A deadly search for discarded dairy products exposes the brutal reality of South Africa's rural racial tensions

The August heat was oppressive in Limpopo's Sebayeng district when Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, set out on what should have been a routine scavenging mission. Word had spread through their impoverished community that a Clover dairy truck had dumped expired products at a local pig farm—food that would otherwise rot, but could sustain families living on the margins.