Thursday, March 28, 2024
More

    Photo Essays

    Maputo photographer captures the city’s changing interior landscape

    0
    Maputo is a city that is ever changing, with buildings going up as quickly as others are brought down. FILIPE BRANQUINHO, a well-known Mozambican...

    EFF’s attempted Khayelitsha land grab in pictures

    0
    Police are reportedly investigating several cases of public violence and malicious damage to property following an attempted land grab last week, believed to have...

    EFF’s red sea storms Gauteng legislature [pictures]

    2
    Members of the EFF stormed the Gauteng legislature on Tuesday. Photographer IHSAAN HAFFAJEE was there. The EFF held a protest march to express its dissatisfaction with the expulsion of its members...

    We’ve come a long, long way in these 22 years

    1
    The lines of this song hold special resonance on the 27th of April. “Yinde lendlela esiyihambayo. Wash’u uMandela kubalandeli bakhe, wathi sodibana nge- Freedom...

    This Ghanaian artist does incredible things with only a ballpoint pen

    0
    Without the use of fancy filters or expensive materials, Ghanaian Artist Enam Bosokah makes striking art with only the use of a ballpoint pen....

    Youth Day: The young achievers on the Cape Flats trying to...

    0
    June 16 is celebrated as an iconic turning point in South Africa’s history. This year marks nearly 40 years since students in Soweto were gunned...

    Photo Essay: Kalk Bay’s fishermen

    3
    RA'EESA PATHER spoke to fishermen in Kalk Bay about their struggles as government enforces a new licensing programme.

    Loiterers and revellers on Long Street, by night [pictures]

    0
    The last 10 years have seen Cape Town’s iconic Long Street, located in the City Bowl just below Bo-Kaap, become the de facto location for...

    A day in the life of a Durban taxi driver

    0
    While walking on some of Durban’s busiest streets, it’s hard to ignore the passion and vigour with which the taxi drivers and conductors work to...

    Photographer battles his own demons to create a visual diary of...

    0
    Photographer TSOKU MAELA, who suffers from manic depression and anxiety, has visually interpreted the different stages of depression in a photo series called "Abstract...

    Photo Essay: What would you tell the government?

    1
    The ballot box is one way of communicating our feelings about the government but it's hardly a dynamic conversation. What would South Africans say to their elected officials if they were presented with the chance. FAATIMA TAYOB visited Bokaap, Woodstock, Langa and Newlands in Cape Town to find out.

    To all the superwomen, happy Mother’s Day!

    0
    Annually, a day is set out to celebrate motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society. While motherhood is a beautiful journey...

    Marikana miners remember the fallen [pictures]

    1
    On Saturday, thousands of people gathered at the koppie in Marikana where, on 16 August 2012, South African police opened fire on a group...

    The doctrine of freedom

    1
    In 1955, the ANC and its allies invited South Africans to record their demands for freedom. These demands were then expressed in a document known as the Freedom Charter. At apartheid’s end, the Freedom Charter became a cornerstone of South Africa’s new democratic constitution. Even now, as South Africans ponder the question of 20 years’ freedom, it is the Freedom Charter is that remains the yardstick of the actual freedom South Africans have secured. By RA'EESA PATHER

    Chatsworth camp officially closed, but more than 100 refugees stay put

    0
    Fewer than 100 of more than than 200 refugees have left the Chatsworth camp despite the announcement by eThekwini municipality that it would be closed...

    The statue must fall: UCT students rise against Cecil John Rhodes

    12
    About 500 staff and students from the University of Cape Town gathered on Thursday for an open-air dialogue to discuss the fate of the...

    The baker of Doha: keeping tradition alive in back streets of...

    0
    Doha is a city of the future, but if you trawl the back streets, you can still find small businesses that have been plying...

    Barbs of occupation still sting for Kashmiris

    4
    Barbed wire is a common sight in Indian-administered Kashmir. More than 25 years ago Indian troops sent to suppress militant groups embarked on an...

    Humans of Wits University talk elections 2014

    1
    With the elections only days away, now is a critical time. With help from some friends, AAISHA DADI PATEL set out to ask Wits students whether they’re voting, and what is on their minds now that we’re nearly ready to hit the polls.

    On Oscar Pistorius and being proudly South African

    2
    Are people more interested in the Oscar Pistorius trial than in the elections? FAATIMA TAYOB asked people in Durban what has been getting their attention.