RANDBURG, South Africa – Amid a well-known stretch of antique shops that line Long Road is the storefront for a company called Upcycle that makes the old new again.
Upcycle creates and sells a wide...
ELDORADO PARK, South Africa – Say “Eldorado Park” in the Johannesburg area, and many people will think of drugs, crime and poverty.
In fact, poverty, crime and gang violence are significant...
JOHANNESBURG – When Nonhlanhla “Noni” Moroenyane first arrived in Johannesburg from the Eastern Cape in 1994 as a 9-year-old girl, her dreams were about survival, not about cooking. Certainly, she...
ORANGE FARM, South Africa – Rose Thamae was once able to employ 30 people in the men’s division of Let Us Grow, a community organization she founded in 1996 to provide support for human immunodeficiency...
ROODEPOORT, South Africa – The volunteers weren’t even looking for Mama when they found her at an illegal mining site in Durban Deep, an area 12 miles west of Johannesburg that was once home to a now-defunct...
It’s funny how we end up in the places we do. When graduating high school in 2021, I did not see myself as a student at St. Joes. Then, in the fall of 2022, I transferred here. And, barring a high school...
Zach Podolnick, Staff Writer/Photographer
• August 31, 2024
Johannesburg, South Africa – On a clear winter’s day in late May, 19-year-old Raquel French did something that felt momentous to her: She cast a ballot in South Africa’s general elections.
“I...
Sophiatown, South Africa – Behind a white cement wall splashed with a colorful mural, a brick house on Toby Street in the Johannesburg suburb of Sophiatown tells the story of resilience.
The house,...
Durban, South Africa – When Selvan Naidoo takes visitors on a tour of the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban, which he directs, he recounts a story about searching archives for information about his ancestors.
In...
Johannesburg, South Africa – Miles Kubheka, a food entrepreneur and systems-change enthusiast, has a history of finding inspiration and solutions hidden in plain sight.
“I think I knew I wanted...
Vosloorus, South Africa – Khethiwe Mtshali’s home looks like any house filled with children: school portraits positioned on counters, My Little Pony toys atop the TV, well-adored teddy bears nestled...
Auckland Park, South Africa – About 25 children and a handful of parents gathered June 11 in the alley at the back of a suburban elementary school for an update on a beautification project the children...
