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Councillor Theresa van der Merwe, a first time councillor in Johannesburg, says that having a safe home environment with a supportive husband and children is at the root of her success. “My husband is proud of what I am doing and so are my children, and they all share and encourage me in all events. I think without them all it would have been much harder to cope with and to see the importance of what I do.À
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