Dozens of female students start the Chrysalis Academy programme outside Cape Town. Launched in 2000, the initiative helps young people escape the ganglands on the city’s toughest streets. The Mother City’s breathtaking nature hides the country’s highest murder rate – 64 deaths per 100,000 people, which is almost double that of Johannesburg.

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