Johannesburg, South Africa
$400 - $1000 / Day
Request QuoteLeon is an independent photojournalist and a photography trainer, currently working with the Wits Centre for Journalism as a Mentor in Photography to its postgraduate journalism students. He has a decorated history of working in different newsrooms as a photojournalist and picture editor. He has travelled and worked in Zambia, DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa. Furthermore, he is freelancer for Bloomberg News and Daily Maverick, doing both Video and photographic stories in South Africa. He is also the creator of the “Man in the Green Blanket“, Mgcineni Noki’s Marikana photograph. Qualifications: Bachelor of Business administration in Media Operations Management, Boston Media, 2020
Trucks piling up at the Lebombo border between South Africa and Mozambiqie on the way to Maputo port, where their cargos are loaded onto ships and sent around the world, after South Africa became one of Europe’s main alternatives to Russian coal following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This brought about a hive of activity around the border.
Cholera largely disappeared in developed economies with modern sewage systems. Its return near Pretoria shows how far a nation has fallen.
Parys residents protest by burning property and pelting police with stones, calling the government to deliver services.
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