Prince Ikenna came to South Africa from Nigeria in 2010 and has set up a successful salon and cosmetics business.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 July 2012
Many drivers get irritated with the youths who, without asking for permission first, wash their windscreens at traffic lights.
Nokubonga Yawa
News | 25 July 2012
Admire Siya is just 25-years old and from Zimbabwe. He has set up an IT shop in his home in Gardens.
Veronica Washaya
News | 25 July 2012
Tinashe Nhidza is a 35-year-old Zimbabwean taxi cab driver operating in Cape Town.
Veronica Washaya
News | 25 July 2012
Cameroon-born Desmond Chia is a stall owner at the Parow flea market. The harsh weather Cape Town has recently seen makes it hard for him to run his business.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 25 July 2012
Makazi’s take away is a busy shack that constantly has a line of customers waiting outside to be served their vetkoek (fat cakes).
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 25 July 2012
Nonyameko Sowazi, also affectionately known to her customers as “Madlamini,” runs a “binnegoed” stand at the bottom of the Nonqubela station in Khayelitsha.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 25 July 2012
Nkululeko Tuntubele is the owner of Corner Lounge, a cosy bar-lounge in the hub of Gugulethu at NY 138. Officially opened this year on 31 March, the lounge is a container previously used as a hair salon.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 25 July 2012
Hope springs eternal in the human breast. So wrote the much-quoted 18th Century English poet, Alexander Pope. And, although this has all too often described the
futility of chasing after rainbows and never finding a promised pot of gold, hope continues to sustain millions of people in situations that, to the more fortunate, might seem hopeless.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 25 July 2012
What do a fireman, an employee at a towel factory and a coffee barista have in common? They all make up the Department of Coffee (DOC), a new intimate coffee shop in Khayelitsha.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 19 July 2012
Delft residents are left in the cold this winter as the recent bad weather is causing their houses to fall apart.
Janine Fortuin
News | 19 July 2012
South African activists are campaigning to get a multinational pharmaceutical company, Novartis, to drop a court case against the Indian government.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
News | 18 July 2012
The brother of a Zimbabwean woman who was murdered last week is accusing her ex-boyfriend in a case that highlights violence against women.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 July 2012
On Monday, a group of unemployed school-leavers gathered in Athlone for GROW Academy. This is an initiative by organisations in Cape Town to give people basic information technology skills through a five day training programme called a boot camp.
Veronica Washaya
News | 18 July 2012
The Grahamstown Arts Festival is world famous for its many plays and music performances. But there's a lesser known alternative festival which takes place along side it, called the Rhini Festival of Resistance.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 18 July 2012
The Constitutional Literacy and Service Initiative (CLASI) ran a camp for learners from different schools about the Constitution at the District 6 Museum from 2 to 4 July.
Nokubonga Yawa
Brief | 18 July 2012
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