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Ben Mclennan
Biography
Sep 25, 2012

Ben Mclennan

South African author, journalist and photojournalist of Scottish heritage

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Masana Sam Nzima
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Masana Sam Nzima

For his excellent contribution in photo journalism and placing the brutality of the Apartheid police in the internationa...

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Barney Simon
Biography
Mar 01, 2013

Barney Simon

Writer, Playwright and Director

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Abraham H. de Vries
Biography
Sep 03, 2019

Abraham H. de Vries

Short Story Writer, Art Editor, Lecturer, Director, Chairperson of the Afrikaans Writers' Guild

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Paul Alberts
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Paul Alberts

One of South Africa's leading social documentary photographers

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Bee Berman
Biography
Sep 25, 2012

Bee Berman

Photographer

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Jimi Matthews
Biography
Sep 28, 2012

Jimi Matthews

Jimi Matthews was born in 1955 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here.  After school he ...

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Juda Ngwenya
Biography
Jun 22, 2017

Juda Ngwenya

Photographer 

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Paul Konings
Biography
Sep 28, 2012

Paul Konings

Photographer and graphic artist

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Michael Barry
Biography
Sep 28, 2012

Michael Barry

Artist and photographer

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Berney Perez
Biography
Sep 25, 2012

Berney Perez

Documentary Photographer

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Roy Padayachie
Biography
May 09, 2012

Roy Padayachie

Industrial Chemist, early childhood education practioner, Director of the Chatsworth Early Learning Centre, member of th...

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Herbert Mabuza
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Herbert Mabuza

photographer and farmer

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Julian Raymond Cobbing
Biography
Sep 28, 2012

Julian Raymond Cobbing

Documentary photographer, English historian and professor of history

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Graham Goddard
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Graham Goddard

Photographer.

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