Identity area
Reference code
ZA AFRAPIX AP3-AP3.2
Title
William Matlala, Photographic collection
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29 photographs
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(1982-1992)
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The collection of the more than 4000 photographs by the photographer William Matlala also contains a small number by Afrapix photographers Cedric Nunn, Anna Zieminski, Santu Mofokeng and Paul Weinberg.
William Matlala was a freelance photographer specializing in Labour and Trade Union activities, who has served the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in his capacity as photographer particularly in the 1990s.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The photographs are housed as part of the collection of the William Matlala, Photographic collection, at the Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. They can be accessed here: http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/william-matlala-photographic-collection