Experience

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  Lowveld Media

  • Nelspruit

  • Motoring Editor

    • May 2007 - Sep 2021
    • Nelspruit

    I compile and edit a weekly (24-pager plus) motoring newspaper. Prepare extra supplements and advertorial articles for our customer base. Initiated monthly motoring papers (Autodealer's) - 8-pagers for Lydenburg/Burgersfort, Malalane, Barberton and Hazyview to follow soon. Also the editor/writer for these. Cover sport, community events for Lowveld Media and do business and advertorial work for them.Have completed a number of freelance assignments for Future Publishing in Gauteng - mostly trucking related articles with pictures. Just recently completed some assignments for Dr Jooste of the HIHE (National Institute for Higher Education).

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  Midsouth Distributors

  • Pretoria

  • National Sales Manager

    • Apr 2004 - Dec 2005
    • Pretoria

    Managed a team of sales representatives / key accounts - training on new products and technology and general sales functions to promote the company and its products on a national level throughout South Africa. Also liaised with export customers.

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  New Teltron

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Photographic Sales - Fuji, Pentax, Olympus etc

    • Jul 2001 - Apr 2005
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Responsible for the following regions: Free State, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Lesotho, North West Province

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  Midsouth Distributors

  • Pretoria

  • Photographic Sales - Professional Products

    • Nov 1998 - Jun 2001
    • Pretoria

    I consulted with professional photographers/studios, medical fraternity, academic institutions, photographic minilabs and so forth.

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  SAPS

  • Forensic photographer/ Fingerprint Expert and teacher

    • Jan 1976 - Mar 1998

    I collected photographic and fingerprint evidence at many crime and accidents scenes whilst working at the LCRC in Vereeniging and then at the Forensic Science Lab in Pretoria. These were then used to complile exhibit photo albums for low and high court cases and I also draw plans of these scenes. At the Criminal Record Centre I taught police/military police and public procecutor students photography/fingerprints science/crime scene investigation and more. Also initiated and project managed the compilation of the first and only one of its kind in the world, Diploma course in Police and Forensic photography together with Hoosain Ebrahim of MEDUNSA. The PPSA (Professional Photographers of Southern Africa) awarded me with the Presidents Award for this work.