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HOT1027 listeners transform the Frida Hartley Shelter in time for Mandela Day

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Despite an incredibly tight deadline, the HOT1027 team has transformed one of Johannesburg's oldest women's shelters, in time for Mandela Day.

For more than a century, the Frida Hartley Shelter in Yeoville has been helping women and children escape unimaginable hardship— without government funding.

HOT1027's Tara Penny has more from Yeoville...

17 Jul English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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