FOR the past 13 years she’s been a stressed-out mom with two kids and not enough money to make it to the end of the month, she says.
At one point, Amber Jacobs* was struggling so much that friends had to pay for her children’s bus fare to school for six months.
She never imagined she’d find herself in such dire straits, especially because her ex-husband, Roger Beukes*, was a wealthy businessman.
After their divorce in 2010, Roger was ordered to pay R20 000 maintenance a month for their two children but out of the blue he started paying less and he removed them from his medical aid without warning.
Amber took her ex to court for failing to pay the
