Photo Essay
Joburg landfill closure threatens 140 livelihoods
Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump
Photo Essay | 17 September 2025
Municipalities are ruining Hartbeespoort Dam
Pollution and sewage are harming the aquatic environment
Photo Essay | 26 August 2025
World-famous Soweto music school faces funding crisis
“We’ve survived under so many difficult circumstances but we’ve never been in the situation that we are in now”
Photo Essay | 21 August 2025
In photos: Rare birds at the Joburg Zoo
The zoo is involved in various conservation projects
Photo Essay | 6 August 2025
South Africa’s first blind soccer league kicks off in Joburg
Coach wants to take a team to the Paralympics one day
Photo Essay | 30 July 2025
Soweto hiking trail reveals township’s hidden treasures
Resident Masike Lebele has created a unique tourist experience with trails through wetlands, streams and mine dumps
Photo Essay | 8 July 2025
In photos: The fossil hunters of the Sterkfontein Caves
There is growing recognition of the work they have done
Photo Essay | 30 June 2025
In photos: Hundreds of homes flooded in Saldanha Bay
Municipality and Gift of the Givers offer warm meals and clothing to victims
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 27 June 2025
Belal Khaled’s photographs bring the horror of life in Gaza to Johannesburg
Haunting images of the war through the lens of Palestinian photojournalist
Photo Essay | 25 June 2025