The Presiding Officers of Parliament, led by the Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Chairperson of the Nationwide Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo, be part of the nation in mourning the passing of one in every of South Africa’s world-renowned veteran photojournalists, Mr Peter Magubane.
Mr Magubane reduce his enamel as a photojournalist throughout apartheid and on the top of political segregation and oppression of the black majority in South Africa. He made his title by documenting our nation’s political and socio-economic injustices and main political occasions by scintillating images.
“Mr Magubane stood out among the many few journalists who braved the brutality of the apartheid regime by documenting the struggles of the black majority. He used his lens to shine a highlight on the injustice meted out by the federal government of the day,” stated the Presiding Officers.
“His photographic data of occasions such because the Sharpeville bloodbath, the arrest of the late Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the Rivonia Trial, the Ladies’s March to the Union Buildings towards the Go Legal guidelines, and lots of different iconic moments had been proof of the may of his digicam lens. His passing saddens us because it marks the tip of an period of courageous and fearless journalists who risked their lives to inform the South African story in each method doable. Via his lens, he contributed to the hard-earned democracy that we take pleasure in at present. As a nation, we owe it to his legacy to proceed to work tirelessly to eliminate all social ills,” stated the Presiding Officers.
Parliament extends its deepest condolences to the Magubane household, his associates within the media and humanities fraternity, and to all South Africans.
Could his soul relaxation in peace.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
