LISTEN: A brain tumor could not hold this single mom back

Inspired and curious about this mom, Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp just had to find out more about her incredible story.  

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When a devastating event turns your life upside down it is how you embrace the change that defines you. A single mom of two from Matroosfontein on the Cape Flats, Rene Smith's faith was tested when she discovered she had a brain tumor. 

This is her incredible story from the shocking diagnosis to a long recovery from brain surgery, listen:

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