A drought, lasting three long years on a farm, causes Lindiwe Zondi and her family to leave and go in search of a better life. Filled with happy anticipation, wearing a bright-yellow dress and an eager smile, Lindiwe sits with her family on the back of a truck as they head for the big city. There, they believe, they will find work and housing in abundance. Instead they are quickly caught up in the city's brutal underbelly, face poverty, threats from many quarter, endure humiliation and a devastating flood. Lindiwe's soccer-loving brother is cruelly snatched from her and life in a squatter camp at the coast is made almost unbearable by a brutal shebeen queen and her henchmen. Through even the rougest of times there is love, laughter, prayer, singing, friendship, and, above all, hope.