Grietjie Adams, who was a domestic worker all her life, had a passion for singing and riel dancing.
Cape Town’s last fez maker is packing away his needles and scissors after 25 years, but is deeply concerned about who will carry the noble tradition forward.
From his home-factory in Kensington where he has been lovingly making fezzes for Capetonians over the past 25 years, traditional fez maker Gosain Samsodien speaks ...
Sterkspruit. 6. 01. 22. A procession of young Sotho initiates making their way to the welcome-back ceremony ...
Visitors can have train rides on miniature trains or picnic on the open field between the tracks
The small village on the West Coast is a perfect destination for a staycation
Beauty may be skin-deep, but for forgotten trailblazer beauty queen Pearl Jansen – the first black South African contestant in the Miss World pageant – skin colour ...
Ouma Grietjie from Garies and the legacy of nation building she has left through singing seem to have been forgotten - at least by those in authority who promised ...
Famous for her signature folk tune Lekker ou Jan, hip-swinging Nama dance steps and unifying spirit as a community leader and national builder, Ouma Grietjie became ...
Cape Town. 151020. Social distancinng and wearing of masks in Parliament during ...
African News Agency Director of Photography Ian Landsberg says the Covid-19 pandemic has accentuated the need to document and visually tell stories reflecting the ...
Here's a collection of images by Ian Landsberg of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival from 2003-2019.
Festival director Billy Domingo said the CTIJF offered South Africans a chance to see all their favourite local and international musicians on one stage.
Watch as the award-winning journalist reflects on his career and witnessing the dark days of apartheid, the birth of a democratic SA and the evolution of Independent ...
Willie de Klerk covered the good, the bad and the ugly of South African life for over 40 years as a photojournalist.
Willie de Klerk, the first black photographer at the Cape Argus, died on Sunday. He was 81.
The Maties student was hijacked, raped and murdered last week.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial service at the Dutch Reformed Church in Fish Hoek to pay their last respects to murdered Hannah Cornelius.
Mourners and community leaders spoke out against rape and violence against children after the funeral service of murdered toddler Courtney Pieters.
Sixteen teams ventured to selected locations around the city in a quest to capture Cape Town's hidden gems in a race against the clock.
Whisky Baron was first across the line at this year's Sun Met. Regular punters may have been forgiven if most of those in attendance paid more had paid scant attention ...
Independent Media and Rossiya Segodnya Press Service hosted an exhibition of winning images from the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest.
Andre Stenin International Photo Contest: Opening night of exhibition in Cape Town