Riaan Arendse near Eerste River train station. (Tammy Petersen and Sharlene Rood)
Tammy
Petersen returns to her home town of Eerste River and finds a community
grappling with the realities of unemployment and crime, but she also finds
residents who still hope for a better future.
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