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Sandile Ndlovu

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Covers:  I focus on issues relating to inequality, resilience and life on the fringes of society.
Doesn't Cover: I cover every topic in our society

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Sandile Ndlovu’s Biography

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in 2001, Ndlovu got a learnership from the Sunday Tribune to be part of the Tribune eZethu News, a supplement of the Sunday Tribune which was aimed at township readership. Among the six of them he was chosen to be the photographer of the supplement. His photographic career was launched in Durban in 2001 when he was given a point and shoot camera by the former Editor of the Sunday Tribune Peter Davis who only showed him where to press to take a photograph and told him to get close to the subject…

Sandile Ndlovu’s Journalist Portfolio

Interview

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

City Press, Daily Maverick, Sowetan, Mail and Guardian

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

City Press

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

City Press, Daily Maverick, Sowetan, Mail and Guardian

International Photo Competition Dealing with Literature

2021 - Photography

The idea of ​​initiating an international photography competition, which relies on literature as a source of inspiration, was created in 2011. My intention was to create an exciting interplay between photography and literature, to give photographers the opportunity to submit photographic works on the subject of literature. I am curious about which literary source of inspiration they choose, and above all, how they implement their image idea. What do image authors read? Which book? Which poem, which word inspires, and how they visualize language? The stories, novels or poems inspire interesting photographic perspectives and thus bring the literature into the focus of the beholder. Photographers turn into “image poets”. Eva Asaad, 2012 Words in images connect the world of photography with the world of literature. Both concern themselves with the art of observation, choosing a section of reality, transporting individual content out of direct experience, and changing perception. A successful competition depends on being generously supported. Thanks to the sponsors, the jury, in particular to the photographers who make the competition what it is today through their diverse submissions. I´m looking forward to your competition entry. Eva Asaad for wordsinimages

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Award

2022 - Photography

The SADC Media Awards are open to journalists from the SADC Member States. The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the 43rd SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government. The SADC Media Awards were established in 1996 to recognise best media work in disseminating information on SADC to support the process of regional co-operation and integration in the region. The first prize winner in each category receives US$2,500 and the runner-up receives US$1000.

Vodacom Journalist of the Year

2007 - Photography and Hard News

The Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards are annual South African awards for journalism in a number of categories, awarded by Vodacom. I have won national and regional awards in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

SAB Environmental Media & Environmentalist of the Year

2017 - Photography

The Awards aim to recognise the excellence of South African journalists who are reporting on and creating awareness of environmental issues.

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism

2017 - Photography

Awards recognises excellent journalism in South Africa