'Bongani has dodged me. He left me unprepared to face the world alone. However, I am releasing his spirit to rest.'
Veteran photographer Bongani Mnguni's wife has told of the last moments before his death early yesterday.
"He said he had pain in his chest and I noticed that he was struggling to breathe," she said."I called the paramedics who arrived in less than 10 minutes. They did all they could [to try to save him], but we lost him.""Bongani has dodged me. He left me unprepared to face the world alone. However, I am releasing his spirit to rest."One of the many iconic images of June 16 1976 captured by the late Bongani Mnguni.
Lucia said nothing could come between Mnguni and photography."Since our marriage in 1996, I knew that my job was to support him because he loved what he did," she said, adding that no matter how busy his day was, Mnguni would call and check up on her every time. Mnguni lived his life capturing pictures and family portraits from the streets and later ventured into newspapers. His work reflects the history of many South Africans, telling the stories of black people from the apartheid era.
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