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Two salaries, one private school and there is still not enough money for food

Tebogo Komane and her husband both work for municipalities but still cut back on groceries and electricity to pay their children's private school fees each month.
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Enoch Lucas has a permit, sends every rand home to Mozambique, and cannot afford the R6,000 taxi fare to leave — but the June 30 deadline has no force in law.
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Hugo Broos says Bafana Bafana will focus on recovery, not training, before facing Canada in the World Cup knockouts.
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