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African boy, seen on the street in the township Langa, Cape Town, South Africa. Langa, established in 1923, is the oldest suburb in Cape Town which were designated for Black Africans before the apartheid era. Blog: Dietmar Temps, travel photography Website: Dietmar Temps, photography

Photographs of Langa Township by Greg Lumley: "Life in the townships is very different from the suburbs and many cultural practices are alive and well...

** It would be un-fair of me not to mention one of teh biggest problems in South Africa...Poverty. Poverty is a big problem in South Africa, which fuels another one of South Africa's problems...crime. A large percentage of Souoth Africans live in areas called townships/informal settlements. These townships are communities of informal houses (shacks), often…

Today I would like to focus on the topic of slum tourism in South Africa, also known as township tourism. Slum tourism is defined as the practice of travelers visiting poor urban areas of the global South to view its impoverished conditions and understand more of the lifestyles of local inhabitants. If you want to learn more about slum tourism in South Africa, read on!

Seattle-born Johnny Miller captured the legacy of South Africa's apartheid via a drone, which he flew over the suburbs of Cape Town. His images show the extremes of wealth and poverty living side-by-side

South African photographer Greg Marinovich spent years covering the rise of violence in his home country before the eventual death of the systemic racial discrimination policy of apartheid. During the transition to democracy, he found himself on the front lines of history.

Around 400,000 live in ‘white squatter camps’ in South Africa, a direct result of white poverty following Apartheid – which came to an end 22 years ago.

Around 400,000 live in ‘white squatter camps’ in South Africa, a direct result of white poverty following Apartheid – which came to an end 22 years ago.

I travelled to the Gugulethu Township in August 2015, which is just 15km from Cape Town. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

I'm currently going through the early stages of a re-design for this site and trying to decide on a theme I like for the header. My ideas range from a route 66 diner, a lighthouse, to an old world Parisian newspaper kiosk. Maybe a combination of them all? I'm basically a designer's worst nightmare.