SHAFIQ MORTON is an award-winning Cape Town-based photo-journalist, editor, surfer, and radio-TV presenter with decades’ experience.
He has covered South African stories such as the anti-apartheid campaign, the release of Nelson Mandela, the 1994 elections, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has been on assignment in places such as Palestine, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Namibia, and Niger.
In 2008 he won the National Vodacom Award in the community media section and the regional award in 2010.