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A newspaper article is often only as good as the picture that accompanies it, and over the years Weekend Post has boasted a line-up of remarkable photographers to tell stories in images.
The Daily Dispatch and its sister publications, The Herald and Weekend Post, took home the lion’s share of praise dished out at this year’s Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) awards for the Eastern Cape region announced on Thursday.
With each mayoral committee member having declared themselves ‘mayor’, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro was plunged into what the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Xolile Nqatha, described as ‘lawlessness and chaos’ in the ANC-led coalition government.
“The Swarm”, an eerie photograph of an Eastern Cape farmer walking through land dashed by hundreds of brown locusts, earned The Herald and Weekend Post photographer Werner Hills a top-four place in the feature photograph section of the Standard Bank-sponsored Sikuvile Awards in Johannesburg.
Struggling from recent floods and the effects of climate change, Eastern Cape farmers need a sustainable plan to chart a way forward and survive.