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this time that there was economic depression. Her mother who was a domestic worker was
imprisoned in SA for about six months after found brewing illegal beer to help her feed her
family. Miriam joined her mother in prison when she was just 18 years of age. Her mother was
also an herbalist and counsellor in the traditional societies of Zulu, Ndebele, Xhosa and Swazi of
South Africa.