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    YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING

    Feb 05, 2021 4 minutes
    BY MARELIZE GRBICH
    PICTURES: MISHA JORDAAN

    IF ANYONE knows what lockdown feels like, it’s Soozi Dinnie. For the past six years she’s had to forfeit all the things she once took for granted – exercising freely, coming and going as she pleases, seeing her friends and extended family whenever she feels like it.

    Yet she still managed to find things she enjoyed – especially spending time with people in a similar situation, helping them cope, finding ways to bring them comfort and being comforted and fulfilled in return.

    She also lived for her water exercise classes and physiotherapy sessions which brought her relief and relaxation.

    But then the pandemic arrived and everything ground to a halt for the

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