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Informal settlements flooded by heavy rains

Residents prepare for more storms

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2018

Photo of M.I.A.

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

Photo of Nosunset Tshemese

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

Photo of two women

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

Photo of man breakdancing

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

Photo of resident cycling in Nkaneng

Marikana workers live in dire conditions three years after Farlam report

Only about one in five Lonmin employees stay in decent housing

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Photo Essay | 20 March 2018

Michael Helsie works on a wooden sculpture of a cheetah

Homeless artist carves out a living

Michael Helsie makes wooden sculptures of animals

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Photo Essay | 2 February 2018

Photo of woman collecting water from standpipe

It’s already Day Zero in Siyahlala

Living with 20 litres of water a day

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Photo Essay | 26 January 2018

Photo of EFF protesters

In photos: Protests and violence at Afrikaans high school

Dispute over language admission policy boils over

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Photo Essay | 17 January 2018

I learner trips over his foot on the first day of school

“Walking bus” volunteers help Nyanga learners get safely to school

Parents volunteer to make sure learners are not robbed

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Photo Essay | 17 January 2018

Photo of people swimming in Sea Point Pavilion

In photos: Cape Town’s favourite public space

Thousands visit Sea Point pool, one of the few municipal pools operating during the drought

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Photo Essay | 8 January 2018

Photo of Hangberg resident throwing petrol bomb

News that mattered: 2017 in photos

Drought, protests, anger over the social grants payment system, and the collapse of Metrorail marked this year.

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Photo Essay | 18 December 2017

Photo of protest

Robert Mugabe resigns

Celebration in the streets of Harare

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Photo Essay | 21 November 2017