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  • Climate change activists dump fake “blood” and “oil” in the lobby of the Cape Town International’s Convention Centre (CTICC) in South Africa, during the the Africa Oil Week conference. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • After 3 weeks of occupying outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, refugees and asylum seekers wanting to leave the country due to xenophobia were evicted by police and law enforcement. Many were arrested. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Refugees camp outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, South Africa. Many of them are from Somalia, the DRC and Burundi and were forced to leave their countries of birth due to civil war. They are now pleading with UNHCR to be taken back home for fear of their lives in South Africa due to xenophobia. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • The Island Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha is flooded after heavy rains in Cape Town. - Vincent Lali
  • Refugees camp outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices in Cape Town, South Africa. Many of them are from Somalia, the DRC and Burundi and were forced to leave their countries of birth due to civil war. They are now pleading with UNHCR to be taken back home for fear of their lives in South Africa due to xenophobia. - Ashraf Hendricks

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Hangberg protesters clash with police
Hangberg protesters clash with police
Hangberg residents and police clash during a protest over fishing quotas in Hout Bay.
12 September 2017
Students protest for Free Education
Students protest for Free Education
Students march to Parliament protesting for free education in Cape Town.
26 October 2016
Students protest for Free Education
Students protest for Free Education
Protesters take a break on a police van during speeches outside Parliament. This was during a march to Parliament where students were protesting for free education in Cape Town.
26 October 2016
Bathabile Dlamini appears before SCOPA
Bathabile Dlamini appears before SCOPA
Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini appears before Parliament's Standing Committee On Public Accounts (SCOPA) in the Old Assembly in Parliament. Dlamini was asked before SCOPA to discuss social grants.
7 March 2017
Khayelitsha Land Occupation
Khayelitsha Land Occupation
Residents in Town 2 occupy land illegally in Khayelitsha.
19 May 2017
Picket for Social Grants
Picket for Social Grants
Civil society organisations and social grant recipients hold a picket outside the gates of Parliament demanding an end to illegal deductions, outsourcing and an increase to the amount of grant money paid out amongst other things.
25 May 2017
Eldorado Park residents protest over lack of houses and jobs
Eldorado Park residents protest over lack of houses and jobs
Protesters use shields to protect themselves against police during a protest over housing and jobs in Elderado Park in Johannesburg.
8 May 2017
#UniteBehind Debate
#UniteBehind Debate
Political analyst, Steven Friedman during the #UniteBehind debate at the Community House in Salt River, Cape Town. The debate was about whether President Zuma's vote of no confidence should be a secret ballot.
11 July 2017

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