Ihsaan Haffejee
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- Aug 11, 2026
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Joburg city streets come alive for Women’s Day weekend (opens the original)
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Hundreds of children and young people walked through the streets of Hillbrow at the seventh annual Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! street arts festival. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee Hundreds of young people in bird costumes paraded through the streets of Hillbrow in Johannesburg on Saturday for the seventh annual Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! street arts festival. The festival brought together young people from various cultural backgrounds shortly after violent xenophobic incidents threatened to divide the c
What happens when a shack appears in a gated community? (opens the original)
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Playwright Amy Jephtaâs new play explores race, class, land and the social pressures of fitting in. It draws on her experiences of being âthe first or the onlyâ black person in predominantly white spaces. When a shack suddenly appears inside an affluent suburban neighbourhood, panic spreads among residents. Rumours take hold, alliances shift, and assumptions about race, class and belonging begin to unravel. This is the premise of A Good House, playwright Amy Jephtaâs latest work, which o
Police fail to stop vigilantes from targeting immigrants in Alexandra (opens the original)
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A young boy cries as his father, accused by March and March supporters of being an undocumented immigrant, is escorted to a police van. Photos: Ihsaan Haffajee Since 30 June, March and March has held weekly protests on Thursdays in Alexandra, entering homes and businesses and demanding to see identity documents – despite the police warning them that they have no legal authority to do so. GroundUp attended this week’s protest. At a briefing before the protest, organisers told participants that th
In photos: Hundreds of people still stranded outside Malawian consulate (opens the original)
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Hundreds of men stood in snaking queues to register for buses outside the Malawian consulate in Johannesburg on Monday. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee Close to 1,000 Malawians waited outside the Malawian consulate in Johannesburg on Monday, hoping to secure transport home after fleeing anti-immigrant violence in South Africa. People we spoke to say they had travelled from areas around Johannesburg, the East Rand, and as far afield as the Free State. Many said they have been sleeping outside the consula
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