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33 imagesAngola. Photographs of central Luanda. The marina, The Sonangol skyscraper and the Ilha. Lobito, the port and beach. Benguela, the railway, Portuguese colonial architecture and beach life. Lubango city and the Tunda Vala, Namibe city and pronvince, The Serra de Leba Pass, Iona National Park and the Rucana waterfalls. CANT FIND THE ANGOLA PICTURE YOU NEED? SEARCH ACROSS OUR ARCHIVE FOR MORE.
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402 imagesStock Photography from the 2010 African Cup of Nations Football Tournament held in Angola. Photography of the players on the pitch and the fans in full voice.
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57 imagesAngola, Namibe Province, Iona National Park. Flamingo lodge Fishing camp in the desert on the Atlantic coast.
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23 imagesTravel images from around Botswana. Chobe, Savuti, Moremi, Okavango Delta, Baines Baobabs and the Makgadikgadi Pans.
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33 imagesIn Kinshasa I photographed and filmed a project funded by the UK Charity War Child. They run a drop in centre for homeless girls and a night ambulance that provides outreach work and medical care for children living on the streets. They operate in one of the most deprived areas of Kinshasa called Tshangu. Almost all of the girls who live on the street are engaged in the sex trade as a means of survival. As the ambulance journeyed from one red light site to the next I was quizzed by the ambulance team as to my role and what I was doing there., L'or the team leader had had a tough life and worked her way up to her current position. She asked if the funding for the project was going to end, she said she liked her job and did not want it to end. I said I hoped these pictures would play a small part in keeping the funding coming in.
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42 imagesOperation Smile mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo June 2011. Seventy-five health care professionals from all over the world volunteered their time to help provide free surgery to repair cleft lips, palates, burns and other deformities. We documented the whole Operation Smile mission from the queues of people waiting to be screened to their journey through surgery to patients waving goodbye. 366 people were screened over the first two days and 173 patients were operated on. A sister and brother both with cleft lip travelled for 3 days by boat, a day on a bus and a day by foot to reach the hospital, within hours of arriving they were in the operating theatre. Operation Smile provides care for children in 60 countries worldwide and we felt privileged to be a small part of such an incredible organization. It was impressive to see so many skilled professionals volunteer their time to improve someone's life forever. We also photographed Operation Smile's 2011 mission to Madagascar. You can see a slideshow of the mission on the Films & Audio Slideshows page.
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36 imagesKinshasa - Capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ). The city centre, The Congo river, The Ethnographic Museum and Lola Ya Bonobo Chimpanzee sanctuary.
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18 imagesGhana, Accra, Agbogbloshie Scrapyard: I have always been a bit technology curmudgeon, eeking out the last bit of life from my laptop, resisting the upgrade, saving pennies with second hand phones rather than the latest model. But I was still interested in where these objects went after I bundled them up and sent them away after a successful eBay listing as ‘not working, sold for spares’. What journey did my defunct tech go on long after being the latest and greatest gadget? The scrapyard at Agbogbloshie has been well documented as a notorious e waste dumping ground for unwanted old tech from developed economies. But I found the activities and economy of the scrapyard more complex than I expected on my Saturday afternoon photo walk. Amongst the scrap metal sorters and dealers there were computer repair shops, dealing in working second hand laptops. The computers that were not working were either repaired on site or were dismantled for spares including ram, hard drives, fans and keyboards. Items that were destined for scrap were sorted into bags of processors and wires, (which could photographed for a fee - I declined). The circuit boards appeared to have little value as they were plenty on the floor. The wires were sorted into similar bundles and transported by wheel barrow to the dealers and then the burners. The computer shop owners were not keen to have there business’s documented as they worried it may lead to a decline in the supply of second hand tech as it could be seen as part of a toxic ewaste story. I understood their concern but felt this was a shame as I saw it as the most ingenious part of the operation. I hope to get another opportunity to photograph this side of the scrapyard. Elsewhere I met Ibrahim a scrap dealer who had been working on the dump for 8 years. He and his colleague Adbul Raheem were kind enough to take a break from dismantling some defunct refrigeration units and show me around. Abdul Raheem in his late 20’s had been working at the scrapyard for 12 years and was employed by Ibrahim as a Burner. His job was to remove the plastic isolation surrounding copper and other metals so that it could be sold for scrap. The quickest way of doing this was to burn away the plastic. He was delivered sorted bundles of wires by wheel barrow from the dealers (in this case photocopier wires and transformers). He and other young men burnt away the plastic for a fee and the smoking metal was returned to the dealers. Ibrahim told me ‘The smoke is very harmful to our health, when you breath it, in the night you cant sleep, your eyes will hurt and you will have trouble breathing in the evening.‘ He would like to leave the scrapyard and work in agriculture and Abdul Raheem says he would be happy with any other job.
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141 imagesStock photography from the African Cup of Nations Football Tournament held in Ghana in 2008. We like to photograph the action off the pitch and in the stands from the fans perspective.
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23 imagesTravel photography from Ghana. Larabanga mosque, Tamale. Cape Coast,Tree canopy walk at Kakum national park, Busua beach, Accra, Labadi beach, Kumasi and Mole national park. Please search our archive for more images from Ghana.
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28 imagesKenyan Travel Images. Mount Kenya, Samburu tribe, Lamu, Lake Turkana, Northern Kenya, Tiwi Beach, Gedi ruins. Please use the search function to view more Kenyan Images.
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145 imagesOperation Smile mission to Antananarivo, Madagascar in October 2011. Health care professionals from around the world volunteered their time to provide free surgery to repair cleft lips, palates, burns and other deformities. We documented the Operation Smile mission from the queues of people waiting to be screened through to surgery to patients waving goodbye. Operation Smile provides care for children in 60 countries worldwide and we felt privileged to be a small part of such an incredible organization. It was impressive to see so many skilled professionals volunteer their time to improve someone's life forever. We also photographed Operation Smile's 2011 mission to Kinshasa and subsequent assessments in 2012. You can see a photo film of the Madagascar mission on the film page.
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41 imagesOperation Smile's 2015 Mission to Antanarivo, Madagascar.
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91 images2 billion people lack access to any surgical care. Only 4% of an estimated 234 million surgical procedures performed each year go to the poorest third of the global population. Operation Smile has secured funding to build a permanent cleft and surgical centre in Madagascar. This assignment was to document the current situation for people in need of surgery and their options. In all cases the barriers to care were financial, not just to pay for the operation and medicine but to pay for transportation to get to a hospital that was often more than a day away. We spent time with a family in the rural highlands whose first child, Alpha was born with a cleft. They have left their rural home and walked to the nearest city Antisarbe where father, Oliver works as a cyclo driver saving what money he can for Alpha’s surgery. Mother Josiane, 21 stays at a nun’s missionary hoping for news of an Operation Smile surgery where Alpha can receive free surgery. More pictures here.. We spent two days in Antsirabe hospital documenting the working day (and most of the evening) of the General Surgeon Dr Randriamihaja. The hospital has a two-ward system of public and paid for private wards and all medicines must be bought by the patients at the hospital pharmacy. Patients in the public wards must wait to hear if their applications for free surgery have been approved by the hospitals emergency fund. We also documented the Operation Smile 2015 mission to Tamatave that provided free surgeries for 118 patients. The international team worked with local surgeons, doctors, dentists, nurses and speech pathologists that may play a crucial role in the new centre. There were 22 patients who were unable to receive surgery during the mission including 25 year old Gernaine a noma patient who required complex craniofacial surgery. Gernaine has been placed on the waiting list for the World Care program for surgeries beyond the scope of a normal mission.
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30 imagesClara was born with a severe cleft lip and cleft palate. In their tiny village in the highlands of Madagascar the social stigma became too much for Clara’s mother to bear and she abandoned her family, she wanted to leave with her younger son, who wasn’t born with a cleft. Clara’s father, Dede, who accepted and loved Clara unconditionally, refused. And so Clara’s mother walked away from her family, and they haven’t heard from her since. We first meet Clara, then 8 years old, and Dede at a local health clinic in a tiny village on a winding road that links the nearby town of Mandoto with the closest big city, Antsirabe. To reach the clinic from their village, they have to walk barefoot for more than two hours. This is where they first saw the posters some time ago – a medical team from Operation Smile was coming to Antsirabe to provide children free surgery. They saw the before and after photos and realised there was a solution within reach. “When Clara goes to school,” Dede says, dejected. “The children tease her because she can’t make herself understood. So she avoids going outside and doesn’t attend school so often.” One week later, Clara and Dede board a bus, paid for by Operation Smile, that takes them to the medical mission site in Antsirabe. At the Operation Smile patient shelter, more than 300 patients and caregivers have gathered to attend the next day’s health screenings, which determine who will be able to receive surgery during the medical mission. The following day, Clara is carefully examined by Operation Smile medical volunteers and is deemed healthy enough to receive cleft lip surgery, joining the more than 160 children that would receive surgery that week. Operation Smile volunteer cleft surgeon Dr. Petra Peterson of Sweden has carefully planned Clara’s procedure. Clara’s bilateral cleft lip is broad and also affects her nose. With a pen, Petra marks the skin with small dots. Then, the operation to carefully stitch her lip together, layer by layer, can begin. It’s like a puzzle – all the pieces are there, but they need to be fit together just right. Eight months later, we meet Clara again at the local health clinic. This time, 9-year-old carries herself with a newfound sense of confidence – she doesn’t look down or avoid eye contact. We then take the long walk with her to her school – over hills, rice paddies and rivers. When we arrive, she runs ahead of us, eager to show us to her friends. They’re now preparing to go back to the hospital in Antsirabe for Clara’s palate surgery.
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281 imagesTravel Photography from Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, the old capital Ambohimanga, the port and sea side city of Tamatave and Lemurs Park.
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52 imagesText by Alison Smyth, Operation Smile Volunteer I was greeted by Dest and Rosoa outside their rural village in Ambodijara, Madagascar, on a hot, summer day — several weeks prior to Operation Smile’s medical mission in Tamatave. I was there to meet two of the couple’s daughters, 6-year-old Vaviroa and 2-year-old Nambina — both born with a cleft — and document what would become a life-changing experience for the two girls and their family. There village was neatly tucked in a valley of rolling hills about a 40-minute walk from the nearest dirt road, I couldn’t help but think how incredibly beautiful our surroundings were: Huge, tropical trees with bright green leaves. One-room houses crafted entirely from palm trees. We approached the couple’s humble home and were greeted by Vaviroa and Nambina — both smiling and anxiously awaiting our introduction. The sisters were shy yet serious, and from the beginning their devotion and love for each other were obvious. Dest and Rosoa were devastated when their second daughter, Vaviroa, was born with a cleft lip. When Vaviroa reached 6 weeks old, the family walked three hours to the nearest hospital for her required vaccinations. To their surprise, they learned that surgery to repair her cleft lip was possible, but they also knew they could never afford it. Several years passed. Fortunately, Vaviroa had no difficulty feeding despite her cleft, and was a strong, healthy baby. But when Vaviroa was 4, Rosoa gave birth to their third daughter, Nambina. Nambina also had a cleft lip. Rosoa and Dest couldn’t understand why this was happening to their family. With two little girls with cleft lips, Rosoa could hardly bear to look at the other mothers with their babies and their perfect mouths — and she became deeply depressed. In 2013, the couple learned about an Operation Smile medical mission in Antananarivo, the capital city, about a 12 hour journey from their village. They were devastated to realize that they had no money for the transportation to get them there. They feared that they had missed their only chance. In August this year, Rosoa and Dest learnt that Operation Smile was coming to Tamatave, the nearest major city about 170 miles away. Neither Dest nor Rosoa had ever been to the big city, and both were terrified to travel there. Nevertheless, they knew this was their best chance to change their daughters’ lives forever.When the family arrived at the medical mission in Tamatave, they were visibly nervous — anxious to learn whether the two girls would receive surgery. I was there when the two were notified: the girls would both receive surgery. And I was there when the girls were brought to their parents. These two beautiful girls weren’t the only patients to receive new smiles. The dedicated team of Operation Smile medical volunteers were able to provide 166 medical evaluations and 119 surgeries to children who desperately needed us. Each and every one of them can now look forward to a better future.
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29 imagesTravel images from Lake Malawi. The Ilala ferry, Likoma Island, Ruare, Usisiya and Kaya Mawa. Please search out archive for more Malawi images.
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52 imagesOperation Smile's inaugural mission to Mozambique. Beira June 2014. All photos © Operational Smile / Zute Lightfoot
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54 imagesTravel photography from Mozambique. Ilha de Mocambique. Inhambane, Gurue, The Makonde people, The Bazaruto archipelago, Niassa province and Beira. Please search our archive for more images from Mozambique.
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20 imagesBritish charity Malaria No More has partnered with Nets For Life on a net distribution and education campaign in Namibia. In 2010 they visited to see how the funds raised in the UK were being used in the battle against malaria. PLEASE SEE THE MULTIMEDIA SECTION ABOVE FOR THE SHORT FILM ON THE PROJECT.
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22 imagesTravel photography from Namibia. The Kaokoveld and Epupa falls, the Himba people. Etosha national park, Sossuvlei in the Namib desert and Spitzkoppe. Please search our archive for more images from Namibia.
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15 imagesI was lucky enough to be invited to spend the day with the Hulaton sisters and their family at their home in Manilla in early 2015. They were both born with Universal Cleft Lip and received corrective surgery from the Operation Smile Team in 2012.
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35 images124 surgeries completed in 4 and half days to children and adults with cleft lips and palettes. A few photos from a great team and great mission in Cauayan City in the Philippnes.
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40 imagesTravel Photography from Manilla, Roxas Boulevard and sunset over the Makati skyscrapers.
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160 imagesWater Aid started working in Rwanda in 2010. These pictures examines the problems and challenges people face when having to collect their drinking water from contaminated sources far away from their homes and the health issues that result. Water Aid have installed clean water pumps and rain water harvesting systems in some communities and plan to work in the villages we visited.
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28 imagesRwanda has only two reconstructive plastic surgeons and 18 anesthesiologists serve the country of nearly 12 million people. In Rwanda, much of the surgical demand results from trauma and burn wounds. The lack of adequately trained surgeons forces some patients to wait for years before they’re able to receive treatment, which worsens their conditions and further burdens the health system. Operation Smile is helping to alleviate this suffering by empowering local health care workers with training and education. Since 2015, Operation Smile has partnered with the University of Rwanda, Partners In Health and the Rwandan Ministry of Health to host twice-annual surgical training rotations. Since then, more than 25 Rwandan general surgery residents have received hands-on training and education through the rotations. Dr. Faustin Ntirenganya, head of the surgery department at the University of Rwanda and one of the country’s two plastic surgeons, said: “Don’t fish for us, teach us how to fish — I like that approach. I used to be involved in cleft surgeries and missions with people coming from abroad. The old way of doing business was to come, operate and go. Then I heard Operation Smile was looking at something more sustainable, which meant coming to train residents.” Dr. Steve Naum, an Operation Smile volunteer surgeon who’s helped spearhead the development of the rotations, said: “We have witnessed some of the graduated residents going out into the district hospitals and continuing to do reconstructive procedures for wounds and burn patients. This is evidence that their experience with Dr. Faustin and with us has given them the training, confidence and interest to continue practicing reconstructive procedures as general surgeons in the community.” The rotations have also strengthened the skills of residents in anesthesiology, another area of massive need in Rwanda, with five graduates completing the program since its inception. The future of reconstructive plastic surgery in Rwanda is looking brighter than ever. Through a grant secured by Operation Smile Sweden through the Swedish Postcode Lottery, Operation Smile will help establish the country’s first-ever postgraduate reconstructive plastic surgery certification program in partnership with the University of Rwanda and Rwanda’s ministries of education and health. The program is scheduled to begin in September 2019 with its first graduates receiving certifications in 2022.
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28 imagesAs the Rhino poaching crisis worsens in South Africa. Some Rhino owners have employed private para military style security firms to patrol and protect their rhinos. This story shows the security team out on patrol, the mock arrest of a suspected poacher and the training and parade of new recruits. In 2011 448 Rhino's were killed in South Africa up from 333 in 2010. The price of rhino horn on the black market is reportedly now more than the price of gold per kilo. The demand comes from the Far East where it is used in traditional medicine.
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8 imagesIn 2011 South Africa had the largest number of asylum seekers in the world. The Department of Home Affairs has a backlog of over 70,000 cases on appeal. It has since closed the Refugee Reception Offices in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth & Johannesburg. This leaves most asylum seekers facing a journey across the country every three months to renew their permits. All three of the closures have been declared unlawful by the courts but nothing has been done about it. These photographs were taken outside the Refugee Reception Office at Customs House in Cape Town as new arrivals and existing permit holders arrived for documentation. TO SEE THE FILM CLICK ON THE FILMS AND MULTIMEDIA TAB ON THE LEFT. ©Zute Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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21 imagesMother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.
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14 imagesAs world cup fever gripped South Africa it was not just men and children who were playing football. A group of Gogo's, (Zulu for grandmothers) got together twice a week to train and play in Alexandra township in Johannesburg. As well as being a source of exercise the training is a welcome get together for many of the women who are now raising their grandchildren as a result of the HIV / Aids pandemic. The training session is run with the help of local NGO Ratang Bana (Future for children. ) Alexander Township. Johannesburg, South Africa.
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219 imagesStock Photography from the economic powerhouse that is Jozi. From the shopping malls of Sandton, The Northern Suburbs, The Apartheid Museum, Soweto, Alexandra Township, Soccer City, Randlords, Redelvelopment & Hispters in Arts on Main & Braamfontein, Newtown, Ponte and views of the CBD we have it covered.
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38 imagesMothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt north of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn. In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim has not been processed. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and its profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’ The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer. 2011.
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14 imagesMr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots. It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.
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46 imagesSekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water. As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from. TO SEE THE FILM ON SEKURUWE CLICK ON THE MULTIMEDIA TAB ©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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151 imagesAfter living and working in South Africa for 3 years I always knew that if I were able I would return and cover the mourning period when Mandela passed. I also knew that covering an event of that magnitude as a freelancer was going to be a challenge. I would need to find a way of doing something different It was easy to get lost in the sheer scale of the event, the crowds, the numbers of photographers, film crews and journalists. The logistics, early starts, huge distances, traffic jams, parking and Internet connections were a full day's challenge on their own. I knew I would be up against strong competition, the agencies would have all the official events and VIPs covered. So I concentrated on trying to tell the story of how people felt. In Vilakazi Street outside the President’s former home (now a museum) the mood was celebratory. The restaurants were packed as people danced and paraded in the street singing struggle songs. On the morning of the official memorial I caught the early train to the stadium arriving in the dawn rain. I am glad I did as I think I got some of my strongest pictures of the day. As Mandela lay in state I followed the queues that snaked round down town Pretoria to the foot of the Union buildings and then up to the temporary mausoleum, from hustle bustle to quiet chatter to respectful silence. On the final day at least 92 thousand people filed past his coffin to pay their respects. As his body was driven away for the last time a crowd of hundreds remained on the top of the hill singing struggle songs with Pretoria below. Halfway through the week I looked through my pictures and felt that they were about the event more than about the people. So I went out with one light, one lens and a digital recorder. Simple questions - Why are you here? What did Mandela mean to you? I chose the stage, how people stood was up to them. Thanks to my colleagues at the LRC Eastern Cape office I was able to find a back road to Qunu to photograph the cortege as it passed. After a long drive from Joburg I was worried I would miss it but with minutes to spare I found a spot with few photographers. On the morning of the funeral I headed to Mandela’s birthplace Mveso where his grandson Mandla is chief. I wanted to make pictures in rural areas to contrast the city folk from Soweto, Joburg and Pretoria. Through the morning mist I made out the large screen where the funeral would be played on the football pitch behind a donkey. The national anthem was blared out at full volume so all in the village and beyond could hear. By mid morning I felt I had enough and headed back to Qunu’s neighbouring village and then into Umtata town stadium.
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105 imagesEvery spring Namaqualand transforms from a barren land to an extravagant and diverse spring flower display. Namaqualand is unique in being the only desert in the world to have such a diverse selection of plant life, succulents and brightly coloured daisies. This collection of photographs has daisies and flowers from Nieuwoudtvill and Clan William, Succulents and quiver trees from Vanrhynsdorp, Garies, Kamieskroon and Springbok. Northern Cape, South Africa
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21 imagesMkanzini was one of several schools involved in the Norms & Standards case. The case sought to compel the Minister of Basic Education to prescribe minimum uniform norms and standards for infrastructure in South Africa's schools. The LRC was acting on behalf of an NGO called Equal Education and communities across the country. In late November 2012, a settlement agreement was reached between the parties. The agreement marks an important milestone in South African education law as the legal action has ensured there will be a binding law regulating the provision of school infrastructure in place from May 2013. The Minister will promulgate the South African Schools Act which: "...must provide for, but not be limited to, the following: The availability of classrooms; electricity; water; sanitation; a library; laboratories for science, technology, mathematics and life sciences; sport and recreational facilities; electronic connectivity at a school; and Perimeter security." OUR FILM ON MKANZINI SCHOOL AND THE NORMS & STANDARDS CAMPAIGN CAN BE SEEN VIA THE FILMS & MULTIMEDIA TAB ON THE LEFT. ©Zute Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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35 imagesOperation Smile's 2015 mission to Mombela in South Africa.
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28 imagesDr Mamphela Ramphele, leader of Agang SA. Dr Ramphele founded Agang in February 2013. South Africa's elections are scheduled for April 2014 and mark the countries 20th year of democracy. Dr Ramphele was photographed exclusively on a recent trip to London to speak about her visions and values for South Africa. 21st January 2014. ©Photos: Zute Lightfoot
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46 imagesThe Nombhela gardens project is co-op of people from Njakanjaka village in the Venda area of Limpopo. Land has been granted to them by Traditional Leaders to use for agriculture, and cultural activities with the aim of generating an income and reducing poverty in the village. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them to ensure the have secure tenure to the land. The film of Nombhela Gardens can be seen on the films & multimedia page above. Njakanjaka Village, Limpopo, South Africa.
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44 imagesTravel photography from several hiking trips up the Amphitheatre in the Drakensberg mountain range in South Africa. These pictures where taken over three ascents during summer, spring and winter.
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42 imagesAmasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disused railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the Department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities. CLICK ON THE FILMS & MULTIMEDIA TAB ON THE LEFT TO WATCH THE FILM © Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
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17 imagesDuring Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below. Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development. ©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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58 imagesTravel photography from South Africa. Downtown Johannnesburg, The Transkei, Cape Town, The Drakensberg mountains, Durban and the Northern Cape. Please search our archive for more images from South Africa.
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46 imagesTribal Levies: Undemocratic Powers of Taxation Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. Mamayila had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. These photographs are from a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre to get legal advice on the practicalities of breaking away and forming their own Traditional Authority.
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12 imagesWe headed up to the former homeland of Venda to a small village called Khubvi in Limpopo, South Africa to photograph the local girls football team who were all in support of ActionAid's 1Goal campaign - Education for all.
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24 imagesA selection of work from the 2010 world cup. The stadiums, the fans, the players and the support for the tournament from South Africans.
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24 imagesZululand: The battle of Isandlwana. A reenactement of the battle fought between the British Red Coats and the Zulus in 1879,
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48 imagesAfrican Wildlife from some of the continents finest National Parks. South Luangwa & Lower Zambezi in Zambia. Chobe, Savuti & Moremi in Botswana. Etosha in Namibia. Queen Elizabeth, Murchison Falls & Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. Kruger in South Africa. This is a small selection from each National Park, please search across our archive to see more.
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31 imagesUganda Travel. Gorillas. Bwindi National Park, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kazinga Channel, Chimpanzee sanctuary, Blue Nile, Kampala, Ssese Islands, Wildlife, Nature, Safari, Shoebill Stork. CANT FIND THE UGANDA IMAGE YOU NEED? SEARCH ACROSS OUR ARCHIVE.
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36 imagesUK, London, Canary Wharf, Crossrail construction site on the Canary Wharf estate. Canary Wharf will be one of the largest Crossrail stations. Like the nearby Canary Wharf Tube station, the new Crossrail station will be built in the dock water area, in this case the North Dock of West India Quay. The station and proposed retail and park areas will be six storeys high; approximately the size of One Canada Square laid on its side.
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30 imagesDesigns on the past Can engaging with the past help to build a better future? Residents working to strengthen the resilience of their communities in four very different locations believe it can. As part of a broader spectrum of initiatives designed to make a positive difference to life in the area, activity around local heritage has become an important component of their work. These photographs accompany an essay by Carey Newson exploring the experience of these locally distinctive projects and the thinking behind them. In an age of austerity, what can history do for constrained communities? Commissioned by the Local Trust, a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions. As part of the Big Local project where 150 communities have been given at least £1m with no strings attached to use as they see fit,
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30 imagesPhotography of the flooding across the Thames Valley during February 2014. These picture were shot in the villages of Wraysbury, Ham Island and Chertsey.
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20 imagesThese portraits were taken at the Goldbourne Road festival. We set up a studio and invited passer by to have their portrait taken. They will be displayed on the bridge at the end of the road as it gets a welcome artistic make over.
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43 imagesThe KPH: Groves Last Boozer The KPH, aka Keep Paddy Happy, aka The GBH and occasionally referred to as the Kensington Park Hotel closed the doors after 150 years of service on April 5th 2016; after a 3 year legal battle between the landlord and pub leaseholder. In 1980 (I was 3) my parents went into the KPH and ordered a double brandy each. In my mother’s handbag was a crow bar and hammer. Courage fortified, they left the pub, walked a few doors down Lancaster road and squatted the first floor of an empty late Victorian terrace that forms my earliest memories. My mum used to shout at the Rasta’s next door for shooting bottles in the back garden until one moved in by hoping the back wall and squatting the basement. (He was an inventor and later built me a toy truck with front and rear leaf suspension.) The KPH stood grand on the corner of Labroke Grove, decor unchanged, internal signage unbothered to display the brands of the beers our past (Double D or Skol anyone?) Not a hint of a micro brewed beer on site. It proclaimed to be nothing more than a boozer on the Grove. It was flanked on each side by not one but three estate agents. A perfect symbol of London’s gentrification; An older, working class established community hub out numbered and outflanked by wealthy new arrivals. (David Cameron’s mother in law owns the interiors shop opposite.) No doubt aspiring to label themselves as ‘Notting Hill’ rather than ‘Grove.’ As the humans shift to urban centres space will be tight, prices will rise and areas will change this is not unique to Labroke Grove or even London. But add to the mix safe investments for a global elite and years of poor housing planning and it feels like every Londoners manor is on borrowed time.
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20 imagesCrowds gather in central London to watch former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral procession.
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56 imagesThe annual Notting Hill Carnival, Bank holiday August weekend 2013
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25 imagesWhy have you come here and why are wearing a poppy? Whitehall. Central London. November 11th 2013.
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11 imagesThe Metropolitan Police using stop and search tactics in East London in response to the increase in knife crime in the capital. Forest Gate, Newham, East London .
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26 imagesVigil held for Mark Duggan outside Tottenham police station after a jury returned a verdict of 'lawful killing'. Duggan was shot by police in August 2011 prompting rioting across the UK. Tottenham, London, UK. January 11th 2013 Picture by Zute Lightfoot
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53 imagesOn Sunday the 5th of July Westway 23 held a creative demonstration of community in along the 23 acres underneath the Westway - A40 in Labroke Grove. Westway23 is a grass roots organisation formed of concerned local residents, organisations, traders and artists of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds, united to defend the rights of the local community of Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, West London in relation to the 23 acres of land held in trust for the benefit of local residents by Westway Trust.
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14 imagesKasanka Bat Migration. The annual migration of up to 8 million straw coloured fruit bats who come to Kasanka National park in Zambia to feast on the fruit trees.
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21 imagesWildlife photographs from the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia. The park covers 4000 square kilometers of the Zambezi valley. The landscape has mountains, groves of winter thorn trees and numerous islands and channels formed by the Zambezi river. It is bordered by Mana pools National Park in Zimbabwe on the other Southern side of the river.
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61 imagesTravel photography from Zambia. The Lower Zambezi National Park, South Luangwa National Park, Victoria Falls and Chongwe river camp. Please search across our archive for more images from Zambia.
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22 imagesAssignment with WaterAid to an area in the south-west of Zambia. Pre-intervention communities where people have no choice but to use dirty water sources for drinking and washing. Post intervention communities where clean water sources had been installed with the help of WaterAid.
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44 imagesZanzibar. The spice Island off the coast Tanzania. Beaches at Nungwei and Jambiani. Stone town and Forodha food market. Dar es Salaam. The port and commercial hub of Tanzania. Please use search out archive for more Zanzibar & Dar es Salaam images.
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