Jenny's Hot Takes: Episode 48: "Blinded City" by Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon

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Author Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon says a successful welfare programme run by "Doctors without Borders" in the Joburg inner city showed it IS possible to intervene in the housing crisis in a meaningful way.

His non-fiction book "The Blinded City" is up for this year's Sunday Times Literary Awards in partnership with Exclusive Books.

HOT1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams has more ...
25 Oct 2023 English Explicit South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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