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Mamelodi is a vibrant township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Like many urban communities across the region, life here moves with an energetic rhythm. But beneath the surface, a critical life source has begun to falter.
Khuthala dreams of building a Just Transition Centre, a place where people can gather to share ideas, learn new skills, and find solutions for a fair and sustainable future. It will be a home for knowledge, creativity, and community spirit a place where women, youth, and everyone who wants to help can join hands to imagine a better tomorrow.
In January 2026, heavy floods swept through Mpumalanga and Limpopo causing 38 fatalities, damage to thousands of homes and causing more than R4-billion in infrastructural damage across the two provinces. This story captures the lived experience of Lindiwe, two months post the flooding and highlights the intersectional burdens of care work, poor service delivery and climate pressure, revealing how climate disasters amplify existing systemic inequalities.
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