Afrikanerblood nominated for Canon Prize

Great news. We have been nominated for the Canon Prize, part of the Zilveren Camera-competition for Afrikanerblood. Click here to go to the nomination site

Live on Dutch radio; 100 year ANC

The South African liberation movement and political party ANC celebrates its 100th anniversary. Listen to Dutch public broadcaster NOS (Met het oog op morgen) by clicking here

And to radio 1 VPRO Buitenland here

Finally a report from a South African house where I watched the speech of president Jacob Zuma with critical South Africans here

Happy new year!

Wishing you a great new year!
I am plotting about new stories, projects and travels at this first day of the new year. I am getting excited about producing and shooting a second multimedia and continuing my project about gay rights in Africa.

In the mean time the project Afrikanerbloed will be published in more international magazines. Will let you know when and where.

Arrived in Abidjan

In Ivory Coast to see how it is to be gay in Abidjan. It is more free than a lot of other countries in West Africa, but how free?

In The Telegraph in the UK

Very happy to be published in The Telegraph Magazine in the UK with the project on the racist camp for young Africans. Check the online version here

Our first multimedia on Vrij Nederland

This week the multimedia production I made together with photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien was published online together with a feature story in the magazine.
We believe in the future of multimedia productions in which we combine video, audio and still. Have a look if you agree by viewing our first project. Click here

Back from Zimbabwe

Just returned from a work trip to Zimbabwe. Good to have been back. Political violence still going on and president Mugabe clinching onto power. Several of my stories will be on Dutch radio and in magazines and newspapers in the following weeks.

Interviewed by DNR

Erik de Jong of website De Nieuwe Reporter interviewed me about my work. Click here for the interview

On twitter....ellesinjozi

Gave in to more social networking when mandela-story hit....new on twitter

follow me on ellesinjozi

Back in Johannesburg

After boat, plane, minitaxi, tuk tuk, tuk tuk, plane, plane, car, finally back in South Africa. First live radio interview done on BNR Newsradio; covering the pressconference at the hospital this afternoon.

All the updates from Elles!