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Portraits of criminals & victims at the crime scene

Revisiting the past — After experiencing violent crime himself in his hometown of South Africa, the late photographer David Goldblatt set out to understand what leads criminals to that pivotal moment.

  • Culture
  • Bea Tridimas

South Africa’s jazz upstarts are imagining a new nation

Moving pictures — A new release from some of the country’s most exciting musicians challenges the notion that the fight for freedom is a battle of the past.

  • Music
  • Hugh Morris

Capturing a forgotten township in South Africa

Static dreams — Photographers Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Lindokuhle Sobekwa remember documenting a deeply conservative community living in the suburb of Daleside, south of Johannesburg – a place marred by hardship and addiction.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

Capturing the everyday reality of lockdown in Soweto

Township blues — South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal countries - and the inequalities have only grown starker during Covid-19. In 'the everyday waiting' photographer Jabulani Dhlamini sheds light on the situation in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods.

  • Photography
  • Eva Clifford

Keleketla!: A global music and activism collaboration

From LA to Lagos — We talk to London DJ duo Coldcut about their new project, which features a cast of rising (and already established) musical talent from around the world.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

In South Africa, sex workers are calling for justice

#SayHerName — The pandemic has wrecked the livelihoods of sex workers around the world. But in Cape Town – where racism, gender-based violence and police brutality are already rife – the struggles are even more acute.

  • Reportage
  • Daisy Schofield

Unpacking the trauma of apartheid on film

Freedom or Death — Gideon Mendel made his name as one of South Africa’s leading ‘struggle photographers’, unflinchingly documenting the most brutal years of apartheid. Now, over 25 years later, he is revisiting the forgotten parts of his archive and unpacking the trauma he witnessed in his formative years.

  • Magazine
  • Gideon Mendel

Unpacking the legacy of photographer Ernest Cole

One of the best — Lindokuhle Sobekwa, a rising star of South African photography, pays tribute to the storyteller who inspired him most.

  • Magazine
  • Lindokuhle Sobekwa

A celebration of black womanhood in South Africa

Collective memories — Following the death of her mother, Lebohang Kganye embarked on a photography project which saw her recreating archive snapshots from old family albums – exploring grief, history and family dynamics in the process.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Inside South Africa’s radical anti-apartheid zine

The legacy of Staffrider — Published between 1978 and 1996, Staffrider introduced a sense of unity that was nationally outlawed. Here, the people who made it happen reflect on its significance.

  • Print
  • Cassidy George

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