Photo Essays

Zimbabwe Youth Escaping to South Africa
As the world watches — and descends upon — South Africa for the World Cup, thousands of Zimbabwean children have risked their lives crossing the border. Not so...

What Soccer Means to South Africa
The beautiful game is deeply woven into the culture and politics of the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Photographs by Dominic Nahr / Reportage by Getty...

Transforming a Coal Refinery in South Africa
As the coal refinery steps out of the shadow of its past, photographer Benedicte Kurzen is granted unprecedented access to the company's operations in Secunda,...

South Africa, Fifteen Years On
Photographer Benedicte Kurzen explores the state of the nation — from the wealthy malls of Johannesburg to the mud huts of the Eastern Cape — as South Africa...

Violence Erupts in South Africa
A rolling pogrom against migrants reveals the social strain of a post-apartheid 'miracle' that failed to transform the lives of the poor


