Articles for Ashraf Hendricks

Video: He was in prison. Now he teaches elderly people how to grow vegetables

Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Video: Africa’s first LGBTQ+ shelter needs help to gear up for winter

The Pride Shelter in Cape Town houses 20 people, who can stay for up to three months

In photos: Huge fire destroys Langa homes

Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

Video: Chantal Sampson used to be homeless. Now she helps other people get off the streets

Cape Town project offers hope for homeless

Video: How a disabled man has brought chess to one of Cape Town’s poorest schools

Sidwell Mayekiso hopes one of his students will one day become a Grandmaster

Video: South Africa’s new poaching problem

Over 1.5 million succulents have been removed from the wild in the past 3 years

Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market

Plant poaching is on the increase, say police

Kalk Bay’s fishers battle to keep their heritage alive

Jacobus Poggenpoel’s family has been fishing for generations but tightening quotas are putting a strain on finances