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World Service,15 Sep 1983,27 mins

Blow for Transkei women

Network Africa

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In the Transkei a blow to divorced women whose husbands are forced to work in South Africa. The ex partners of men earning a living away from the family home are no longer eligible for benefits, in what many see as a backwards step. Also, in Nigeria a row between the state and federal governments, and a new bookshop at the Commonwealth Insitute. Presenter: Jay Eden.

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