe havens for kids, only criminals

DM168, Maverick News

Hope and play – Soweto’s public parks are not safe havens for kids, only criminals

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Teach us the skills that will give us a second chance in life, say homeless people

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Teach us the skills that will give us a second chance in life, say homeless people

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Darkness in Soweto — waiting for water and power to be restored makes a tough life so much harder

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Darkness in Soweto — waiting for water and power to be restored makes a tough life so much harder

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

Soweto residents in despair after more delays and confusion over Social Relief of Distress grant

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Soweto residents in despair after more delays and confusion over Social Relief of Distress grant

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng

June 16th 2022, and young people in Orlando have nothing to celebrate

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

June 16th 2022, and young people in Orlando have nothing to celebrate

by: Tshabalira Lebakeng