Recycle II

A then-unfinished section of the recycling center in Orange Farm, Gauteng, South Africa.

Braamfontein

I'm drawn to what by just about any measure are the least appealing buildings.

Recycle

Recycling center, Orange Farm, Gauteng.

Thokoza Protest 2

I know I bounce from region to region, theme to theme, but I was thinking recently about Joburg and thought I'd post some previously unseen ones from the trip there.

The Wait

Mpumalanga II

Sunrise partying.

Mpumalanga

At the end of an all-night party celebrating the initiation of teens in the Pedi culture in northwest South Africa. The drinking and dancing were still going on when we arrived around 7 AM.

Another from Jozi

Trapped

A baboon trapped on the outskirts of an orange grove in Mpumalanga (formerly Eastern Transvaal). They steal the fruit, and the farmer put up this trap, though I have no idea what good one trap would do against a troop of monkeys. Poor guy was scared to death, and while we didn't stick around too long I have no doubt he came to an unpleasant end. Click on image to enlarge.

Initiation

The capping ceremony for a coming of age celebration in rural South Africa.

Service Delivery

Taken in July in Thokoza on the first day of service delivery protests across South Africa.