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Shana pleads with the police not to take her daughter Maxine away. Scott, Maxine's father, holds her. Shana loses the argument, and Maxine is taken away to live with Shana's sister. The police arrived with the family's social worker after one of…

Scott and Shana smoke 'tik,' methamphetamine in their shanty. (These are not their real names and their location has been withheld to protect them.)

Fela Cook, 33, wrestles with a camp dog at the Sonskynhoekie (Sunshine) Care Centre, a non-profit shelter north of Pretoria. While she is now on state-provided medication, her mental illness was so severe that she used to cut herself on her forearm…

Michael Bester, 46, watches planes flying out of Cape Town International Airport while sitting in front of his 'zozo hut,' a sort of rough-hewn wooden shed usually used for storage in South Africa. Bester lives with his wife Kathy, 48, left, and…

Maxine goes 'swimming' on a hot South African day. Her mother, Shana, is at left. The child on the bike also lives in the squatter camp. Maxine is later taken away by social services to go live with her aunt. (These are not their real names and the…

Shana comforts her daughter Maxine in their shanty. Shana is addicted to 'tik,' South African slang for methamphetamine. Maxine is later taken away by social services to go live with her aunt. (These are not their real names and the location is…

A young boy plays in a caravan that makes up part of a predominently white squatter camp in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town.