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A hard life out on the streets

A half-full bag of rice on a dusty floor next to a grimy pot behind a rickety old bed is the only item remaining from a government-sponsored food parcel received almost two months ago by Odirile Chose.

His hope of finding something to cook to have with the rice depends on whether he gets the R350 special Covid-19 social relief of distress grant which, he said, would go a long way to ensure that he does not go to bed on an empty stomach. But it

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