Ihsaan Haffejee

Johannesburg

Photojournalist at The Star Newspaper

Independent Visual journalist. Using video & photography to tell South Africa's stories. DM for assignments and commission.

Articles

Wife who took over taxi business from husband also murdered

1 week ago | theherald.co.za | Nandi Ntini |Ihsaan Haffejee

The woman had just taken over the business from her husband, who was also murdered. An Ekurhuleni woman who had just taken over her murdered husband's taxi business was shot and killed in her car in Wadeville, Germiston, on Monday. Her husband, who was a taxi owner, died earlier this year after he was shot and killed over the current taxi violence.
Wife who took over taxi business from husband also murdered

1 week ago | dailydispatch.co.za | Nandi Ntini |Ihsaan Haffejee

The woman had just taken over the business from her husband, who was also murdered. An Ekurhuleni woman who had just taken over her murdered husband's taxi business was shot and killed in her car in Wadeville, Germiston, on Monday. Her husband, who was a taxi owner, died earlier this year after he was shot and killed over the current taxi violence.
Slain taxi owner took over business from husband also murdered this year

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Nandi Ntini |Ihsaan Haffejee

The woman had just taken over the business from her husband who was also murdered. File photo. An Ekurhuleni woman who had just taken over her murdered husband's taxi business was shot and killed in her car in Wadeville, Germiston, on Monday. Her husband, who was a taxi owner, died earlier this year after he was shot and killed over the current taxi violence.
Play commemorates 10th anniversary of Rhodes Must Fall movement

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Ihsaan Haffejee

Artists are staging a reimagined version of the play “The Fall” to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the #Rhodesmustfall and #Feesmustfall student movements, The play produced by theater company, Theatre Duo & Co, focuses on the University of Cape Town (UCT) in the lead up to the removal of the Rhodes statue. The Fall was initially written by postgraduate drama students at UCT in the wake of mass student protests and the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from the UCT campus in 2015.
Santaco says women are safe in taxis despite viral GBV video

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Nandi Ntini |Ihsaan Haffejee

The SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) says its vehicles are safe for women to use despite a video showing a woman being harassed inside a taxi without the intervention of the driver. In the video, which has since gone viral, three men can be seen touching the woman, who kept pleading with them not to touch her. Santaco national spokesperson Mmatshikhidi Rebecca Phala said they would need to be truly certain there was no intervention by the driver at all.
South Africa: Flood Warnings As Water Pours From Vaal Dam

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Ihsaan Haffejee

Residents in low lying areas urged to move People living along the banks of the Vaal River and in the flood plain have been advised to move as water is released from the Vaal Dam into the river. Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from around 107% last week to 114% on 9 April and the authorities opened five sluice gates. About 800,000 litres of water per second were released into the river to relieve pressure on the dam.
Invasive weed is threatening life in Joburg dams

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Ihsaan Haffejee

Once thriving with aquatic life, two dams in the north of Johannesburg are now completely blanketed by a thick, green invasive plant species. The Salvinia Molesta, more commonly known as Kariba weed, is an invasive species of free-floating water fern from Brazil. The plan has spread over the surface of the dams in the Lonehill public park and nearby Witkoppen Spruit Park and is clogging up waterways.
Flood warnings as water pours from Vaal Dam

2 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Ihsaan Haffejee

People living along the banks of the Vaal River and in the flood plain have been advised to move as water is released from the Vaal Dam into the river. Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from around 107% last week to 114% on 9 April and the authorities opened five sluice gates. About 800,000 litres of water per second were released into the river to relieve pressure on the dam. The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned that this might cause flooding in lower-lying areas downstream.
Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

2 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik |Ihsaan Haffejee

People marched through the streets of Matatiele in the Eastern Cape and Johannesburg’s city centre on Tuesday, calling for justice for a seven-year-old known only as “Cwecwe” who was raped in the Eastern Cape in October. This follows days of protests and outrage across the country. In December the child’s mother accused the police of being slow to act after the child was raped. The child was a learner at Bergview College, a private school in Matatiele.
Call For African Rainbow Minerals To Stop Selling Coal To Israel

2 weeks ago | techfinancials.co.za | Ihsaan Haffejee |Gugu Lourie

The South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is calling for local mining companies, including African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), to stop selling coal to Israel. ARM is among several mining companies that supply to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, which exports coal to Israel. South Africa exported $79-million in coal to Israel in 2023.