ONE BAG AT A TIME
Jul 30, 2021
4 minutes
BY ROBYN LUCAS
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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