We live and die and in between we must invest in something permanent – not only in banks.
This week’s Slice of Life
Susan Lewis loves how patrolling the neighbourhood is bringing back a sense of community.
Tumisang Mofokeng especially likes stories about people who come from nothing and became something.
With parents, dads are second. But as mothers, we are the first; we are the key to their hearts.
There’s something special about making a guitar by hand. Each one is unique.
Little food, little sleep and little safety – emigrating is not a pampered journey.
Leo ‘Zohan’ Aldardanji is a classic barber, excelling as his customers’ therapist.
Thami Kotlolo says he is proud of LGBTI youth for voicing their opinions and concerns.
When Denise Timm moved in with her granny, she didn’t think she would one day own the house.
Losing his bakery job was tough, but Michael Makamu’s food stall helps him feed his family.
‘Circumcision school can be a dangerous place but after I went everyone was happy, I joined the elders’ discussions and felt I could face anything.’
A bright future beckons for budding lighting technician Lutendo Mametsa, who dreams of being a director of photography.
"You know how sometimes you must look at something twice just to make sure that it is that thing? It was like that."
Siphamandla Dlamini wants to collaborate with visionaries.
You meet, you go out, you discover you are in love. But your emotions explode when the one question calls for the ultimate commitment.
How photography gives former shelter child a voice.
“She took me in after my parents separated, something which caused my mother’s mental illness which she lived with until she died in 2006.”
The boys tease the 12-year-old, but she just laughs – she’s the top player in the football team.
Blue Label Telecoms boss Brett Levy: "You can’t feel guilty about getting richer but you can feel guilty about people getting poorer."
Fifty shapes of fitness: personal trainer Tumelo Setsetse helps people transform their lives – physically, emotionally, psychologically.
Life is hard as an immigrant in Jo’burg, but some still cling to enough optimism to imagine a better, brighter life.
Mam’Zodwa, a stallholder in Kwa Mai Mai muti market in downtown Jo’burg, takes umbrage at the lack of respect shown by a young photographer.
The big city signifies freedom but it’s a tough place for artists struggling to make their mark.
A Soweto teenager put himself through school by preparing graves. Now he’s an undertaker, but still gets emotional at the sight of a child’s coffin.
Sturk’s is a haven for pipe-smokers, with its hand-blended tobacco and old-school vibe.
Performance of silent human statue is about fulfilling the dream of being an actor, not about the money.
Slice of life: The story of a miner on level 16 when he heard the blast.
Ra’eesa Pather delves into the life of Mina Patel, a threading beauty artist, who has a salon in Fordsburg.
Prince has grown with Jo’burg’s urban art scene and had earned his royal moniker by the time the millennium hit.
She has been a spectator long enough to have heard how the world should be, and the reasons it is not, and the excuses of why it cannot be made so.