Zilba Raubach
South Africa
AFRICA
I am a news photographer with a graphic design background.I have been involved in photography for over 25 years and was an operational photographer during my national service during South Africa's bush war.
I have some newspaper experience and have been published in newspapers, magazine, online in both regional, national and international publications over the last 20 odd years.I have a number of online galleries.
I have no affliation with any news service or newspaper group in South Africa or elsewhere, with the exception of Demotix.
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Traditional Xhosa weddings differ quite substantially from those of the West, although the trend now is to perform both sets of ceremonies. Xhosa refers to the speakers of Bantu languages living in south-east South Africa.
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Mandla Mandela (Full name Zwelivelile Mandela, born 1974) is the chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He graduated from Rhodes University with a degree in Politics in 2007. He has been a Member of Parliament.
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Discovery Surfers Challenge is a unique race has a proud history dating back to 1975 and was born from some friendly rivalry between local athletes and surfers. The surfers issued a challenge to the roadrunners to meet them on their turf, the beach.
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Buffalo City and Johannesburg are among the most unequal cities in the world according to a United Nations-Habitat survey of 109 countries in all regions of the world.
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Founded in 2009, this festival has been greatly supported by the Buffalo City Metro, East London the host city for the past four years. The festival has been well-received by avid festival goers from all across South Africa.
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Cage fighting has proven to be a huge success in martial arts fighting throughout the world and fight fans have a chance to see it for themselves.
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There is a rapidly growing global demand for blueberries due to its various health benefits. EU have funded outgrower farmers in the Easten Cape of South Africa.
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Early morning beach baptism, local African churches flood the beach on weekends to perform early morning services culminating in outdoor baptisms. The services start before sunrise and the congregations often sleep on the beach the night before.
