Soup Kitchen: Meet Zimasa

My name is Zimasa. I was born in the Eastern Cape, in a small town named Barkly East and grew up in a small township in Pretoria as the child of a devoted housewife. My mother filled our home with…

My name is Zimasa. I was born in the Eastern Cape, in a small town named Barkly East and grew up in a small township in Pretoria as the child of a devoted housewife. My mother filled our home with…

My journey is rooted in the vibrant yet challenging environment of Olievenhoutbosch, South Africa, where I moved with my mom and younger brother in 1996. At first, we lived in shacks in a section called Camp 1, but in 2001,…

My name is Thuso Pejane from Rockville (Soweto), south of Johannesburg. A place where having enough to eat was never a guarantee. I was raised by a single mother who was a domestic worker. I knew that education was the…