Articles for Ashraf Hendricks

Jobseekers queue in hope of short-term contracts

City of Cape Town’s Expanded Public Works Programme registration drive draws a crowd

Video: He was in prison. Now he teaches elderly people how to grow vegetables

Thirty-three year old Ludwe Qamata teaches vegetable gardening to older people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Video: Africa’s first LGBTQ+ shelter needs help to gear up for winter

The Pride Shelter in Cape Town houses 20 people, who can stay for up to three months

In photos: Huge fire destroys Langa homes

Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

Video: Chantal Sampson used to be homeless. Now she helps other people get off the streets

Cape Town project offers hope for homeless

Video: How a disabled man has brought chess to one of Cape Town’s poorest schools

Sidwell Mayekiso hopes one of his students will one day become a Grandmaster

Video: South Africa’s new poaching problem

Over 1.5 million succulents have been removed from the wild in the past 3 years

Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market

Plant poaching is on the increase, say police