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on July 07, 2014

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ART for All, big and small.

DIEPKLOOF, Soweto - I met Thabang Selai in Braamfontein. He is the creator of a piece of art displayed against a building in Melle street. I found the art piece interesting because I noticed the bright coloured ‘name-board’ from across a n intersection. On closer inspection I found that it was made of plastic bottle-tops.. It was bright and colorful. Thanbang is based in Diepkloof, Soweto where he live with his family. He inspires the children in his community to be creative and often hosts art classes around his house. The neighborhood children come to draw and be creative. They find a place to sit and draw. On paint cans and on the portch in front of the house. “They are so creative and have amazing imagination,” said Thabang. He doesn’t always have enough paper but he makes a plan. He often use his childrens’ crayons to give to those that come to his class. To help Thabang with paper, pencils, crayons, color-pencils or any art supplies, p

Documentary

The Lines in the Sky Electricity theft affects many communities in South Africa, not least that of Kwa Thema Extension 3. Several people have died through electrocution from illegal power connections in this East Rand township over recent years. Nonetheless, the practice continues – with a veritable spider’s web of illegal cables visible in the area. Residents acknowledge that power theft is wrong. But, they also point out that the illegal cables are critical to making life bearable in the poverty-stricken township. “I am not working and I have a connection. I use it for my light to read, because it is difficult to read with a candle,” says Sibusiso Majola, a 22-year-old resident. Most of the people living in Kwa Thema are unemployed, and survive by doing occasional jobs. This essay explores how illegal connections, while dangerous, help to sustain humanity in the settlement, enabling those residents who can to do business, operate small two-plate stoves, boil a kettle and list

Zandspruit Shuffle

On the previous occasion that I visited Zandspruit, rocks were flying overhead and the police were firing rubber bullets at the protesting crowds. In more than a year nothing much have changed in the township. There are definitely more people and the daily 'struggle' for survival continue. Many open their own hair salons and capenta (small dried fish) is traded alongside the live chickens and fresh vegetables on the sidewalk.

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