South African family history, genealogy, heritage and interesting places, past and present. All articles researched and written by Anne Lehmkuhl. COPYRIGHT ANNE LEHMKUHL, no article can be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission. EMAIL ME
Internship leads to photo find
An intern journalist found a work placement a lot more rewarding by going through old newspaper issues recently in East London. Sibongile Mkani was paging through back issues of GO!, the community newspaper, when she came across a photo of her grandfather Nqabisile Mgwangqa (now 84) - posing for a Buffalo City Tourism poster. It features him with his hat raised and wearing a red tie - although he was not aware that the photo was used. He lives in the village of Esikhobeni, where Sibongile showed him the poster.