Twenty-five years after the end of apartheid, black women in South Africa are looking for their chance in society. Jabulile Ndaba was one of many who had no education and little chance of ever changing that. The documentary "The Growing Thing" portraits Jabulile Ndaba who was hardy 11 years old when she left school. The South African is now a tall, strong woman with a strong sense of humor that rarely fails her - even though she has to look after a family of ten. Her life seemed to be a dead end. Her husband was drinking away his pay and her son had dropped out of school - Jabulile found out he had started using Nyaope, a highly addictive street drug. Also known as Whooga, it’s a mixture of rat poison, prescription drugs and heroin that destroys the lives of unemployed youths in the townships. Jabulile decided to do whatever it took to help him stop. Her chance came with Kopanang, a women's project founded by Sheila Flynn, a Dominican sister from Ireland. The project aims to enable women to earn money from sewing and embroidering. But for Jabulile it was also an opportunity to learn management and office skills. Yet when Sister Sheila announces that she’s moving to Australia, Jabulile and her colleagues are expected to take over the running of the project themselves. Are they up to the challenge?
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