Under the Skin this week gives a rare insight into daily life in one of South Africa's 'semi-independent' homelands.
Qwa Qwa is the result of the original vision of classic apartheid: the country's black population was to be relocated.
Maria Morongoe Skosana , despite her own difficult circumstances as a single mother, is a black social worker dealing with the many social and economic problems present in this harsh and barren environment.
She traces the devastating links between low wages and malnutrition, collapsing family structures, and the way traditional values can exacerbate these problems. Editor VASTIANA BELFON