South Africa — This feature shows the relocation of a family of elephants from the Kruger National Park in South Africa over a distance of 700km to the Marakele National Park in 1997. Many conservation experts believe that the relocation of family units can be extremely successful and is a far better alternative to the practice of culling.
Portrait of Kevin Carter in The Star’s darkroom
A portrait of influential South African photographer Kevin Carter in The Star newspaper’s darkroom in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1989. Carter was an award-winning photojournalist and conflict photographer, receiving a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan which drew both praise and condemnation. Carter took his own life in 1994 at the age of 33.
Portraits of Ken Oosterbroek in The Star’s darkroom
Portraits of influential South African photographer Ken Oosterbroek in The Star newspaper’s darkroom in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1989. Oosterbroek documented South Africa’s transitional years to the first democratic election that brought Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress to power and officially dismantled decades of apartheid policies. On April 18, 1994 Oosterbroek was killed when the peacekeeping force panicked under fire in Thokoza, close to Johannesburg, 9 days before the election was held.