3/2/2024 0 Comments Township (in south africa)![]() ![]() There is a Pick n Pay nearby, too, but although the food is fresher at Pick n Pay, Usave is cheaper. The vegetables she bought for today’s dinner come from the local Usave, part of the Shoprite stable. She has her diabetes under control, taking tablets daily – she is not on insulin shots yet – but admits she sometimes does not take the medication in the morning because she does not get around to eating breakfast. ![]() Keeping an eye on her blood sugar, she says. Later, she squeezes a droplet of blood from an invisible puncture on her middle finger, splashing it onto a strip of plastic sticking out like a tongue from a glucose meter. After he dashes out to play in the street, Linah sits down to an ample helping of the savoury pap. Her son, Sibabalo wolfs down the leftovers from a soup kitchen handout, his spoon working through the Tupperware dish of chicken, rice and vegetables. Linah stirs up the stiff porridge while the stars in some or other soapie spar from a corner in her lounge. It bloats up slowly over the two-plate tabletop stove next to the sink in the kitchen corner, with its single tap jutting out from a brass pipe which angles out of the raw plastered wall. You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time.©Eric MillerLinah chops cabbage for the imfino. Please note that you will still see advertising, but it will not be personalised to you. You can choose not to receive personalised ads by clicking “Reject data collection and continue” below. Read more about how we personalise ads in the BBC and our advertising partners. When you consent to data collection on AMP pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK. We use local storage to store your consent preferences on your device. Read more about the essential information we store on your device to make our web pages work. To make our web pages work, we store some limited information on your device without your consent. The lightweight mobile page you have visited has been built using Google AMP technology. You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC pages. ![]()
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