Obituary

Herbert Mabuza: Photographer of apartheid and freedom

09 June 2019 - 00:00 By CHRIS BARRON

Herbert Mabuza, who has died in Johannesburg at the age of 60, was an underground member of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), while working as a photographer for the Sunday Times. He became the newspaper's chief photographer and later its managing editor...

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