Thursday, March 28, 2024
More

    Photo Essays

    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.

    Freedom Speaks

    1
    What does freedom mean to us? By the SOUTH AFRICA VOTES 2014 team.

    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

    The health vote: how the parties compare

    2
    SOUTH AFRICA VOTES 2014 takes a look at how some of the major parties in this election compare on their health policies.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Photo Essay: Will you be voting?

    9
    Election season is in full swing and while the politicians dance (some of them more awkwardly than others). FAATIMA TAYOB found out how well the election is being anticipated in Cape Town.