Monem's Africa News

Stacke, Sarah. "Two Sisters Different Lives in Post-apartheid Manenberg, South
     Africa." The Washington Post, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2017,
     www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/10/09/manenberg/
     ?utm_term=.27c6c6e30061. Accessed 6 Nov. 2017.

This article is about two sisters living in a Suburb of Cape Town surviving through post-apartheid South Africa. They live in the town of Manenberg, which is shown by South African media to be a hub for crime and gang violence. The end of the Apartheid regime hasn't brought any fruits to the town of Manenberg. The older of the two sisters, Naomi, 31, lived on the streets of an affluent Cape Town neighborhood to escape the predictability of her home in Manenberg. This is where the author first met her. She has spent time experimenting with drugs, alcohol, and sex while living on the streets. Naomi introduced the author to the rest of her family. The younger sister, Debby, 28, is a single mother of three. She unlike her sister, has a job and works 50 hours a week to support her family. She works at a restaurant about an hour away from their home in Manenberg and when she isn't home, her mother looks after her kids until she returns. The story of these two sisters ties to our learning of Apartheid in South Africa. South Africa had been free of Apartheid for nearly 25 years, and their town is just as crime ridden and unsafe as it was before the fall of Apartheid. This article builds on the historical context we learned about with the fall of apartheid and also shows how corruption in South Africa's democracy is hindering change in taking down crime in cities like Manenberg.