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Durban mom trapped in loan shark cycle to keep job

By Celani Sikhakhane Mbatha works only 10 days a month, earning R250 a day, but most of her salary goes to food for her family of five. She borrows R1,200 monthly from a loan shark just to cover taxi fare from Inanda to Durban so she can keep her job. For Durban domestic worker Babhekile Mbatha, the cost of living has become unbearable. The 38-year-old mother from Inanda Newtown B works only 10 days a month, earning R250 a day. Most of it disa…
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