Photo Essay

Meet the people who collect our garbage

Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Photo Essay | 25 April 2017

In photos: Anti-Zuma protests

Political marches rock cities across the country

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Photo Essay | 8 April 2017

Tens of thousands march against Zuma in major cities

From Pretoria to Port Elizabeth, South Africans call for the president to go

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Photo Essay | 7 April 2017

Huge crowd cheers Pravin Gordhan at St Georges Cathedral

Participants at memorial for Ahmed Kathrada call for President Jacob Zuma to go

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Photo Essay | 6 April 2017

Pretoria: Anti-Zuma protest in pictures

Demonstrations outside Union Buildings and National Treasury in support of axed Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan

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Photo Essay | 31 March 2017

Kathrada funeral in pictures

Ahmed Kathrada was buried on Wednesday 29 March in Westpark Cemetery

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Photo Essay | 29 March 2017

In photos: Students march on Herman Mashaba

COSAS leads protest against Johannesburg mayor

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Photo Essay | 18 March 2017

In photos: Fire destroys numerous homes in Hout Bay

City reports two people died

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Photo Essay | 11 March 2017

Meet Khayelitsha’s adorable pets

Volunteer facility provides essential medical care to residents’ best friends

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Photo Essay | 21 February 2017

Life in Cape Town’s most controversial informal settlement

Future of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East in the hands of a judge

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Photo Essay | 17 February 2017

In photos: protests at State of Nation Address 2017

Despite violence inside Parliament, outside was mostly peaceful

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Photo Essay | 10 February 2017

Cape Flats learners show their athletics abilities

Over a thousand children participate

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2017

In photos: A new generation starts school

Khayelitsha’s Isiphiwo Primary welcomes Grade R learners

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Photo Essay | 11 January 2017

The making of the minstrels

How the colourful faces of the Kaapse Klopse are created

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Photo Essay | 3 January 2017

News that mattered: 2016 in photos

Conflict on campuses, hint of justice for miners, a heated election, our most successful Olympics, and other stories on GroundUp this year

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Photo Essay | 19 December 2016

Hundreds march against nuclear deal

High Court will hear Earthlife's case in December

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Photo Essay | 18 November 2016