Safrea's James Oatway wins 2016 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award

Issued by Safrea

21 Oct 2016

Safrea is proud to announce that James Oatway, independent South African photographer and Safrea member, has been awarded the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award 2016 in the Mohamed Amin Photographic Award category (https://africa.cnnjournalistaward.com/en/finalists/2016/).

Photo credit: Sean Brand
Pictured from left: James Oatway and award presenter Salim Amin, son of the renowned photographer, Mohamed Amin

This award is presented to a photographer whose ‘photograph has the powerful ability to capture a specific moment in time and tell the story in a single image,’ according to the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award website.

Oatway’s award-winning photograph documented a crucial story in South Africa’s history, when a xenophobic attack in 2015 led to the deadly beating and stabbing of Mozambican migrant, Emmanuel Sithole, by South Africans in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Oatway’s photos of the attack were originally featured in the Sunday Times, South Africa.

Safrea is honoured to have Oatway as a member of its association.

To view James Oatway’s full story on Sithole, as well as his other featured work, we invite you to visit his website: http://www.jamesoatway.com

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Safrea is the Southern African Freelancers Association. We provide advocacy, support and resources to freelancers in the media and communications industry, and provide tools, training and networking to freelance professionals.