Photo Essay

Photo of a man throwing a rock

Tshwane protests in photos

Dispute over ANC mayoral candidate

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Photo Essay | 22 June 2016

Photo of people in wet conditions

Bogged down in Never Never land

Winter rains make life hard for Philippi shackdwellers

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Photo Essay | 21 June 2016

Photo of a woman with children

Tension over family living in historical Muslim cemetery

"You don’t want to do anything that’s going to starve the kids,” says neighbour

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Photo Essay | 15 June 2016

Photo of man with dog and cat

Hangberg’s dog rescuer

Up in the cramped Hout Bay district of Hangberg, Shaygam Newman lives on the edge with a dream - to develop the refuge he maintains for dogs and cats

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Photo Essay | 8 June 2016

Photo of people doing gym

Mfuleni’s homemade gym

Aleas Stokwe used his personal savings to start a gym in his home for his neighbourhood

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Photo Essay | 2 June 2016

Photo of woman doing her laundry

This simple task is a nightmare if you live in a shack

Just washing your clothes is slow, difficult and dangerous

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Photo Essay | 23 May 2016

Photo of boy throwing rock

Riot in Grabouw over housing

Traffic department destroyed and schools closed

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Photo Essay | 11 May 2016

Photo of view of mountains and rivers

Quest for water in an Eastern Cape village

In March I visited a village in Pondoland in the Eastern Cape for two weeks as part of GroundUp's investigation into the province's dagga trade.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2016

Photo of a boy boxing with his coach.

Boxing tournament brings much needed recreation to Mfuleni

"We want youth to be active and their parents to see them doing something positive"

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Photo Essay | 23 February 2016