Tony Weaver is one of Africa's most widely published photo-journalists, and has an extensive radio and television background as well. In the past 30+ years, he has worked for most of the major South African newspapers, including a two year stint as a Bureau Chief covering the guerrilla wars in Namibia and Angola.
He was most recently a columnist ("Man Friday") for the Cape Times, and was also the newspaper's News Editor, and later Opinion Editor, leaving the paper at the end of 2014.
He was a freelancer from 1988 to 2000, working as southern Africa correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's National Television News, and as a stringer for the BBC's Africa Service, Irish Radio (RTE) and Radio New Zealand. He has spent many years travelling extensively in Africa, covering hard news, environmental issues, social justice and development, and writing travel features from Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
He has a fully equipped, expedition-ready Land Rover for extended bush assignments, and works closely with his wife, documentary film maker and current affairs producer, Liz Fish, who has a full service television company, with Canon XF300 High Definition camera, full sound and light gear, and Avid 8 edit suite. He has won numerous awards for his photography and writing.
For examples of his work (and news stories about him) Google "Tony Weaver Cape Times" or simply, "Tony Weaver".