Articles for Masixole Feni
In photos: The long wait for social grants
“I arrived here at 8:30pm on Wednesday, only to be helped the next day.”
Photo Essay | 15 August 2018
Shacks flooded after week of Cape rains
Dam levels are rising and Day Zero in 2019 is unlikely, but for hundreds of thousands of people, the rains bring hardship
Photo Essay | 22 June 2018
Mfuleni land occupiers won’t give up
“Setting up again is a form of resistance” says woman whose shack has been demolished
Photo Essay | 3 April 2018
In photos: The people of Woodstock threatened by gentrification
“If we have to move to Wolwerivier it would be a setback in my life and for all my children”
Photo Essay | 27 July 2017
Jazzing up Langa
Nigerian Trumpeter Joseph Kunnuji joined local musicians at the Guga S’thebe Community Centre
Photo Essay | 13 June 2017
Gale overturns shacks in Mfuleni and Khayelitsha
City’s informal settlement residents battle to stay dry and warm during this week’s storm
Photo Essay | 9 June 2017
Dunoon residents capitalise on thriving rental market
Residents in the overcrowded settlement are building apartments and adding storeys
Photo Essay | 17 May 2017
Meet the people who collect our garbage
Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.
Photo Essay | 25 April 2017
Meet Khayelitsha’s adorable pets
Volunteer facility provides essential medical care to residents’ best friends
Photo Essay | 21 February 2017