Photo Essay

The photos that told our stories in 2024

South Africans voted in national elections, miners were trapped underground and homeless people were moved from the streets of Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 23 December 2024

In photos: Cape Town’s historic tidal pools

The pools are a magnet for family holidays

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Photo Essay | 18 December 2024

In photos: wagging tails and smiles greet Animal Welfare Society volunteers

Volunteers visit a different town in the Kalahari and rural Northern Cape each Saturday to offer much-needed services to pets

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Photo Essay | 28 November 2024

In photos: turning rubbish dumps into gardens in Upington

“It is the love of nature that keeps us going”

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Photo Essay | 27 November 2024

Dancers with disabilities take centre stage at international festival

Organised by the Sibikwa Arts Centre, BODY MOVES features dancers from South Africa and the UK

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Photo Essay | 26 November 2024

In photos: Families of miners underground plead for help

About a thousand Zama zamas have already been brought to the surface

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Photo Essay | 15 November 2024

How people in Namaqualand are keeping the Nama language alive

A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct

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Photo Essay | 12 November 2024

In photos: Turner Adams’s tattooed body told more than one story

Former Lavender Hill gangster died on 29 October

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Photo Essay | 12 November 2024

In photos: Sports day for learners with disabilities in Cape Town

The event in Gugulethu marked the start of Disability Rights Awareness Month which runs until 3 December

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Photo Essay | 7 November 2024

In photos: The fisher women of Doringbaai

Spirit of Endeavour Fisherfolk Women was formed to share skills and help protect the environment from damage

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Photo Essay | 7 November 2024

Wupperthal: the town where you can sleep outside on your stoep

But jobs are scarce in this small Cederberg mission town

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Photo Essay | 18 October 2024

Phola residents say mining has brought misery not benefits

Community members protested at coal mining offices of Seriti over damage to homes from blasting

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Photo Essay | 7 October 2024

In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations

Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town

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Photo Essay | 2 October 2024

Visually impaired recyclers help the planet

Activists with disabilities are raising awareness about climate change

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Photo Essay | 23 September 2024

In photos: Metrorail train derails in Paarl

Dozens injured

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Photo Essay | 18 September 2024

Small West Coast town is the world capital of this delicacy

In photos: Velddrif’s bokkom industry

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Photo Essay | 9 September 2024