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  • The shelves in Woolworths in Gardens stand empty on Thursday 10 August 2023 during the Cape Town taxi strike. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Children play with a ball near a torched vehicle in Crossroads during a taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Street vendor Emihle Phoswa braais pork chops and chicken wings near garbage in Dunoon. - Peter Luhanga
  • Silver Sounds Band, a cape minstrel band practices from a panel beating workshop in Athlone, Cape Town. - Ashraf Hendricks
  • The Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble performs a free community classical music concert in the Dutch Reformed Church in Diepkloof. - Ihsaan Haffejee

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SONA 2019
SONA 2019
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete during the 2019 South African State of the Nation Address at Parliament in Cape Town.
7 February 2019
Cape Town Fire
Cape Town Fire
Mostertโ€™s Mill was destroyed after a fire, which started on Table Mountain, devastated the area.
19 April 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa Keynote at World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa Keynote at World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses delegates during a keynote speech at the 2019 World Economic Form (WEF) on Africa at the Orange Hotel in Cape Town.
4 September 2019
SONA 2019
SONA 2019
Minister of Police Bheki Cele during the 2019 South African State of the Nation Address at Parliament in Cape Town.
7 February 2019
Sassa office
Sassa office
People queue for social grants outside the Sassa office in Eerste River.
10 October 2018
Mitchells Plain residents protests for food parcels
Mitchells Plain residents protests for food parcels
Residents of Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain protests for food parcels during lockdown.
14 April 2020
Protest over evictions in Elsie's River
Protest over evictions in Elsie's River
A bike passes through as residents protest over evictions in Leonsdale, Elsie's River
24 August 2016
Ocean View residents protests over lack of policing
Ocean View residents protests over lack of policing
About 150 Ocean View residents block Kommetjie road in Cape Town during a protest over inadequate policing.
21 September 2017

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