No guts, no glory

A total of 110 journalists of 50 different community newspapers will attend this event, aimed at inspiring and motivating reporters and their editors.

The name of the seminar was coined by one of the first guest speakers, who, in presenting an address on the topic of investigative journalism, used the catchy theme 'No Guts, No Story, No Glory'.

Nzima will personally be sharing his experience of how just one photograph can permanently transform the life of a journalist with seminar-goers. It was Nzima who shot the photograph thirty years ago of the mortally wounded Hector Pieterson during the Soweto youth uprising.

Nzima had earlier hidden the roll of film containing the historic Hector Pieterson images in his sock during a body search by security policemen, in which they confiscated all his other films. Among these were photographs of a police vehicle that had been set alight that same morning. Nzima later had to flee for his life, after being harassed by the security police. Since 1977 he has been staying in Bosbokrand.

His former chief sub-editor, Brian Moult, will also be present. It was Moult who supported editor Percy Qoboza's opinion that this particular photograph be used in a time when such type of photos rarely, if ever, would be published on a South African newspaper's front page.

Other guest speakers will be the following: