Every morning, 11-year-old Siboniso puts on his school clothes, packs his school bag, ties his school shoes and leaves home.
But he does not go to school. He sits under a tree near his home in Shongweni, near Pretoria, looking out at the nearby school. He opens his books and pretends to be a part of it.
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