Rural South Africa

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Black grannies provide unpaid childcare subsidizing South African employers

Dr Jamela Basani Hoveni argues that elderly Black women in rural South Africa perform unpaid childcare, effectively subsidizing state and private employers through social grants. Drawing from experiences in Mafarana, Limpopo, she highlights the burden on these grandmothers amid high child poverty rates.

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