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Thierry Abolon Madiatu fled the conflict in the Democratic Republic of a Congo (DRC) in 1998 and arrived in South Africa as a refugee. Despite the challenge of asylum in a foreign country, he has managed to build a business: starting out as a fruit vendor
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