Photo Essay
Cape Flats residents cheer arrival of army
Military deployed on Mandela Day to help quell Cape Town’s gang crime
Photo Essay | 19 July 2019
Township youths build exquisite sculpture
It doesn’t make all the violence stop but it reminds people that there is beauty in the world, says volunteer
Photo Essay | 12 July 2019
Life in Plastic City is hard, but being an immigrant makes it worse
Mozambican immigrants and Xitsonga-speakers say they are discriminated against
Photo Essay | 8 July 2019
No water, no toilets, no electricity in Qandu-qandu
Thousands in Khayelitsha informal settlement hope and wait for basic services
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 1 July 2019
The people of Plastic City cannot even afford zinc shacks
People live in homes built of discarded board and plastic next to a Brakpan dump site
Photo Essay | 27 June 2019
Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds
“The house was shaking and if I slept I knew I would be putting my life in danger”
Photo Essay | 23 June 2019
Hard work and little pay: pushing heavily-laden trolleys while dodging traffic
Competition is stiff between the men who push trolleys for vendors in the Cape Town city centre
Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 21 June 2019
Community clean up turns waste into arts and crafts
Clean My Space initiative in Khayelitsha has ballooned to 180 members
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 7 June 2019
