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In photos: President urged to make sanitary pads free I_Menstruate Movement launches “period poverty” exhibition in Franschhoek groundup.org.za/article/art-ex… by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

Namaqualand community raises the alarm over copper mining in their small town groundup.org.za/article/our-ho… by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

As always, great photojournalism by Luis Tato for AFP Photo in Kenya.

Exhibition honours work of late Bang Bang Club photojournalist groundup.org.za/article/exhibi… by Ihsaan Haffejee

In photos: Gale rips off roofs in Cape Town suburb More: groundup.org.za/article/strong… by Ashraf Hendricks

Winelands families battle flooding: “For three days people have not slept” More photos: groundup.org.za/article/for-th… Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

Possible site for Muizenberg homeless shelter sparks alarm groundup.org.za/article/possib… by Ashraf Hendricks

Dogs and cats get their own taxi in Cape Town Read groundup.org.za/article/four-l… by Ashraf Hendricks

Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets Read groundup.org.za/article/pre-da… by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

Vets are leaving South Africa in droves Read groundup.org.za/article/vets-l… by Liezl Human. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Cape Town electricity protest brings traffic to a halt: “We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity” Read groundup.org.za/article/lavend… by Ashraf Hendricks

My article: South Africa supplies Israel with 15% of its coal, literally fuelling the genocide in Gaza.

West Coast fishers say fishing policy is crippling them Read groundup.org.za/article/west-c… by Liezl Human. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Blooming good: How a desert garden is saving endangered plants Read groundup.org.za/article/bloomi… by Liezl Human. Video: Ashraf Hendricks

How people in Namaqualand are keeping the Nama language alive A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct Read groundup.org.za/article/how-pe… by Ashraf Hendricks

Diamond mines everywhere but Richtersveld town battles poverty Sanddrift residents struggle to get medication, ambulances, and jobs Read groundup.org.za/article/surrou… by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

In photos: turning rubbish dumps into gardens in Upington “It is the love of nature that keeps us going” Read groundup.org.za/article/in-pho… by Liezl Human. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

In photos: wagging tails and smiles greet Animal Welfare Society volunteers Volunteers visit a different town in the Kalahari and rural Northern Cape each Saturday to offer much-needed services to pets Read groundup.org.za/article/upingt… by Ashraf Hendricks