For the girls in Nkandla, the future is for, the most part, bleak and hopeless. They live in poverty, with limited or no access to electricity and water and are oppressed by cultural norms. Many are in arranged marriages and are passed from one poor household to another. A girl’s value can be calculated at an estimated 11 cattle in lobola.

Their lives are a direct contradiction to the lavish lifestyle that President Zuma and his family enjoy in his nearby homestead. The property that received a R246-million upgrade (or R206-million, according to police commissioner Nathi Nhleko), and is complete with a fire pool, helipad, steam rooms, fireplaces and chandeliers.