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Load-shedding is unlikely through the winter.

City Power goes ahead with plan to separate Joburg residents from hospital electricity networks

Some residents in Soweto and Brixton have asked the City of Johannesburg to leave their areas on the network for health reasons

The lantern procession moving through the Brixton area at The Brixton Light Festival. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)

The Brixton light festival is at a juncture

Can the lights shine as bright when Joburg is crumbling around it?

Small business owners closing shop and feeling the financial squeeze

The hopes and dreams of many entrepreneurs have been dashed. We track some of the owners of SMMEs, who talk of losing everything they worked for

For the photographer, the Roving Bantu Kitchen, which Sisifso Ntuli co-founded, reminded him of Fela Kuti’s Shrine, hence the decision to title the image the Roving Bantu Shrine. (Photo: Antony Kaminju)

The Portfolio: Antony Kaminju

Antony Kaminju shares his experience of making a photo of the Roving Bantu Kitchen’s Sifiso Ntuli

Confronting death: Jackie Mofokeng in her room at the Caroline Street old-age home, looking out over the Brixton cemetery. (Paul Botes)

Covid-19 stalks elderly residents of Jo’burg’s inner-city care homes

Old people in poor areas have been especially hard hit by Covid-19. At an old-age complex in Jan Hofmeyr, Johannesburg, Sarah Smit spoke to them about their fear and loneliness

The Roving Bantu Kitchen. During the lockdown, the eatery is running a soup kitchen to feed people living in Brixton and the neighbouring suburb of Fietas. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Foodies cook up feeding schemes

Despite the strain of lockdown, some restaurateurs are keeping bellies full

(Paul Botes)
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The Portfolio: Rob Machiri

Machiri is a designer, artist, DJ and cultural producer. Here he reflects on the memory work that is just one facet of pungwes