The Struggle for Choice
Two Paarl residents discuss what it means to have the freedom to choose after apartheid.
By Jesney Jantjies & Hillel Aron
Local Stories in Rich Multimedia by the Young Journalists of Kinoinia Community Centre
Two Paarl residents discuss what it means to have the freedom to choose after apartheid.
By Jesney Jantjies & Hillel Aron
Young reporters investigate what the ANC has and has not done for poor people in the young South African democracy.
By Keabetswe Kekana, Samantha Van Zitters & Albert Sabaté
The Paarl municipality has decided that hawkers in the central area of town are to be moved to an empty parking lot because store owners have complained that they disrupt business. In this conversation with hawkers about democracy and the right to free enterprise, we hear the voices of hawkers who are angry and disappointed with the city's decision.
By Berenice Andrias, Sarah Boesak & Daniel HarjuPaarl residents talk about what democracy in South Africa means to them.
By Buziwe "Jess" Seeland & Kim Nowacki
How has Paarl changed post-apartheid? While coloured townships are generally not as poor as black townships, the majority are still poverty stricken and gangs run rampant. The worst township in Paarl is considered to be Chicago, where gangsters loiter in the streets all day.
By Shane Benade & Janine Rayford
Paarl residents on what it means to vote in the young democracy of South Africa in the post-apartheid age.
By Mzukisi Twaih Ngada and Catherine Cronenberg
A video about the challenges - and ongoing hope - of township life in Paarl, South Africa.
By Ettienne Arries, Lodewyk Amerika, Eldeano Smith, Olga Khazan, & Kevin Douglas Grant
We are 16 graduate students at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. We're living and reporting in Cape Town during June and July, creating multimedia content documenting a defining time in the country's history.
