Photo Essay
Immigrants tough it out in Joburg’s “dark buildings”
They face police raids, evictions, extortion and crime
Photo Essay | 5 November 2021
Immigrant children use art to show how prejudice hurts
“I have never been to the DRC. I speak Sesotho fluently and a bit of Afrikaans but I am treated very differently by my peers.”
Photo Essay | 29 October 2021
Teaching tomorrow’s ballet stars in Gugulethu
The Move for Two dance school has classes three times a week in a classroom at Bonga Primary school
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 24 August 2021
Part of informal settlement under water for a week
Khayelitsha residents say they need help to clear the water
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 19 July 2021
Kraaifontein shack dwellers flooded out of their homes
City says most flooded areas “are situated on land that is not suitable for habitation”
Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 1 July 2021
Siqalo residents brave the Cape floods again
Home to about 2,000 people, the informal settlement experiences flooding almost every winter
Photo Essay | 30 June 2021
Youth Day sailing programme teaches more than just sailing
Young people from Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg get out on the water
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 16 June 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay residents blame years of neglected leaks for dry dams
Kouga dam predicted to run dry in July. Other dams to follow soon after
Photo Essay | 3 May 2021
Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana
The informal settlement is home to about 6,000 people
Photo Essay | 30 April 2021