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‘Just look to your side, you might find what or who you’re looking for’

“It is honestly very difficult to wake up every single day not knowing what will happen today."

POLOKWANE – Most people who drive in Webster Street everyday probably wonder why there are so many people sitting on the side of the road.

Finding a job nowadays is a very hard thing to do and even though most of us have education backgrounds and qualifications, it is still very difficult to find one.

We spoke to one of the women, alongside many others, to find out exactly why they hang around Webster Street on a daily basis.

Linda Sekwaba, a Polokwane resident says she wakes up every single morning and stands in Webster street, hoping that a good samaritan will stop and offer her any type of job.

“It is honestly very difficult to wake up every single day not knowing what will happen today, because I have children to take care of and without any means of profit, it is very difficult and painful at times to go through this,” Linda said.

“When anyone is driving to work or to home every day, they must just sometimes look to their sides, they might just find what or who they’re looking for,” she said.

Linda says that having faith gets through her day and going back every day is one step closer to employment.

anne@nmgroup.co.za

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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