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  • Joan de Villiers administers the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to Mavis Lee at Highlands House, a care home for elderly people in Cape Town. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • The University of Cape Town’s Jagger Library, which housed thousands of theses, artworks, and precious documents, was gutted by a fire which started on Table Mountain. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his vaccinations at the Khayelitsha Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. - Jeffrey Abrahams
  • Shacks built against an old railway line in Siyahlala informal settlement in Langa Cape Town. - Tariro Washinyira
  • Long-buried houses revealed after diggers clear a site for housing in District 6 in Cape Town, South Africa. - Ashraf Hendricks

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Wolwerivier
Wolwerivier
A home in Wolwerivier, an emergency settlement area in the Western Cape.
25 August 2017
Minster Fikile Mbalula Train Ride
Minster Fikile Mbalula Train Ride
Commuters on a train station. Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula was planning on taking a train from Khayelitsha to Langa but it didn't go as planned after numerous delays.
25 June 2019
Peopls March against Jacob Zuma
Peopls March against Jacob Zuma
A banner depicting a member of the Guptas is seen during a march in favour against president Jacob Zuma in Cape Town. The next day, Jacob Zuma would face a vote of no confidence in Parliament.
7 August 2017
Ahmed Kathrada Memorial Cape Town
Ahmed Kathrada Memorial Cape Town
Struggle veteran Eddie Daniels addresses the audience during the Ahmed Kathrada memorial at St. Georges Cathedral in Cape Town.
6 April 2017
State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2016
State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2016
Julius Malema, Commander-in-Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters during the 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
11 February 2016
Residents occupy the old Helen Bowden Nurses Home near the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
Residents occupy the old Helen Bowden Nurses Home near the V&A Waterfront…
Helen Bowden Nurses Home occupation
27 August 2018
Flower Sellers
Flower Sellers
Flower Sellers at the Trafalgar Place in Cape Town
15 September 2019
March Against Gender Based Violence
March Against Gender Based Violence
About a thousand women march against gender based violence in Cape Town, South Africa.
1 August 2018

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