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  • Shacks built against an old railway line in Siyahlala informal settlement in Langa Cape Town. - Tariro Washinyira
  • Long-buried houses revealed after diggers clear a site for housing in District 6 in Cape Town, South Africa. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Volunteers under the name Muddy Pooches feed and assist 250 pets from informal settlements every Saturday in Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Cows graze among the dirty nappies in a dumpsite in Uitenhage. - Thamsanqa Mbovane
  • Police disperse demonstrators during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in the hospitality and tourism industry outside Parliament in Cape Town. - Ashraf Hendricks

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No Confidence Vote
No Confidence Vote
DA leader Mmusi Maimane delivers a speech before the vote of no confidence against president Jacob Zuma outside Parliament in Cape Town. Thousands marched and several opposition parties came together, calling on parliamentarians to vote Zuma out.
8 August 2017
Anti-Gang Unit launch in Hanover Park
Anti-Gang Unit launch in Hanover Park
Security is seen during a walk around by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in Hanover Park for the launch of the Anti-Gang Unit. The aim of the unit is to fight organised crime and drug distribution in the cape flats.
2 November 2018
Parkwood residents occupy land
Parkwood residents occupy land
Residents in Parkwood occupy a piece of land along Prince George Drive.
22 May 2018
Army Deployed Quell Gang Violence
Army Deployed Quell Gang Violence
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is deployed to assist the police to quell gang violence on the Cape flats in Cape Town, South Africa. Since November 2018, over 2,300 people have been murdered in the Western Cape.
18 July 2019
Robert Mugabe resigns
Robert Mugabe resigns
Morgan Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change during celebrations in Harare, Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe resigned.
21 November 2017
Refugees Evicted From Church
Refugees Evicted From Church
Police evict refugees from the Central Methodist Mission Church on Greenmarket Square after a five-month long occupation.
2 April 2020
Hundreds dead and missing after Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe.
Hundreds dead and missing after Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe.
Arrows point to where sniffer dogs picked up the scent of possible dead bodies. On 15 March, Cyclone Idai slammed into the Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe killing hundreds and leaving many more displaced.
15 April 2019
Voelvlei Dam
Voelvlei Dam
Voelvlei Dam during a severe drought in the Western Cape.
18 May 2017

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