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Brenda Moholi regrets buying a house in Soweto. Her daily taxi commute is long, expensive and cuts into her time and salary.

For over 20 years, Lindiwe Ntuli has caught the same Putco bus from Soweto to Woodmead, sacrificing family time to keep her job.

Every morning, Lungile Mafu wakes up at 3:30am to catch a packed train from Soweto, just to keep his job.

A young Eastern Cape graduate turned his small student allowance from NSFAS into a growing farming empire that's creating jobs in his community.

Lungisani Mbutuma explains how he used NSFAS money to build a home.

A student used his accommodation and transport allowances to build himself a two-roomed home.