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Outlook: Trusting my pastor led me to death row

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Nokwazi Memela (credit: BBC/Mpho Lakaje)

05/03/2019 GMT

Trusting my pastor led me to death row

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Nokwazi Memela was tricked into becoming a drugs mule

Nokwazi Memela left South Africa for a job importing rugs from Iran. Little did she know she had been tricked into becoming a drug mule.

When Nokwazi Memela's pastor told her about a job importing carpets from Iran she was excited about earning money to support her children. Little did she know she had been tricked into becoming a drug mule.

In the week of International Women's Day we celebrate some of the many incredible women who've shared their stories with Outlook. 

And we hear from the hugely successful British bookseller, Tim Waterstone, whose own love affair with books helped him escape a difficult childhood. 

Image: Nokwazi Memela
Credit: BBC/Mpho Lakaje

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