Articles for Ashraf Hendricks
Township youths build exquisite sculpture
It doesn’t make all the violence stop but it reminds people that there is beauty in the world, says volunteer
Photo Essay | 12 July 2019
I’m fighting for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren, says Hanover Park pensioner
Residents block off suburb to protest against gang violence
News | 3 July 2019
PRASA executive fired after internal probe
Company secretary dismissed; chief strategy officer suspended
Brief | 2 July 2019
Immigrant food couriers risk death on South African roads
“When it rains, it’s trouble. Guys are falling all the time.”
Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 2 July 2019
Transport minister dreams of bullet trains … but commuters want Metrorail to work now
Civil society and commuter groups tell Fikile Mbalula their demands
News | 26 June 2019
Minister abandons commuters on train
After severe delays on Metrorail, transport minister Fikile Mbalula went back to his sirens and “blue light brigade”
News | 25 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019
South African youth take to the streets over climate change
Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town
By Zoë Postman and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 14 June 2019
Activists camp outside SAPS to demand more police in poor areas
Protest follows shooting of six officers and the death of mentally disabled man who had been in police custody
News | 13 June 2019