The invisible line between wealth and poverty for South Africa’s youth.
and I am 23 years old, talkative, ambitious, tenacious and currently juggling five jobs. I am also an Alexandrian and simply put, I need to get out of here.
Compared to the majority of Alex’s young people, 70% of whom are unemployed, why has my life turned out so differently? Maybe because my gran was lucky enough to place my mom in a “white school” and I followed suit, or was it because my family didn’t see themselves as “us and them” but rather just people contributing to society? Perhaps this gave them a certain air of confidence, a particular drive to both set and reach their goals.
Ok, unmistakably, it must be the river that separates “Alex 1” and “Alex 2” . Could it be that whichever side you live on ultimately determines your fate? My gran and mom lived in “Alex 1” originally, and moved to “Alex 2” during the 1980s. Unfortunately, what I’ve come to notice is that the differences between the two locations aren’t that apparent anymore.
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