Photo Essay

Washiela Baeers cleans her 6 month old son Waseem. Baeers has been a resident of Blikkiesdorp for 10 years. She said that it was nice staying in the church because "I can sleep tonight". Baeers didn't

Residents expelled from Blikkiesdorp amidst racial tensions

Over 20 people have sought shelter in the Methodist Church in central Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 11 October 2018

Photo of Maiden's Cove beach

“In Camps Bay there’s lots of space – leave our beaches alone”

Capetonians speak out against development of Maiden’s Cove

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Photo Essay | 25 September 2018

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No progress for the “rainbow nation” without redress, says artist

In Things we lost in the Rainbow, artist Athi-Patra Ruga tries to reclaim the spaces from which he and many others have been historically exiled

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Photo Essay | 21 September 2018

Photo of queue in night at SASSA paypoint

In photos: The long wait for social grants

“I arrived here at 8:30pm on Wednesday, only to be helped the next day.”

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Photo Essay | 15 August 2018

Photo of protesters running from a Nyala in Zwelihle in Hermanus.

In photos: Hermanus protests

Community want charges dropped against arrested leader

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Photo Essay | 16 July 2018

Photo of children playing on a hill just outside Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation area (TRA) found about 25km's from Cape Town’s city centre

Blikkiesdorp residents frustrated by housing delays

City councillor estimates new RDP homes will be completed in two years

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Photo Essay | 29 June 2018

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Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains

Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship

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Photo Essay | 22 June 2018

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IN PHOTOS: Capetonians observe Ramadan

Muslim community end each day’s fast with prayer and delicious food

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Photo Essay | 15 June 2018

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Informal settlements flooded by heavy rains

Residents prepare for more storms

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2018

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M.I.A. brings colour to the Old Biscuit Mill

Riveting performance by rapper and political activist

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Photo Essay | 9 June 2018

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Much needed Cape rain floods homes

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking

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Photo Essay | 27 April 2018

Photo of people waiting for taxis

In photos: The long wait to get home

Commuters wait for hours for taxis as bus strike continues

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Photo Essay | 23 April 2018

Photo of Mahikeng protest

In photos: Mahikeng revolts against unemployment and corruption

Protesters demand removal of Premier Supra Mahumapelo

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Photo Essay | 21 April 2018

Photo of participants playing a game where a ball is passed to the back over their heads. The last person in line then dashes to the finish.

Never too old to compete for gold

Thousands join the Cape Town Games for Older Living

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Photo Essay | 3 April 2018

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Mfuleni land occupiers won’t give up

“Setting up again is a form of resistance” says woman whose shack has been demolished

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Photo Essay | 3 April 2018

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Thousands celebrate the streets of Mitchells Plain

“This is one of the events that I can say brings people together”

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Photo Essay | 26 March 2018