The car guarding industry evolved in South Africa out of the plight of the unemployed, coupled with the increasing levels of crime, particularly motor theft. The majority of the car guards in this area are Congolese immigrants.
By Nikki Rixon - 9 December 2010 - Photo
A sangoma initiation ceremony.
By Nikki Rixon - 2 November 2010 - Passion and belief, Photo
Local feeling about the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa.
By Nikki Rixon - 8 September 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities
Alina Thonjeni, a 69-year-old single mother to four children, has exactly the sort of entrepreneurial spirit necessary to benefit from the influx of tourists during the World Cup. She retired from her job in order to convert her modest but well-kept home in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, into a guesthouse.
By Nikki Rixon - 28 June 2010 - Business and life, Photo
In Polokwane, Limpopo’s Department of Roads and Transport provided more than R25-million for taxi operators to ferry football fans to five different public viewing areas during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
By Nikki Rixon - 26 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo
Alexandra is a poor, densely populated township that was established in 1912. It borders, and stands in stark contrast to, Sandton, the wealthiest suburb in South Africa. Situated in the industrial side of Alexandra is an old ice-cream factory that has been taken over by locals. They have built two floors filled with one-room dwellings made from recycled tin and wood, dangerously connected by narrow wooden planks.
By Nikki Rixon - 18 June 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities
Walking through the park in the town centre of Polokwane, it would be impossible to miss Phineas Molwantwa who has an inspiring entrepreneurial vision which he realizes through street photography.
By Nikki Rixon - 18 June 2010 - Business and life, Photo
In an attempt to ‘clean-up’ the streets of South Africa’s mother city, hundreds of informal settlers, street kids and the homeless have been forcibly moved off the streets of Cape Town and relocated to Blikkiesdorp, a temporary dumping ground made up of one-room, corrugated iron shacks.
By Nikki Rixon - 12 June 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities
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