Renowned South African photographer Alfred Kumalo has died

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Renowned South African photographer Alfred Kumalo has died.

He died in a Johannesburg hospital suffering from renal failure.

Kumalo, 82, was born in Alexandra, and made his name as a photographer for Drum Magazine.

In his retirement he ran and managed the Khumalo Photographic Museum in Diepkloof, Soweto.

Kumalo who matriculated at the Wilberforce Institute in Evaton began his working career as a journalist and photographer for Bantu World in Johannesburg in 1951. In 1956 he joined the Golden City Post as a permanent staffer.

He covered the 1976 student uprising, the State of Emergency during the 1980s, the unbanning of the liberation movements and the inauguration of South Africa's first democratic government among a host of other events during a career which spanned over more than 50 years.

Kumalo despite his advanced age still worked professionally and ran a professional photographic school in Diepkloof.

Tributes continue to pour in following the death of renowned photographer, Alf Khumalo.

The ANC said in a statement that he will be remembered for the images he has amassed during his industrious and illustrious career of capturing and telling the South African story.

The Nelson Mandela Centre for memory says it will cherish his work and remember him for his dedication to his craft.

Eighty-two-year-old Khumalo died in a Johannesburg hospital this weekend of renal failure.

Sapa