You South Africa

ONE BAG AT A TIME

IT WILL go down in history as one of the darkest periods in South African history and the country will count the cost of the frenzied looting and large-scale destruction for years to come.

Yet SA is already rising out of the ashes and people are coming together to sweep away the horror and help rebuild a nation.

And while there have been many heroes emerging in the wake of the unrest, one young woman has quietly been making waves, armed with a cellphone in one hand and a black plastic bag in the other.

Emelda Masango (25), from Crown Mines in Johannesburg, is the driving

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