YOUTH

NEWS

17 June 2020

Teenagers sell fruit and vegetables to help family make ends meet

“Our mother has taught us to work extra hard because we are immigrants”

By Kimberly Mutandiro

By Kimberly Mutandiro - 17 June 2020
Photo of a car and three children standing at the driver's window

BRIEF

3 April 2020

Pothole of gold at the end of the rainbow

Children earn money directing cars around potholes hidden by a flooded road in Bethelsdorp

By Mkhuseli Sizani

By Mkhuseli Sizani - 3 April 2020

NEWS

14 June 2019

South African youth take to the streets over climate change

Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town

By Zoë Postman and Ashraf Hendricks

By Zoë Postman and Ashraf Hendricks - 14 June 2019
Boy washing himself

NEWS

20 June 2018

Izikhothane task team acts against Uitenhage’s flashy spenders

“I love being isikhothana. It makes me feel like a celebrity”

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

By Thamsanqa Mbovane - 20 June 2018
Photo of a park

BRIEF

28 February 2018

One-year-old, R12 million Atlantis park vandalised

Residents say the community has other priorities

By Peter Luhanga

By Peter Luhanga - 28 February 2018
Photo of a child

PHOTO ESSAY

19 June 2017

Youth commemorate sacrifices of the past and protest about the present

Celebrations and demonstrations held around the country on 16 June

By Ashraf Hendricks, Bernard Chiguvare and Ihsaan Haffejee

By Ashraf Hendricks, Bernard Chiguvare and Ihsaan Haffejee - 19 June 2017
Photo of prison bars

LAW

12 September 2016

A South African shame: children in prisons

Youths held in adult prison for 200 days without access to visitors

By Safura Abdool Karim

By Safura Abdool Karim - 12 September 2016
Photo of boy in ballet position.

NEWS

18 August 2016

Lack of money threatens dancer’s dreams

Fifteen-year-old from Mitchells Plain wants to be a professional ballet dancer

By Ashlin Simpson

By Ashlin Simpson - 18 August 2016

BRIEF

10 August 2016

Community centre in informal settlement is derelict

“No-one seems to be doing anything to fix it”

By Abongile Ndevu

By Abongile Ndevu - 10 August 2016
Photo of people at carnival

BRIEF

17 June 2016

Carnival to commemorate 1976 aims to keep youth off drugs

But young people say they know little about the Soweto uprising

By Joseph Chirume

By Joseph Chirume - 17 June 2016
Photo of a magazine cover

NEWS

13 June 2016

16 June magazine lives again

Banned 1986 Learn and Teach magazine commemorating 1976 now available online

By Hassen Lorgat

By Hassen Lorgat - 13 June 2016
Photo of boy training dog.

NEWS

26 February 2016

Hout Bay project teaches confidence through dog training

Teenagers paired with "teen" dogs from shelter

By Bernard Chiguvare

By Bernard Chiguvare - 26 February 2016

NEWS

18 April 2012

Khayelitsha’s kid gangsters

“We are fighting for our freedom, our freedom to go anywhere we want to go in Khayelitsha,” says Latinyo, an 18-year-old grade 12 learner from Khayelitsha's H-section. He has been involved in gangs since the age of 12 and says he has lost count of how many murders he has committed.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

Mary-Anne Gontsana - 18 April 2012