South Africa, Fifteen Years On

A man lies unconscious on the floor of a bar in downtown Mthatha,
one of the main towns of the Transkei
Benedicte Kurzen / VII Mentor for TIME

Pool of Despair
A man lies unconscious on the floor of a bar in downtown Mthatha, one of the main towns of the Transkei. In Mthatha, mass unemployment and pervasive poverty walk hand in hand with extraordinarily high alcohol and sex abuse.

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