Beauty Qamata, 72, lost her legs to diabetes three years ago. She spends her days immobile, alone in her shack near Mdantsane, with no running water, no electricity and no toilet.
The former domestic worker sits on her bed in her shack in Bacawa informal settlement. Inside the shack, there is a bed, a cupboard, a wardrobe and a little bedside table. There is no fridge because there is no electricity. To cook, she uses a small paraffin stove placed on a chair near her bed.
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