Photojournalist Tawanda Mudimu takes a look at the lives of ordinary South Africans living in a peri-urban settlement in Woodford, Kwazulu Natal. After harvesting corn in commercial farms, the villagers collect shelled maize cobs for use as fuel for cooking in their homes. Although they live in an area with access to electricity, their homes are not connected, and they use wood and other fossil fuels for cooking.
Photo Essay: The recent upsurge in cases of xenophobia against foreigners living in South Africa has failed to deter immigrants from seeking economic opportunities in Africa’s richest economy. Migrants are seen going about their business on the South African side of Maseru border post, which separates South Africa and Lesotho. By Tawanda Mudimu
Who will be the first African first lady to check into Burj Dubai’s Seven Star Armani Hotel? Dubai, a favourite shopping destination for the African and elite, has become home to the world’s tallest man-made building, the Burj Khalifa (Built and marketed at Burj Dubai before the financial meltdown). At 828 meters high (2,716 feet), [...]
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RWANDAN genocide hero and inspiration behind the film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, says the east African country has neither healed from the 1994 genocide nor learned any lessons from it, as he accused the Rwandan government of continuing human rights abuses through the alleged arbitrary arrest and transportation of Hutus to work illegally in mines in the Congo.
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Simon Milward, a British humanitarian and motorcycle enthusiast, rode a hand-made 600cc motor-cycle through 55 countries, covering 178,000km and raising US$109,000 for medical charities. This heroic journey of his life ended in Mali, after he crashed. He rode through the Road of Bones in Siberia and a civil war in Laos. I met him a month before his tragic death in March 2005 and asked him why he was taking the risk.
Nov 15 2008 | Posted in
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STRUGGLING to free himself from the jaws of a three-meter-long crocodile, Smart Bester yelled for help and people were so terrified that they fled while the 73-year-old predator ripped his arm off in a shallow pond reddened with blood at Harare’s old Snake Park.
Nov 27 2007 | Posted in
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This dreadful baby elephant made a mock charge while we were filming at Matetsi Game Lodge in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The mock charge made perfect footage for the wildlife experience. Matetsi is one of the best game lodges in Africa, with rare lion sightings and several herds of elephants, buffalo and other game. Matetsi makes for the perfect photographic safari experience
Nov 24 2007 | Posted in
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ZOOLOGIST pilot Greggory Rasmussen is the proverbial cat with nine lives. He has seen the face of death in the air, at sea, and on land, and he is still soldiering on, just a year after surviving a plane crash in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park.
Sep 28 2006 | Posted in
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