PHOTO ESSAY - When Wayne Wilke lost his job many years ago, his doctor recommended that he take a break. Heeding his doctor's advice, Wayne visited Princess Vlei in Retreat and started to fish.
I got married in another country many years ago. We are both South African citizens. When we returned to South Africa a few years later, we did not inform Home Affairs that we had gotten married. One ...
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My elderly relative is living in a frail care facility. The staff took her SASSA card to buy "extra things" not provided by the home, like snacks, etc. But they never provide receipts, even after I ...
Residents of Phumla Mqashi near Lenasia prevented Joburg Water technicians from disconnecting illegal water connections on ...
A shortage of beds at Uitenhage Provincial Hospital in Kariega has meant some patients have to lie on the floor. GroundUp saw ...
It was in 2003, while photographing the devastating impacts of tik (crystal meth or methamphetamine) in Cape Town’s poor communities, that I first met Turner Adams. With an entire life etched into his ...