Feature

“People call us before they call the police”: a vigilante group’s quest for legitimacy

Part one of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 22 August 2017

Epileptic, asthmatic and on the streets

All Cassiem Johnson wants is a house

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Feature | 21 August 2017

Herding cattle in urban Gauteng for R1,500 a month

Motorists taunt 23-year-old herdsman

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Feature | 15 August 2017

What is government doing about Cape Town’s water crisis?

There are a number of projects underway, but it’s not yet clear if it’s enough

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Feature | 18 July 2017

Robertson’s dumping ground for farm workers

Councillor threatens GroundUp after we ask questions

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Feature | 10 July 2017

Black Sash and Net1 in war of words

Chaotic event in Ceres highlights problems with social grant system

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Feature | 14 June 2017

Man dies in raid by Red Ants

Accusations of theft and assault against eviction squad in Ivory Park

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Feature | 9 June 2017

Sarah Baartman sculptor speaks out against art censorship

“I was trying to understand my own suffering” says Willie Bester, whose work has been covered up at UCT

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Feature | 5 June 2017

How Nedbank sold a family’s fully paid home for R10

And other stories of bank repossessions

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Feature | 29 May 2017