Articles for Christopher Clark

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“People feel betrayed”: small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade

Part two in a series on the Pondoland dagga growers

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Feature | 14 October 2019

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Legalisation is killing our market, say small-scale dagga growers

Part one in a two-part series on the Pondoland dagga growers

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Feature | 4 October 2019

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JHB waste pickers face routine harassment

“A lot of people don’t appreciate what we are doing for them”

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Feature | 12 March 2019

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Immigrants targeted in Alexandra housing battle

Vigilantes accused of throwing families out of RDP housing

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Feature | 21 February 2019

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Border War veterans fall through the cracks of reconciliation

“32 Battalion raped our women. They killed our brothers and sisters. It’s painful living with the legacy of their oppression.”

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Feature | 19 November 2018

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32 Battalion veterans left in limbo in forgotten military town

Pomfret is in decline and its 3,000 Portuguese speaking residents face an uncertain future

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Feature | 14 November 2018

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Why is there so much conflict between Abahlali and the state?

Scarcity of houses is just one part of a problem that has its roots in the province’s 1990s violence

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Analysis | 20 September 2018

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No justice for assassinated Abahlali activists

Investigating officer claimed no knowledge of S’fiso Ngcobo’s case, hung up the phone, and blocked our number

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Feature | 12 September 2018

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We will not be intimidated, says Abahlali leader

Activists defy persistent threats in KZN

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Feature | 5 September 2018

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Only one conviction out of 85 in murder hotspot

Part three of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-Natal

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Feature | 29 March 2018

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Inside the ANC’s KZN war

Part two of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-Natal

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Feature | 22 March 2018

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Women of Glebelands hostel devastated by violence

Part one of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-Natal

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Feature | 19 March 2018

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Developers accused of “capturing” Sea Point ratepayers association

“A committee representing property interests is responsible for vetting their own development applications”

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News | 15 February 2018

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The forgotten mining town where rape is “normal”

Women and children bear the brunt of lawlessness at Durban Deep

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Feature | 16 January 2018

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Murder and corruption in the mining town the world forgot

Gold buyers in expensive cars extort rock-bottom prices from Durban Deep’s zama zamas, while the police look on

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Feature | 11 January 2018

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“Drugs is a fight that we will never win”

Part three of our series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 29 August 2017