For Thelma Nkenene, packing her bags in Langa, Cape Town, in preparation for journeying to the Eastern Cape isn’t just a matter of looking forward to a well-earned rest at the end of a year of hard work. The three weeks she spends each December in her home village near Makhanda is the only time this 33-year-old mother of three gets to see two of her children.
Thelma, like many South African women, works full time to support her family, sending money to her mother every month to feed, clothe and educate her older children.
Her 18-month-old baby is currently cared for
