UCT council votes to remove the Rhodes statue. University of Cape Town, South Africa, April 2015.
On 8 April 2015, UCT’s council met to decide the fate of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes that had stood on the university’s upper campus since 1934. The meeting was disrupted by students who had been occupying the space around the statue for weeks as part of the Rhodes Must Fall movement. The council voted to remove the statue
Commuters pass through the central bus terminus during the early morning rush. Cape Town, South Africa, 2014.
The central bus terminus in Cape Town marks the daily rhythm of thousands of workers moving between the city and the townships. This series documents the quiet hours before and after the peak.
Domestic worker walking past window in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, 2009.
Domestic worker walking past window in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, 2009.
Handspring Puppet Company workshop in Cape Tow
A puppeteer works on a figure at the Handspring Puppet Company workshop. Cape Town, South Africa, 2014.
Men playing a game of Dominos in the street, Woodstock 2014.
Men gather around a worn table in the street to play dominoes, their hands moving through dappled shade. Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014.
Wedding in Johannesburg, South Africa
Guests depart carrying gifts on a wet street outside a family home. Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017.
Overlooking Blikkiesdorp, 2010
Overlooking one of Western Cape’s temporary housing projects, Blikkiesdorp – Afrikaans for “Tin Can Town” – built ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to relocate informal settlement residents from areas designated for tourist development. What was promised as temporary became permanent for thousands of families. Photographed from the perimeter, 2010.
Rugby at Newlands watching the Stormers
Newlands Stadium, Cape Town. Stormers match, year I have forgotten but the photograph remembers it. I was in the crowd, not behind it. That choice is the photograph. The try line is in the background, the arms are in front, and somewhere in between is the reason I brought a camera instead of just watching. I left Cape Town in
COSATU march in Cape Town
Approximately 10.000 people gathered in Keizersgracht Street on the 6th of August for a march to Parliament. This was done to protest against the rising electricity, fuel and food prices. The protesters expressed their lack of faith in the government’s ability to fix the country’s economic problems. Having failed to meet the peoples needs for so long, the politicians are
Portrait: Roger Young for HAYO magazine
At 17 years old Roger Young packed up his camera and ran away from the suburb of Westville, near the South African city of Durban. He traveled up the coast to Cape Town, where he has lived intermittently in the years since, establishing an award-winning career as a filmmaker. After a family tragedy struck in his late twenties, Roger spent