Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers to find her in Johannesburg.

Because he is responsible for keeping his pregnant mother and brothers and sisters from starving, young Adam travels daily from his small black South African township to sell newspapers in the city, until marauding bands of thugs make this work dangerous and force him to a difficult decision.