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Old Photographs: Nagtroep

Posted on 12 August 202012 August 2020 by ilagardien
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Old Photographs: Nothing or Legs

Posted on 12 August 202012 August 2020 by ilagardien

Among the old photographs that I have on storage drives, especially those old water damaged negs I scanned, I sometimes find gems, like the one below. To make this picture I risked life and limb. I stood in the middle of Market Street, Johannesburg, on one of the white lines, in traffic, to get this…

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Jacob Morake’s Last Fight

Posted on 8 August 20208 August 2020 by ilagardien

8 August 2020. I first posted these pictures and text on my website more than a decade ago. (I think in 2009). I was wonderfully surprised to find it that I had a backup on an old storage drive. Here, again, it is. Thanks to Perfect Hlongwane for reminding me about Jacob Morake, which forced…

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Judge Ronnie Pillay and Vusi Pikoli add their support to BLM Movement

Posted on 25 July 202025 July 2020 by ilagardien

This is the full text of the Progressive Eastern Cape Cricket Community Support Statement for Black Lives Matter NB. I do not own the rights to the picture, above, if you are the creator, drop me a note and I will remove it, or if you wish, I will simply credit you. The Progressive Eastern…

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Leeds United and Me – Always a Gooner

Posted on 21 July 202021 July 2020 by ilagardien

I’m really excited about Leeds United being back in the Premier League. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Gooner, but I have a massive soft spot for Leeds United that goes back to my childhood. I should explain. And won’t hold back with the racial references of the apartheid era – as if apartheid never…

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Equality’s Underbelly: The Makhaya Ntini Story

Posted on 17 July 202017 July 2020 by ilagardien

I put a short video on my video page (all of which is experimental for now), in which I discussed how surface forms of equality may conceal injustices, and inequalities that are historical. Then today, I read the story about how Makhaya Ntini was treated when he was the first black cricket player to be…

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Anti-G8 and Anti-War Graffiti in Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003
Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Bastakiya, Dubai 2012

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