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The campaign marked a turning point in a broader public debate across South Africa about colonial symbols in shared civic and academic spaces.","2026-03-27T21:35:34","uct-council-votes-to-remove-the-rhodes-statue-university-of-cape-town-south-africa-april-2015","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fuct-council-votes-to-remove-the-rhodes-statue-university-of-cape-town-south-africa-april-2015\u002F",{"src":12,"alt":13,"width":14,"height":15},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002Frhodes-must-fall-2015-0006.jpg","On April 8, at the end of a meeting disrupted by students, UCT’s council ruled that the statue would be removed the following day.",1200,800,{"id":17,"title":18,"caption":18,"date":19,"slug":20,"url":21,"image":22},1312,"Domestic worker walking past window in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, 2009.","2026-03-27T21:27:07","domestic-worker-walking-past-window-in-capricorn-park-cape-town-2009","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fdomestic-worker-walking-past-window-in-capricorn-park-cape-town-2009\u002F",{"src":23,"alt":18,"width":24,"height":25},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F07\u002FExhibition-1-all-final-0017.jpg",1500,970,{"id":27,"title":28,"caption":29,"date":30,"slug":31,"url":32,"image":33},1318,"Men playing a game of Dominos in the street, Woodstock 2014.","Men gather around a worn table in the street to play dominoes, their hands moving through dappled shade. Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014.","2026-03-27T20:14:14","men-playing-a-game-of-dominos-in-the-street-woodstock-2014","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fmen-playing-a-game-of-dominos-in-the-street-woodstock-2014\u002F",{"src":34,"alt":28,"width":35,"height":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F07\u002FWebsite-additional-mads-norgaard-0001.jpg",null,{"id":37,"title":38,"caption":39,"date":40,"slug":41,"url":42,"image":43},1311,"Wedding in Johannesburg, South Africa","Guests depart carrying gifts on a wet street outside a family home. Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017.","2026-03-27T19:59:42","johannesburg-south-africa","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fjohannesburg-south-africa\u002F",{"src":44,"alt":39,"width":24,"height":45},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F07\u002FJohannesburg-family-mads-norgaard-0007.jpg",1000,{"id":47,"title":48,"caption":49,"date":50,"slug":51,"url":52,"image":53},1307,"Overlooking Blikkiesdorp, 2010","Overlooking one of Western Cape's temporary housing projects, Blikkiesdorp - Afrikaans for \"Tin Can Town\" - built ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to relocate informal settlement residents from areas designated for tourist development. What was promised as temporary became permanent for thousands of families. Photographed from the perimeter, 2010.","2026-03-26T09:48:17","overlooking-one-of-western-capes-temporary-housing-projects-blikkiesdorp-2010","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Foverlooking-one-of-western-capes-temporary-housing-projects-blikkiesdorp-2010\u002F",{"src":54,"alt":55,"width":24,"height":45},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F07\u002FExhibition-1-all-final-0008.jpg","Overlooking one of Western Cape’s temporary housing projects, Blikkiesdorp, 2010.",{"id":57,"title":58,"caption":59,"date":60,"slug":61,"url":62,"image":63},1290,"Rugby at Newlands watching the Stormers","Newlands Stadium, Cape Town. Stormers match, year I have forgotten but the photograph remembers it.\n\n\n\nI was in the crowd, not behind it. That choice is the photograph. The try line is in the background, the arms are in front, and somewhere in between is the reason I brought a camera instead of just watching.\n\n\n\nI left Cape Town in 2018.","2026-03-25T09:35:02","rugby-at-newlands-watching-the-stormers","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Frugby-at-newlands-watching-the-stormers\u002F",{"src":64,"alt":58,"width":65,"height":66},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FRugby-at-Newlands-watching-the-Stormers-1.jpg",2048,1365,{"id":68,"title":69,"caption":70,"date":71,"slug":72,"url":73,"image":74},1160,"COSATU march in Cape Town","Approximately 10.000 people gathered in Keizersgracht Street on the 6th of August for a march to Parliament. This was done to protest against the rising electricity, fuel and food prices. The protesters expressed their lack of faith in the government's ability to fix the country's economic problems. Having failed to meet the peoples needs for so long, the politicians are the main cause of the marchers activism.","2018-07-05T13:02:41","cosatu-march-in-cape-town","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fcosatu-march-in-cape-town\u002F",{"src":75,"alt":76,"width":35,"height":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F07\u002FWebsite-additional-mads-norgaard-0027-1.jpg","Copyright © Mads Norgaard - madsnorgaard.net\u002Fcopyright",{"id":78,"title":79,"caption":80,"date":81,"slug":82,"url":83,"image":84},862,"The evening train to Khayelitsha","It is 17:35 and one of the trains to Khayelitsha departs from Cape Town's train station. The masses of people travelling on this line are packed into the train coaches. The carriages get so full that people hang out of the windows and doors or stand in between the coaches. This of course is a dangerous activity but cannot be helped as there is simply not enough space during the daily rush hours. After an already long day at work in town the commuters have to endure a last travel to their homes. The environment is untidy, dark and there is no space to move around. It gets hot in the train, making it almost impossible to breathe, yet the mood is light and people enjoy conversation, singing and perhaps a packet of Nik Naks or Spookies.","2018-06-19T09:44:43","evening-train-to-khayelitsha","https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fevening-train-to-khayelitsha\u002F",{"src":85,"alt":79,"width":86,"height":87},"https:\u002F\u002Fphoto.madsnorgaard.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ftrain-to-khayelitsha-0001.jpg",1309,2000]