Photo Essay

“We have so many artists in Khayelitsha” — owner of township art centre hopes to expand

Nwabisa Nkonyana teaches art to children

In photos: Huge fire destroys Langa homes

Eviction looms for families living in former panelbeaters’ building in Tshwane

City plans to evict residents of MeatKing

Mitchells Plain train stations are in ruins

But Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the Central Line will be running again by July 2022

Wolwerivier’s karate dojo: police captain teaches children “not to fight”

Carol-Ann Daniels found that children in one of Cape Town’s poorest areas had nothing to do

What a year! 2021 in photos

A selection of photos we took this year

#StiekUitVaccinate: Bboys promote Covid vaccination in Mitchells Plain

More than 120 people were vaccinated at the event

Crayfish quota increased after protests by fishers

But quota to be cut again over the next two years to allow the stock to recover

Long queues at Home Affairs in spite of minister’s promise

But provincial manager claims “Home Affairs has declared war on queues”

Young gardeners are building a fynbos corridor across the Cape Flats

Greenpop’s project aims to “bring Kirstenbosch” to schools

Immigrants tough it out in Joburg’s “dark buildings”

They face police raids, evictions, extortion and crime

Immigrant children use art to show how prejudice hurts

“I have never been to the DRC. I speak Sesotho fluently and a bit of Afrikaans but I am treated very differently by my peers.”

Teaching tomorrow’s ballet stars in Gugulethu

The Move for Two dance school has classes three times a week in a classroom at Bonga Primary school

Part of informal settlement under water for a week

Khayelitsha residents say they need help to clear the water

Kraaifontein shack dwellers flooded out of their homes

City says most flooded areas “are situated on land that is not suitable for habitation”

Siqalo residents brave the Cape floods again

Home to about 2,000 people, the informal settlement experiences flooding almost every winter