Lucas Ledwaba

Lucas Ledwaba is a South African writer, journalist, photographer, editor and documentary film maker. He is the founder and editor of Mukurukuru Mediag agency. Quotes A journalist’s best attribute is their brain, the ability to think beyond the obvious, to act and think quickly, general knowledge and to adapt to different situations A journalist in my view, should be a combination of many things, a philosopher, a lawyer, a prosecutor, a storyteller, an entertainer even I would say a writer’s best friend is the inner voice within I have won numerous awards and been nominated in others. But the greatest reward and perhaps highlight is always when a story I have written brings a positive in people’s lives On a mission to tell the story of Africa the Mukurukuru way 13 January, 2020 Journalism, is not a crime. I have come face to face with the pain, the suffering and poverty faced by those that remain behind and I always hope and wish our work as journalists can make a difference Sunday World’s newsman wins major awards 21 July, 2024 The current legislation says people can claim for land that was taken away from them after the passing of the 1913 Natives Land Act, but then the question arises as to say: What happens to the land that was taken away before 1913 We were forced to lose our identity because of a colonial decree by the British. The colonial organisations [and] governments recorded history in their own words because they had their own agenda For us to be able to rewrite African history from an African perspective we need to go back to the elders that are still with us today because there is a lot of oral history in our communities that is not being recorded and the sad thing is that most of those people are passing away and they are taking this entire history with them South Africa has never been one nation 14 November, 2018 External Links LUCAS LEDWABA Styles Lucas Ledwaba