Boot camp offers exit from Cape Town's ganglands
A troop of 160 young women in cobalt blue uniforms and sand-colored bucket hats marched across a vast courtyard in lockstep. Two more faced the group to give military-style salutes, say prayers and hoist the South African national flag into the air. What looked like mandatory military service was a sought-after program that takes young people from Cape Town’s toughest streets and sets them on a path to employment. “I felt that my life had no direction, but since the moment I got here, got to experience everything that’s happening, a lot has changed,” said Siphokuhle Kapa, 23, a student...
Source: taipeitimes.com
