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Makhosonke Gumede, 38, was sleeping outside until tents were put up at the shelter behind Wembley Stadium in Johannesburg.Image: Madelene Cronjé / New Frame
DRUG ADDICTION

The forgotten people of Joburg’s Wembley Stadium

After running away from home 10 years ago, Lerato Mapena, 27, dreams of getting off drugs and moving back to her family in Soweto. For the past four years, Mapena has been living in squalid conditions at Wembley Stadium along with dozens…

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