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Alf Kumalo

Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited
Friday
/ 26 December 2022

Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited

House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world

By Oupa Nkosi
Hotstix’s  hug a celebration of survival
Friday
/ 31 October 2021

Hotstix’s  hug a celebration of survival

The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography

By Niren Tolsi
The Portfolio: ‘How photographer Bongani Mnguni saw his death coming’
Friday
/ 1 October 2021

The Portfolio: ‘How photographer Bongani Mnguni saw his death coming’

Lucia Mnguni remembers her husband Bongani Mnguni, who photographed some of South Africa’s most turbulent events

By Lucia Mnguni
The abysmal state of South Africa’s photo archives
Friday
/ 1 October 2021

The abysmal state of South Africa’s photo archives

With most photographers struggling to raise capital to digitise work, those that have managed to do so have mostly used their own resources

By Cedric Nunn, Paul Weinberg and Premesh Lalu
Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation
Friday
/ 1 October 2021

Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation

Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book

By Peter Magubane
Obituary:  The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of  Jürgen Schadeberg
Friday
/ 3 September 2020

Obituary: The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of Jürgen Schadeberg

‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman

By Hazel Friedman
Why we need a South African jazz photography archive
Article
/ 30 April 2020

Why we need a South African jazz photography archive

We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’

By Rafs Mayet
Exposed: SA’s iconic pics plundered
Article
/ 13 April 2018

Exposed: SA’s iconic pics plundered

Our photographic heritage is being stolen by pirates peddling ‘pictures of pictures’

By Kwanele Sosibo
A life lived vividly, loudly
Article
/ 26 October 2012

A life lived vividly, loudly

Tiisetso Makube pays tribute to legendary Soweto photographer Alf Kumalo.

By Tiisetso Makube
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Article
/ 10 April 2008

Selebi saga bags M&G top newspaper award

The saga of police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has won the Mail & Guardian‘s investigations team the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Award for story of the year, it was announced on Wednesday evening at the seventh annual awards ceremony held at the Wanderers club in Johannesburg.

By Imke Van Hoorn and Sapa Afp

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