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For the love of the beautiful game

Banele Africa’s mom drives from home in Cosmo City, drops him off at school in Orange Grove and then heads to her job at Maponya Mall, Soweto. Three days a week, his parents Uber him from Maryvale College, Orange Grove, to his soccer club in Randburg for practice.

On the days in between, mom has to double back

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