Articles for Ashraf Hendricks
Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba
Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme
By Vincent Lali, Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 8 April 2022
Video: Chantal Sampson used to be homeless. Now she helps other people get off the streets
Cape Town project offers hope for homeless
Video | 6 April 2022
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
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 18 March 2022
Video: South Africa’s new poaching problem
Over 1.5 million succulents have been removed from the wild in the past 3 years
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 8 March 2022
Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market
Plant poaching is on the increase, say police
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 7 March 2022
Kalk Bay’s fishers battle to keep their heritage alive
Jacobus Poggenpoel’s family has been fishing for generations but tightening quotas are putting a strain on finances
By Liezl Human and Ashraf Hendricks
Video | 10 February 2022
Mitchells Plain train stations are in ruins
But Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the Central Line will be running again by July 2022
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
Photo Essay | 2 February 2022
The strangest vegetable gardens in South Africa
On an old military base in Cape Town, unlawful occupants are growing vegetables alongside the soldiers
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Feature | 31 January 2022
Wolwerivier’s karate dojo: police captain teaches children “not to fight”
Carol-Ann Daniels found that children in one of Cape Town’s poorest areas had nothing to do
Photo Essay | 25 January 2022