You're a gran (your latest a couple of months old) so at night you go out to feed children who don't have, you panic about running out of food, it's about to start raining again, and...
I don't know how she does it
#Heartbreak
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They're remarkably tough and surprisingly fragile, housing- insecure people, and you always come across yourself...
#GivingAndReceiving
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#TheNetworkOfCare
Times the name-calling is the worst. 'I knew my mother and father wouldn't forget about me', she says
#WhenYouDoWhatYouCan
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#TheNetworkOfCare
The awkward moments are when you comment on or complain about the cold, if you follow my drift
#PrivilegeReminders
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#TheSoliPhilanderFoundation
#TheNetworkOfCare
Cape Town has once again been awarded the accolade 'one of the most beautiful cities in the world'. Martha lost her number-plate
#DistrictSixMatters
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#TheNetworkOfCare
Cape Town, without argument, is the jewel of the best-run province in the country
#HollowVictories
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#TheNetworkOfCare
And developing Woodstock has been nothing if not impactful
#Gentrification
#WoodstockMatters
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#TheNetworkOfCare
I'm from Elsies.
Elsies, District Six
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