Ever
wonder what lliving in South Africa is like? The stories below provide a
peek into everyday lives of teenagers, taxi drivers, domestic workers,
suburbanites, poor women, gangs and the media that cover them.
Guiding
the Lost Generation
They left school to fight apartheid. Today, unemployed and undereducated,
they fight their personal demons.
By Kamika Dunlap
Hell
on Wheels
To earn a living, South Africa's minibus
taxi drivers must dodge traffic and bullets. Jabu Themba struggles
to earn a living on the frontlines on South Africa's taxi wars.
By Chris Gaither
The
Home Front
Black domestic workers say low wages and
poor treatment are apartheid holdovers
By David Gilson
Hired
Guns
South Africa's crime-weary suburbanites
trust private security more than the police.
By David Gilson
The
News Posters of South Africa
By Neil Henry
Changing
Faces
By Cassandra Herrman
Community
Justice
A muslim group turns to violence to fight gangs in the Cape Flats.
By Julia Roller
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