Photo Essay

Protesters in Tshwane call on Egypt to let aid into Gaza

Food aid and medical supplies are currently blocked by Israel

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Photo Essay | 29 April 2025

In photos: Wildfire scorches Cape Town’s Silvermine reserve

An injured firefighter has been hospitalised and about 198 homes have been evacuated

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Photo Essay | 28 April 2025

Bid to save polluted Joburg river

Activists, scientists and artists come together to clear waste from the Jukskei River in Alexandra

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Photo Essay | 24 April 2025

Play commemorates 10th anniversary of Rhodes Must Fall movement

A reimagined version of the popular 2016 “The Fall” play is being staged at Joburg’s The Market Theatre until 4 May

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Photo Essay | 14 April 2025

Flood warnings as water pours from Vaal Dam

Residents in low lying areas urged to move

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Photo Essay | 10 April 2025

West Coast surfers go for gold in Para Surfing Championships

A team from Extreme Abilities in Saldanha Bay will compete in Durban

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Photo Essay | 3 April 2025

Disabled man’s bucket urinal system keeps Joburg streets clean

Thabo Khumalo makes R70 a day renting out his buckets to passers-by

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Photo Essay | 28 March 2025

Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”

Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

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Photo Essay | 21 March 2025

Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

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Photo Essay | 20 March 2025

Arts festival transforms the streets of Mpumalanga town

The My Body My Space festival celebrates ten years of free access to the arts

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Photo Essay | 17 March 2025

Seven friends plan cycle trip from Soweto to Kimberley to raise money for libraries

Cyclists plan to cover 600km to raise R100,000 for two local school libraries

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Photo Essay | 13 March 2025

People living in abandoned Cape Town building face eviction

About 30 people have been living in 104 Darling Street for more than two decades

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Photo Essay | 10 March 2025

Boxing academy in Mitchells Plain home hopes to train champions

More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth

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Photo Essay | 3 March 2025

#JusticeforMuhsin: Gay Imam remembered at Cape Town Pride

Pride parade celebrates queerness, love and inclusion

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Photo Essay | 1 March 2025

New Cape Town crèche is being built from tyres

Goal50 in Heideveld will be made from 5,000 tyres and other recycled waste

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2025