Photo Essay
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
The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives
Started in 2019, Lifting Dreams is running out of space
By Julia Evans
Photo Essay | 26 April 2021
All in a day’s work for reclaimers in Gauteng
Waste-pickers are responsible for collecting 80 to 90% of used packaging and paper that is recycled in South Africa
By Mosima Rafapa and Julia Evans
Photo Essay | 26 April 2021
The skull of the outlaw hero Koos Sas finally laid to rest
Nearly 100 years after his death, Khoisan leaders ceremonially inter his remains
Photo Essay | 22 April 2021