Zimbabwe: Witness - 'Better to Die Than to Live Such a Life'

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At 14, Justine firmly believed that the world was her oyster and the future hers to shape and conquer. She was bright and her mother made enough money as a seamstress to send her to a decent public school in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

"I used to dream about finishing school, finding a job and being independent," the now 38-year-old told me. "I would buy a car or a house and do anything I wanted to do." But shortly after her 14th birthday, her mother died of meningitis, and life as she knew it came to an end.

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