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Single parents are everywhere in SA, yet community prejudice persists

Single parents are everywhere in SA, yet community prejudice persists
Street Talk panellists discuss the difficulties of being a single parent and the impact it can have on child development in the absence of support systems.

Single parents face extra hardships and often make multiple sacrifices to ensure the wellbeing of their children, yet they face ongoing discrimination, prejudice and not always a lot of gratitude. 'Being raised by a single parent, you get to learn that when you love someone you have to make sacrifices to be there for them.'

Single parents in South Africa brave a myriad challenges, including friction within family relationships and discrimination from the communities within which they live.

This film was produced by Street Talk.

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