In 1975 the forced removals of all people of colour from Cape Town’s inner-city, created the so-called “Cape Flats”, where all “non-whites” were relocated. Mitchells Plain is one of those areas, where gangsterism and gang violence runs the streets. An ongoing, joint operation between the South African Police and SANDF (South African National Defence Force) is in place to try fight against gang violence in the Cape Flats. Raids have been conducted in different areas of the Cape Flats […]
The work that I am interested in and do a lot of is work dealing with issues of rape and other social issues, this is based on personal experiences as much as it is a global issue. My one biggest interest is using self-portraiture to speak about a lot of social issues and tell all these stories. I would also like to use poetry in combination with photography. What started as a personal healing journey for me slowly […]
This is a story of a social injustice happening in my backyard: Makause, the informal settlement next to Primrose. Several Ethiopian families have settled there, their life is confined between the walls of the container that hosts their Spaza Shop and the community they belong to. Their rituals, the prayer service, the longing for their home. Here, the usual accusation of stealing local jobs and business opportunities are hurled at them. Prejudice and ignorance mark their lives, already constrained and reduced. […]