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Places of worship are open, but mostly empty

Places of worship are open, but mostly empty

NATION NYOKA PASTOR Tito Mhlongo*, 76, feels around his bedside table, picks up his tattered Bible and opens up a page in the book of Ezekiel. He counts five new R100 notes, before putting the Bible down and clutching the notes close to his chest.  “I couldn’t sleep, but God heard my prayer. I was wondering how we were going to survive next month and dreading going to the pay point to collect my money,” he says, explaining that his granddaughter gave him the money when he least expected it.  Adjusting the sunglasses he is wearing indoors, Mhlongo says he…
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