Kenneth Potgieter Muller (1977 - 2002)
Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanile, sitting in the fields of his home town of Idutywa, in the Eastern Cape, former Ciskei.
Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanile, sitting in the fields of his home town of Indutywa, in the Eastern Cape, former Ciskei.
1999
 President Thabo Mbeki in his home town, Indutywa, in the Eastern Cape, former Ciskei. Dressed in designer clothing with traditional african bead necklace he enjoys the company of the village men and elders. 1999.
President Thabo Mbeki in his home town, Indutywa, in the Eastern Cape, former Ciskei. Dressed in designer clothing with traditional african bead necklace he enjoys the company of the village men and elders. 		African man in traditional dress with pipe in the Eastern Cape. 1999.
African man in traditional dress smoking a pipe. Eastern Cape.
Thabo Mbeki being blessed by the village elders as part of african ritual.
Thabo Mbeki being blessed by the village elders, part of an african ritual.
 Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanile, walking in the fields of his home town.
Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanile, walking in the fields of his home town.
 Nelson Mandela shares some of the communal local brew in the rural village of Thabo Mbeki's birth place in the Eastern Cape, with wife Graca looking on.
Nelson Mandela, with his wife Graca, shares some of the communal local brew in Thabo Mbeki's birth place.
Born and raised in Port Elizabeth, relocated to Johannesburg 1992 to complete Matric at 16 at Studywell College Braamfontein. Took a 6 month sabbatical to do Journalism diploma at Birnham College, of which he completed and went back to Studywell to complete his Matric.

The career deciding event - A political march through the streets of Braamfontein where he saw renowned photo journalists, Joao Silva and Ken Oosterbroek covering the march. That was the moment he know what he wanted to be - a news photographer. In the final stages of his Matric he happened to be in Bree Street when a car bomb exploded, he was already carrying a camera. He captured the event and within a few hours had processed and developed the film - it was syndicated worldwide by Associated Press and made front pages news.
A news photographer was born...

He continued working as a freelance photographer for a number of high profile publications enjoying the independence this gave him.

In 2000 he began a 2 year study course in broadcast television, documentary production and camera work at Wits University. He did exceptionally well and was due to graduate with distinction in October 2002, he died in his sleep on the 19th August 2002.

The Head of the Faculty at Wits had always considered that they were likely to loose Ken on the killing fields in the Middle East, or riots and unrest in Africa as he resumed his news activities, never to guess that it would be peacefully in his sleep at the tender age of only 25. The autopsy report stated, Fibrosis of the heart.

Paul Hills, ex news editor at ETV spoke at the funeral.
Kenneth was way ahead of his game.

Pamela Hamilton, Director and editor of PictureNet Africa - a quiet soul, with a passion for photography and an eye for making a picture that would tell a story. 




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Images copyright of Kenneth Potgieter Muller (1977 - 2002)