SAfrican Photographer Who Depicted Apartheid Dies The governing party says that Alfred Kumalo, a distinguished South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night. The African National Congress said Monday that the country had lost a "rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality of the apartheid administration." Kumalo, whose work graces museum walls across South Africa, was perhaps best known for his memorable photos of Nelson and Winnie Mandela as a young couple, and the Nelson Mandela Center of Memory said the photographer's career "mirrored the rise in Mr. Mandela's political career." Former South African President Thabo Mbeki said Kumalo's work made him "one of South Africa's eminent historians."