Articles for Ihsaan Haffejee

Municipalities are ruining Hartbeespoort Dam

Pollution and sewage are harming the aquatic environment

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Photo Essay | 26 August 2025

World-famous Soweto music school faces funding crisis

Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble may not survive past February next year

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Photo Essay | 21 August 2025

South African journalists condemn murder of colleagues in Gaza

Israel has killed 184 Palestinian journalists since 7 October 2023. 26 are believed to have been deliberately targeted.

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Brief | 15 August 2025

College tries to evict 27 families to make way for students

At a protest Ekurhuleni West students demanded the eviction of the families in “24 hours”

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News | 13 August 2025

In photos: Rare birds at the Joburg Zoo

The zoo is involved in various conservation projects

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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

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Photo Essay | 30 July 2025

Protesters call for scrapping changes to labour laws

Labour department says amendments are necessary to counter growing unemployment

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Brief | 22 July 2025

Soweto gallery brings photographic art to the people

Photography is not just for the elite, says Gopolang Ledwaba

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News | 17 July 2025

Biologist turns real-life African scientists into superheroes

Justin Yarrow and his team have created a series of cartoons they hope will inspire the next generation of scientists

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News | 14 July 2025

Hundreds of people face eviction from abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village

Families, among them former mine workers, occupied houses in Waterpan Village seven years ago. The company wants them out.

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News | 14 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

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Photo Essay | 8 July 2025

In photos: The fossil hunters of the Sterkfontein Caves

There is growing recognition of the work they have done

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Photo Essay | 30 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

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Photo Essay | 25 June 2025

A taste of Somalia on the streets of Joburg

We visited a Somali-owned coffee shop in Mayfair which serves qaxwo and other Somali treats

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News | 24 June 2025

Proteas arrive home victorious

The South African cricket team won the World Test Championship in London last week

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Photo Essay | 18 June 2025

New play challenges xenophobia

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June

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News | 31 May 2025