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Ashraf Hendricks
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Photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Contributor to @groundup.org.za. Am available for assignments & travel. Occasionally forced to write.

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For the first time, learners from a special needs school in Brackenfell took to the stage at the 15th Shakespeare Schools Festival held in Cape Town over the weekend.

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Learners with disabilities steal the show at Shakespeare festival
Shakespeare School Festival runs until 31 May at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town
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May 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Thousands in Cape Town marched yesterday calling for justice for the rape of a 7-year-old. The child was raped in October last year in the Eastern Cape.

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April 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Hundreds of life-sized animal puppets will be performing in cities from Central Africa to the northern tip of Norway to raise awareness about climate change.

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Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway
Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change
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March 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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NBCU ACADEMY: Photojournalism is more than just taking pictures youtu.be/fLeii6OSIAk?... @nbcuacademy.bsky.social @nbcnews.com #photojournalism #journalism
Photojournalism is more than just taking pictures
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March 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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We joined disability grant beneficiary Khanyo Mantshi and his siter Okuhle on a shopping trip after collecting his R2,600 grant last week. He says it is not enough to cover his living expenses.

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Here’s how a disabled person spent their grant
We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs
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March 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Boxing academy in Mitchells Plain home hopes to train champions. More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth

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Boxing academy in Mitchells Plain home hopes to train champions
More space and facilities needed for coach Ashley Whiteboy, who runs a free boxing program from his living room and teaches life skills to youth
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March 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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🎉 No Other Land Wins the Oscar for Best Documentary! 🎉

Congratulations to +972 Magazine’s very own reporter, Yuval Abraham, and long-time contributor, Basel Adra, on winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for their powerful film, No Other Land.

#NoOtherLand #Oscars2025
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Pro-Ukrainian protests on Sunday and Monday were interrupted by supporters of a rival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Pretoria, and by pro-Russia supporters in Durban.

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February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point. Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands

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Hundreds join pro-Palestine rally in Sea Point
Palestine Solidarity Campaign renews call for SA government to cut ties with Israel, among other demands
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February 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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My latest article for @groundup.org.za
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Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters gathered outside the Russian consulate in Cape Town on Friday to protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukrainians in Cape Town honour victims of Russian invasion
More protests are planned in Durban and Pretoria
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February 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Second of day of protests rocks UCT campus. Students storm administration building, block entrances

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February 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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First day of lectures disrupted as over 600 UCT students march on campus. UCT Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela promises to address issues raised by protesting students around financial exclusion

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First day of lectures disrupted as over 600 UCT students march on campus
UCT Vice-Chancellor Mosa Moshabela promises to address issues raised by protesting students around financial exclusion
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February 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Hundreds of University of Cape Town #UCT students in #SouthAfrica protested against financial exclusion, student debt, and accommodation issues. Some blocked campus entrances and disrupted lectures.

For @groundup.org.za - Full article here: groundup.org.za/article/firs...
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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“The Sea is in our Blood,” curated by Traci Kwaai, honours Kalk Bay’s fishing families. Many families were forcibly removed during apartheid’s Group Areas. Today, only a few remain, as #KalkBay in #CapeTown has become a gentrified area.

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February 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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I'm trying out a new video format to show what it's like working in the field as a #photojournalist. With the access I get to protests and events, I'm hoping this could be interesting and educational to the curious & those looking to do similar work.

Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boE...
February 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid: Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

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Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid
Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed
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February 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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GroundUp photographer Ashraf Hendricks took pics at SONA, mostly VIPs, but some others as well. They're Creative Commons. Please credit Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp.
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Photo of Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka by Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A story I recently did for @groundup.org.za. This new Early Childhood Development (ECD) center is being built in Heideveld, Cape Town, using 5,000 recycled tyres and other waste materials. The project also trains workers in eco-friendly construction.

Full story - groundup.org.za/article/new-...
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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After Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images.

But many residents are increasingly fed up of what they see as over-tourism, as the spectre of gentrification looms over the area.

My story from Bo-Kaap
Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma
Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification
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February 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

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Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives
But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy
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February 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Hundreds of students protest their lack of accommodation at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in #CapeTown during the annual State of the Nation Address . Some are forced to sleep in the student centre, hallways and outside.

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February 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Students protest their “dire” accommodation outside SONA: CPUT students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

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Students protest their “dire” accommodation outside SONA
CPUT students have been sleeping outside and in hallways
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February 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Inside El Salvador's mega-prison, where US criminals could be held reut.rs/4jKk5Yf
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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I recently visited this incredible early childhood development (ECD) centre in Heideveld in Cape Town. Learning that you can build with tyres, mud and bottles was incredible.
groundup.org.za GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · Feb 5
This Cape Town crèche is being built from used tyres, bottles, eco bricks and other recycled waste

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February 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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About 50 people picket outside the #CapeTown International Convention Centre (CTICC) during the Mining Indaba. Protesters are calling for justice following the Stilfontein mining tragedy that has killed over 70 people.

Full story on @groundup.org.za here - groundup.org.za/article/acti...
February 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM