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Putting the horse before the cart

Cart horses depend for their welfare on their drivers and owners, and the grooms and farriers that help them

Text and all photos by Nicholas Ashby.

Feature | 10 November 2016

Zimbabwe domestic workers’ secret Wi-Fi sales

Thandi sells bandwidth while "Madam" is at work

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Feature | 10 November 2016

Battle over different visions for Bo-Kaap

Residents association wants market forces that are gentrifying the area to be replaced with co-operative housing

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Feature | 7 November 2016

School children bunk classes to make gold

Parents complain illegal miners lure their kids with easy money

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Feature | 4 November 2016

Boksburg prisoners have to drink water from geyser

Raft of complaints about state of correctional facility

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Feature | 2 November 2016

“They’re stealing the sport”

An in-depth look at the changing face of traditional horse racing in the Eastern Cape - Part Three

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 2 November 2016

“I look at my horse and I feel well”

An in-depth look at the changing face of traditional horse racing in the Eastern Cape

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 1 November 2016

The “fastest growing sport in the country”

An in-depth look at the changing face of traditional horse racing in the Eastern Cape

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 31 October 2016

Silent war on Somalis in Port Elizabeth

Hardly a day goes by without an attack, says Somali community

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Feature | 24 October 2016

Cycling school helps young people from townships live their dream

“One day a champion will emerge” says founder

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Feature | 20 October 2016

Black women should celebrate their hair, says Congolese photographer

Robert Kissolo’s exhibition “Obsession” focuses on hair

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Feature | 19 October 2016

Inside Braamfontein’s place of refuge

The clinic inside the church that Father Pugin protected

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Feature | 12 October 2016

Inside Pollsmoor’s special Baby Mother Unit

“I wouldn’t mind going back there" - former inmate

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Feature | 10 October 2016

GroundUp goes shelter-hopping in Durban

Some charge R20 for a night in a filthy building

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Feature | 4 October 2016

District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list

Five decades after it was declared whites only, Shariefa Davids misses her old neighbourhood

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Feature | 23 September 2016

Leticha and the debt trap

A case study of how vulnerable people are preyed upon

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Feature | 15 September 2016