For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg

This is an edited extract from Razina Theba’s new book ‘A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir’

Many revered Essop as a beloved teacher of English before he clashed with the apartheid authorities and was barred from teaching

"I try to make sure that wherever I am, my camera settings are right for that location and my film is fully loaded."

Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province

Just as preparing and eating food binds us, so do visits to markets with fresh, unpackaged products

Atchar can be enjoyed with curry, vetkoek, which is also called magwinya, or the uniquely South African bunny chow called kota

Sweetmeats, samoosas, laffa, tikka chicken, jalebi, and a mango lassi. Zaza Hlalethwa eats her way through Fordsburg to get a taste of its history.