Obituary: Juda Ngwenya, modest photographer on front line of apartheid-era violence

30 October 2016 - 02:00
By Chris Barron

Juda Ngwenya, who has died on the East Rand at the age of 65, was a top Reuters news photographer for 20 years. He covered the war-torn townships of the East and West Rand in the '80s and '90s. Part of his extraordinary skill and sensitivity as a lensman was his ability to stay calm and focused in the most terrifying situations.

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