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Giving children a voice for their own well-being

ALMOST 40 years after two life-changing tragedies that took place in Thabitha Mathabatha's young life, the author has penned her debut children's novel, The Brave Little African Girl, that aims to depict how children can also fall into depression.

The book, modelled around her past, takes the reader into the jungles of Africa to meet a young girl, who ventures into the wild where she saves and

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