“The Sowetan talks to two women on their trials and tribulations of having their husbands in prison ”
Faithfully waiting for their jailed men’s return
Sowetan
6 November 2013
Can a marriage survive a lengthy prison sentence? What keeps a wife faithful to a husband who is doing time in prison?
Two women - who asked to remain anonymous because they have underage children - share their stories with Sowetan on why they are patiently waiting for their men to return home.
Yolandi*, a mother of two, says she has no choice but to wait for her man because she thinks no other man would want her now.
She is HIV-positive and has cancer. Yolandi, whose children are aged 11 and 14, says her life was turned upside down when her husband was fired from his job as a flight attendant because he was found with drugs...read the full article
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