Lifting the poor out of despair
LINDA Mbatha rubs his eyes with his knuckles. “It’s been rough,” he says, speaking about the rigours of lock-down in Alexandra township – literally within sight of Sandton City and the richest square mile in Africa.
It’s 10.30 on a Tuesday morning. He’s sitting in what used to be his part of the family homestead in the Far East Bank Extension of the sprawling township – a detached dwelling with a kitchen, lounge, bedroom and bathroom. He moved out several months ago to make way for the 10 girls from the community who had nowhere else to go.
