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Animals
Western Cape Floods
Elzaan Debruyn carries her dog Cocoa through water in Sandvlei during a flood.
25 September 2023
Shacks flooded in Kraaifontein
Paul Josephs and his eight-year-old dog, Cloey watches as dozens of shacks were flooded in the 'Covid' settlement in Bloekombos after heavy rains in Cape Town, South Africa.
1 July 2021
Elections 2024
An ANC supporter makes his way to a voting station in De Rust, in the Karoo.
29 May 2024
Fetching near Fort Beaufort
Siseko Fandesi and Asanda Madolo fetch water in a drum with a donkey cart for their family in Mhlangeni near Fort Beaufort
28 March 2022
Art & Entertainment
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble free community concert
The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble performs a free community classical music concert in the Dutch Reformed Church in Diepkloof.
24 July 2023
Cape Town’s iconic murals
Public art in Cape Town, South Africa
14 March 2019
Willie Bester
South African artist Willie Bester at his home in Kuilsriver.
25 May 2017
Graffiti in Salt River
Graffiti by artist 'Nardstar' in Salt River
4 April 2017
Back to School
Photo of First day of school in Khayelitsha
Grade R student attend their first day of school at Isiphiwo Public Primary in Khayelitsha
11 January 2017
Photo of first day of school in Khayelitsha
Grade R student attend their first day of school at Isiphiwo Public Primary in Khayelitsha
11 January 2017
Photo of first day of school in Khayelitsha
Grade R student attend their first day of school at Isiphiwo Public Primary in Khayelitsha
11 January 2017
Photo of first day of school in Khayelitsha
Grade R student attend their first day of school at Isiphiwo Public Primary in Khayelitsha
11 January 2017
Cape Minstrels
Photo of Cape Minstrels 2017
A Cape Minstrel performer gets his makeup done in Athlone
2 January 2017
Photo of Cape Minstrels 2017
Cape Minstrel performers in Athlone
2 January 2017
Photo of Cape Minstrels 2017
A Cape Minstrel performer gets his makeup done in Athlone
2 January 2017
No Confidence Vote
ANC Pro Zuma supporters gather outside Parliament before the vote of no confidence against Jacob Zuma in Cape Town. Several opposition parties came together, calling on parliamentarians to vote Zuma out.
8 August 2017
Cape Town taxi strike 2023
Taxi Strike Cape Town
The shelves in Woolworths in Gardens stand empty on Thursday 10 August 2023 during the Cape Town taxi strike.
10 August 2023
Taxi Strike Cape Town
A burnt out vehicle at Borcherds Quarry Road at the entrance to Crossroads during a taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa.
7 August 2023
Taxi Strike Cape Town
A vendor in Langa had no milk or bread. He said that none had been received on Wednesday and Thursday 9 and 10 August.
10 August 2023
Taxi Strike Cape Town
Law Enforcement and SAPS vehicles watch over buses at the N2 and Borcherds Quarry intersection.
10 August 2023
Civil Society Organisations
Activists protest at Mini Blue Train
Activists protest at Mini Blue Train to highlight PRASA’s failures.
20 September 2022
Land for Living March
Thousands of people marched towards the Cape Town Civic Centre on Human Rights Day to demand land for better housing.
21 March 2018
#UniteBehind Debate
President of the UDM Bantu Holomisa during the #UniteBehind debate at the Community House in Salt River, Cape Town. The debate was about whether President Zuma's vote of no confidence should be a secret ballot.
11 July 2017
Reclaim the City occupy Woodstock Hospital
Reclaim the City supporters occupy the Woodstock Hospital. The occupiers are protesting against the sale of Tafelberg and are demanding clarity on affordable housing on the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital sites.
27 March 2017
Constitutional Court
Social Grants in the Constitutional Court
People affiliated with the Black Sash movement can be seen holding a protest outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg as the case involving the social grants proceeded inside. In green are women from the ANCWL who come to show support for the Minister Dlamini.
15 March 2017
Constitutional Court
Constitutional Court in Johannesburg.
17 January 2017
Constitutional Court
Constitutional Court in Johannesburg.
17 January 2017
Photo of Constitutional Court
Photo of Constitutional Court
17 January 2017
Covid-19
Vaccinations
Joan de Villiers administers the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to Mavis Lee at Highlands House, a care home for elderly people in Cape Town.
27 May 2021
Covid-19 Vaccinations
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his vaccinations at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
17 February 2021
Hospitality Employees Protest Against Covid-19 Restrictions
Police disperse demonstrators during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in the hospitality and tourism industry outside Parliament in Cape Town.
24 September 2020
Covid Village in Uitenhage
Covid Village informal settlement in Uitenhage
18 June 2020
Department of Social Development
Gauteng DSD
Gauteng Department of Social Development in central Johannesburg
12 March 2024
Gauteng DSD
Gauteng Department of Social Development in central Johannesburg
12 March 2024
Gauteng DSD
Gauteng Department of Social Development in central Johannesburg
12 March 2024
Education
Flooding in Coffee Bay
Tyelinzima High School is swept away after Torrential rains causes flooding in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape.
24 February 2023
School children
School children in Imizamo Yethu.
1 April 2021
School learner walks through Siqalo informal settlement
A school learner walks through Siqalo informal settlement in Cape Town.
29 June 2021
School Learners
School learners.
19 November 2021
Elections2024
Elections 2024
Independent candidate Zackie Achmat cast his vote at Jan van Riebeeck Primary School in Cape Town.
29 May 2024
Elections 2024
An ANC supporter makes his way to a voting station in De Rust, in the Karoo.
29 May 2024
Elections 2024
Inmates at Pollsmoor prison vote during the 2024 elections in Cape Town, South Africa.
29 May 2024
Elections 2024
Inmates at Pollsmoor prison vote during the 2024 elections in Cape Town, South Africa.
29 May 2024
Environment
Flooding in Coffee Bay
Tyelinzima High School is swept away after Torrential rains causes flooding in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape.
24 February 2023
Climate Protets
Members from Extinction Rebellion pour fake blood and oil over themselves in protest demanding an end to the exploration and exploitation of new gas fields in Africa. The protest happened outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre during Africa Oil Week.
4 October 2022
Protest against Shell
Hundreds of people protest in Muizenberg against Shell’s planned seismic survey to explore oil and gas deposits off the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast.
5 December 2021
Climate Protets
Members from Extinction Rebellion pour fake blood and oil over themselves in protest demanding an end to the exploration and exploitation of new gas fields in Africa. The protest happened outside the Cape Town International Convention Centre during Africa Oil Week.
4 October 2022
Events
Iftar in Heideveld flats
Muslims and other residents break their fast(iftar) at courts in Heideveld
30 March 2024
Boeka in Manenberg
Muslims break their fast in Manenberg during the month of Ramadan.
16 April 2023
Children race go-karts in township
Children race go-karts in Gugulethu township in Cape Town.
29 October 2022
Cape Flats Book Festival
People from across Cape Town attended the two-day Cape Flats Book Festival in Mitchells Plain in Cape Town, South Africa.
15 November 2022
Evictions
City of Cape Town homeless evictions
Homeless people living on the streets of Cape Town, South Africa are evicted.
16 August 2024
Castle occupiers removed
Occupiers living outside the Castle of GoodHope are removed in Cape Town, South Africa.
1 November 2024
Evictions in Khayelitsha
Empolweni in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
22 April 2020
Evictions in Khayelitsha
Alex Midikana sits amongst his belongings as shacks are removed next to Empolweni in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
22 April 2020
General
Heroin use
A man prepares a small dose of heroin
15 October 2024
Eskom power station
Eskom power station in Mpumalanga
25 April 2023
Zubaida Adams at the Salt River market
Zubaida Adams says her family have been trading at the Salt River Market for more than 50 years.
17 August 2022
Goniwe Park in Villiersdorp
The township of Goniwe Park in Villiersdorp.
9 March 2022
Government
First sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the first sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC in Cape Town South Africa.
14 June 2024
First sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC
Media interview DA leader John Steenhuisen during the first sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC in Cape Town South Africa.
14 June 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa Press Club
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the Cape Town Press Club.
16 February 2024
SONA 2024
President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the City Hall in Cape Town.
8 February 2024
Immigration
Refugees Evicted outside UNHCR
After 3 weeks of occupying outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, refugees and asylum seekers wanting to leave the country due to xenophobia were evicted by police and law enforcement. Many were arrested.
30 October 2019
Refugees Camp Outside the UNHCR
Refugees camp outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, South Africa. Many of them are from Somalia, the DRC and Burundi and were forced to leave their countries of birth due to civil war. They are now pleading with UNHCR to be taken back home for fear of their lives in South Africa due to xenophobia.
24 October 2019
Refugees Camp Outside the UNHCR
Refugees camp outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, South Africa. Many of them are from Somalia, the DRC and Burundi and were forced to leave their countries of birth due to civil war. They are now pleading with UNHCR to be taken back home for fear of their lives in South Africa due to xenophobia.
18 October 2019
Refugees Evicted outside UNHCR
After 3 weeks of occupying outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, refugees and asylum seekers wanting to leave the country due to xenophobia were evicted by police and law enforcement. Many were arrested.
30 October 2019
Informal Settlements
Shacks flooded in Kraaifontein
Paul Josephs and his eight-year-old dog, Cloey watches as dozens of shacks were flooded in the 'Covid' settlement in Bloekombos after heavy rains in Cape Town, South Africa.
1 July 2021
Western Cape Floods
Siyahlala informal settlement's during a flood.
25 September 2023
Garbage piles up on Dunoon streets
Street vendor Emihle Phoswa braais pork chops and chicken wings near garbage in Dunoon.
31 July 2023
Floods in Cape Town
Heavy rains cause flooding in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
14 June 2022
Penguins
African Penguins
African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town
7 September 2024
African Penguins
African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town
7 September 2024
African Penguins
African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town
7 September 2024
African Penguins
African Penguins at Boulders Beach in Cape Town
7 September 2024
Politics
SONA 2024
President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the City Hall in Cape Town.
8 February 2024
State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 State of The Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall, which was temporally used as Parliament.
10 February 2022
Anti-Gang Unit launch in Hanover Park
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to residents in Hanover Park during a walk around for the launch of the Anti-Gang Unit. The aim of the unit is to fight organised crime and drug distribution in the cape flats.
2 November 2018
No Confidence Vote
DA leader Mmusi Maimane and EFF leader Julius Malema is seen before the vote of no confidence against president Jacob Zuma outside Parliament in Cape Town. Thousands marched and several opposition parties came together, calling on parliamentarians to vote Zuma out.
8 August 2017
Prisons
Photo of Pollsmoor Baby Mother Unit
A prisoner inside the Pollsmoor Baby Mother Unit
28 September 2016
Pollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town
15 December 2016
Sun City Prison
Sun City prison in Johannesburg.
30 January 2018
Pollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison
29 May 2024
Protests and pickets
Taxi Strike Cape Town
Children play with a ball near a torched vehicle in Crossroads during a taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa.
7 August 2023
Gay rights supporters protest on UCT
Gay students and supporters at UCT protested on campus before the lecture by Patrick Lumumba, who was the keynote speaker.
24 July 2023
Protest for sex work decriminalisation
Supporters and sex workers protest for decriminalisation in Cape Town
30 March 2023
Cape Town Pride 2023
The Queer community and supporters march in Cape Town during the annual pride parade in South Africa.
4 March 2023
Public Figures
First sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the first sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC in Cape Town South Africa.
14 June 2024
First sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC
Media interview DA leader John Steenhuisen during the first sitting of the seventh Parliament at the CTICC in Cape Town South Africa.
14 June 2024
Elections 2024
Independent candidate Zackie Achmat cast his vote at Jan van Riebeeck Primary School in Cape Town.
29 May 2024
Cyril Ramaphosa Press Club
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the Cape Town Press Club.
16 February 2024
School Protest
Philippi High School students protest
Students from Philippi High marched to the offices of the Department of Education in Mitchells Plain demanding a new school be built.
6 March 2017
San Souci learners protest
Students from San Souci High School cry after protesting the school's hair policies and code of conduct
2 September 2016
San Souci learners protest
Students from San Souci High School protest the school's hair policies and code of conduct
2 September 2016
Protest to keep schools closed during Covid peak
Yolanda Jackson, a teacher at Portia Primary protests in Cape Town to keep school closed during the Covid-19 "peak".
25 June 2020
Social Grants
Social Grants in the Constitutional Court
People affiliated with the Black Sash movement can be seen holding a protest outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg as the case involving the social grants proceeded inside. In green are women from the ANCWL who come to show support for the Minister Dlamini.
15 March 2017
Bathabile Dlamini appears before SCOPA
Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini appears before Parliament's Standing Committee On Public Accounts (SCOPA) in the Old Assembly in Parliament. Dlamini was asked before SCOPA to discuss social grants.
7 March 2017
Photo of people queuing for social grants
People queue for social grants in Gugulethu, Cape Town
1 February 2017
Sassa office
People queue for social grants outside the Sassa office in Eerste River.
10 October 2018
SONA
SONA 2024
President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the City Hall in Cape Town.
8 February 2024
SONA 2023
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa attends the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2023 at the Cape Town City Hall.
9 February 2023
State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 State of The Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall, which was temporally used as Parliament.
10 February 2022
State of the Nation Address 2020
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife Tshepo Motsepe attends the 2020 State of the Nation Address at Parliament in Cape Town.
13 February 2020
Sport
Springboks victory parade
Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi takes a selfie with a fan during the Springboks rugby team tour in Cape Town. They came out to celebrate their 2023 Rugby World Cup victory.
3 November 2023
Springboks victory parade
Faf de Klerk in his trademark Speedo (right) and Steven Kitshoff hold the trophy during the Springboks rugby team tour in Cape Town. They are celebrating their 2023 Rugby World Cup victory..
3 November 2023
Springboks victory parade
Cheslin Kolbe takes a selfie with a fan during the Springboks rugby team tour in Cape Town. They came out to celebrate their 2023 Rugby World Cup victory.
3 November 2023
University Protests
Gay rights supporters protest on UCT
Gay students and supporters at UCT protested on campus before the lecture by Patrick Lumumba, who was the keynote speaker.
24 July 2023
UCT Student Protests
Student protesters block an entrance to the University of Cape Town (UCT) during a protest over fees.
2 November 2017
Photo of Wits students
Wits university students shut down the university and clash with police during protests over free education.
4 October 2016
Photo of Wits students
Wits university students shut down the university and clash with police during protests over free education.
4 October 2016
Weather
Flooding in Coffee Bay
Tyelinzima High School is swept away after Torrential rains causes flooding in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape.
24 February 2023
Western Cape Floods
Elzaan Debruyn carries her dog Cocoa through water in Sandvlei during a flood.
25 September 2023
Shacks flooded in Kraaifontein
Paul Josephs and his eight-year-old dog, Cloey watches as dozens of shacks were flooded in the 'Covid' settlement in Bloekombos after heavy rains in Cape Town, South Africa.
1 July 2021
Western Cape Floods
Siyahlala informal settlement's during a flood.
25 September 2023
Zimbabwe
Hundreds dead and missing after Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe.
Residents cross a makeshift bridge in Copa where 63 houses disappeared under mud and rocks brought downstream by Cyclone Idai’s torrential rain. On 15 March, Cyclone Idai slammed into the Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe killing hundreds and leaving many more displaced.
15 April 2019
Robert Mugabe resigns
People celebrate in Harare after Robert Mugabe resigns.
21 November 2017
Hundreds dead and missing after Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe.
Arrows point to where sniffer dogs picked up the scent of possible dead bodies. On 15 March, Cyclone Idai slammed into the Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe killing hundreds and leaving many more displaced.
15 April 2019
Hundreds dead and missing after Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe.
The first bridge on the most direct route between Mutare and Chimanimani, across the Umvumvumvu River, has been destroyed by flooding from the cyclone. On 15 March, Cyclone Idai slammed into the Chimanimani Mountains in Zimbabwe killing hundreds and leaving many more displaced.
15 April 2019
