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Township street style is on a mission to conquer high fashion

Huck Indies — South African brand Tempracha bridges the gap between township street fashion and high end couture.

  • Huck Indies
  • Alex King

Sydelle Willow Smith

Answers On A Postcard — Next up in our Answers On A Postcard series, a visual q&a where photographers answer questions with their images, is South African documentary photographer Sydelle Willow Smith.

  • Photography
  • HUCK HQ

South Africa's township beaches are springing to life with a grassroots surf scene

The Waves For Change project — Thanks to DIY education project Waves For Change the young people of Khayelitsha are getting a chance to experience the transferable skills of surfing.

  • Activism
  • Andrea Kurland

What is the future of street photography?

Part 1: Africa - Identity and Inequality — Jackie Higgins is the author of The World Atlas of Street Photography. In this three part series, Jackie reveals the key trends and brightest talents driving street photography forward around the world. First up, Africa.

  • Photography
  • Jackie Higgins

Sydelle Willow Smith

Contemplating identity with Soft Walls — Sydelle Willow Smith's latest exhibition shines a positive light on the relationships that bridge South Africa's xenophobic divides.

  • Photography
  • Andrea Kurland

Shaun Tomson at 71a

An evening of inspiration at Huck's gallery. — Former World Surfing Champion Shaun Tomson brings his lifelong learning to 71a - Huck's gallery in London - for an evening of inspirational insights on March 10. Join us!

  • Surf
  • HUCK HQ

I Am Thalente

Director Q&A — Filmmaker Natalie Johns on her documentary I Am Thalente about a once homeless skateboarder and his journey from South Africa to California.

  • Activism
  • Shelley Jones

Jason Larkin

Tales from the City of Gold — Jason Larkin's new photobook captures a portrait of Johannesburg's physical fissures while revealing how fractured the gold mining industry has left its environmental and social landscape.

  • Reportage
  • Amrita Riat

Laurence Hamburger

Frozen Chicken Train Wreck — Surreal and ludicrous Johannesburg tabloid headlines in new Laurence Hamburger book co-published by Ditto Press and Chopped Liver Press.

  • Print
  • Alex King

Mandela Day

The 67-Minute Revolutionaries — Cape Town-based columnist and writer Osiame Molefe considers the challenge young South Africans now face – following in the footsteps of a generation of freedom fighters.

  • Opinion

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