While tourists take excursions to see them on the lake, these semi-aquatic mammals wander into town every night
Photo Essay | 3 December 2025
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s turtle monitoring programme runs from October to April, monitoring the nesting season of these reptiles
Photo Essay | 29 November 2025
The Ebenhaeser community hope to be at the centre of South African mullet fishing
Photo Essay | 10 November 2025
Removing cataracts is easy and inexpensive. Yet in some parts of South Africa thousands of people are waiting for surgery.
By Julie Bourdin and Barry Christianson
Video | 6 September 2023
Capetonians speak out against development of Maiden’s Cove
Photo Essay | 25 September 2018
But many of the neighbourhood’s cash-poor, asset-rich homeowners are resisting the temptation to sell
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 9 July 2018
Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”
Text by Aidan Jones. Photos by Barry Christianson.
Feature | 26 June 2018
Muslim community end each day’s fast with prayer and delicious food
Photo Essay | 15 June 2018
Commuters wait for hours for taxis as bus strike continues
By Barry Christianson and GroundUp Staff
Photo Essay | 23 April 2018
Thousands visit Sea Point pool, one of the few municipal pools operating during the drought
Photo Essay | 8 January 2018