https://marionedmunds.com/journal daily 1.0 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474030091802-I1GUUBGQ2OBE5OPCT1DS/yasser_booley_20130831_85703_1024.jpg Journal https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2025/11/14/where-the-wild-things-are-what-photographer-chris-fallows-captures-with-his-camera monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/a5e69661-7904-408b-a960-32252b12a22d/IMG_5620.jpeg Journal - Where The Wild Things Are - what photographer Chris Fallows captures with his camera - Make it stand out Chris Fallows in focus surrounded by a superpod of dolphins in False Bay in 2025 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2025/4/1/the-contraception-question-are-sphenoid-wing-meningiomas-a-shocking-side-effect-of-the-depo-provera-injection monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/454b2142-d62c-4a4a-89d2-8e953732b00a/IMG_5252.jpeg Journal - The Contraception Question - are Sphenoid Wing Meningiomas a shocking side-effect of the Depo-Provera injection? - Make it stand out Erin Bates interviewing Wasela Ross with DOP Eaton de Jongh filming the conversation https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2021/12/7/cutting-creating-sewing-and-stitching-an-african-narrative monthly 0.5 2021-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/0c969ce3-883d-43ed-aae7-f202bc4d5e25/IMG_6704.jpeg Journal - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Matching - on my way to Johannesburg to film an African Fashion Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/c4d4b923-5528-4edb-9972-04a34d116255/IMG_6340.jpeg Journal - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Amen filming a fashion film for their runway collection “Salon”, October 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/350d22c9-8352-4190-b2fc-62a8b1aff9df/IMG_6687.jpeg Journal - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out DOP Thomas filming the Amen models before they walk the cat walk at the AFI Fashion Week 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/fe7d4d34-9948-4d1b-80eb-9455b5095b1c/IMG_6611.jpeg Journal - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out Shamyra Moodley fixing a hair accessory to a model moments before showtime at AFI Fashion Week in Johannesburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1a7c5658-36ea-4490-90ab-32685c250097/IMG_6384.jpeg Journal - CUTTING, CREATING, SEWING AND STITCHING AN AFRICAN NARRATIVE - Make it stand out SIfiso Khumalo working with focus on a fine ring which the camera can see in beautiful detail. https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2021/7/28/an-aria-in-africa-and-the-cape-town-opera-company monthly 0.5 2021-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1627470761256-AU7DGWQZTNAZU8TNGVNL/Pearl+Fishers-36.jpg Journal - THE YOUNG ARTISTS OF CAPE TOWN OPERA - Make it stand out Vuvu Mpofu as the priestess Leila on the opening night of The Pearl Fishers, a 2021 Cape Town Opera Company production, at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. Bass-baritone Thesele Kemane sings the role of the priest Nourabad. Title photograph and photograph above: Cape Town Opera Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1627469059000-ZLOUTOZ2UYJDP2980KZQ/IMG_5504.jpeg Journal - THE YOUNG ARTISTS OF CAPE TOWN OPERA - Make it stand out Soprano Vuvu Mpofu in a meditation on the window sill at The Alphen Hotel in Constantia, after an interview about her career as an international opera star https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1627468509743-EKWNTKSTKNX1BJN89686/IMG_5553.jpeg Journal - THE YOUNG ARTISTS OF CAPE TOWN OPERA - Make it stand out Make-up for soprano Brittany Smith before she takes the stage as Leila in The Pearl Fishers, an opera by Georges Bizet, in the 2021 production by the Cape Town Opera Company https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2020/11/13/the-pandemic-that-shifted-us-into-a-deeper-digital-embrace monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1605276532172-TNG7DIUUYXHVVPOTL5Y9/Jo+Jumping+her+bike+-+Peter+filming.png Journal - THE PANDEMIC THAT SHIFTED US INTO A DEEPER DIGITAL EMBRACE Joanna Dobinson jumping her bike for joy at being let out on to the G-Spot Trail after lockdown kept athletes in Stellenbosch inside, limited to indoor trainers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1605279155550-FXDL0L8YX15X3Q0S5HCD/Car+Craziness+in+Lockdown+2020.png Journal - THE PANDEMIC THAT SHIFTED US INTO A DEEPER DIGITAL EMBRACE Safer Roads 4 All campaign got permission to do a safe driving demonstration during Lockdown, with DJ Ready D, Anwar Daniels and the team streaming the event on Facebook and other platforms. DJ Ready D worked the internet to keep up his connections wtih his car crazy and hip hop community, while raising money for food parcels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1605276020165-38FGA5SDGXI2KZDYIOPE/Test+driving+online+interviews Journal - THE PANDEMIC THAT SHIFTED US INTO A DEEPER DIGITAL EMBRACE Test driving online interviews with my family to get familiar with the controls….and pick up tips from the tech-generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1605277171242-DZGCM4DDJT6UMEU0OVV3/Interviewing+Nolu+Maha.png Journal - THE PANDEMIC THAT SHIFTED US INTO A DEEPER DIGITAL EMBRACE Interviewing Nolu Maha of the Masidlale Project, the outreach programme of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. During Lockdown children had to take lessons online and there was a scramble to find money for data to make this possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1605274538567-9PSCVGVNZXR3KHPG887J/Megan+McCarthy+drove+a+vegetable+garden+drive+for+food+parcels Journal - THE PANDEMIC THAT SHIFTED US INTO A DEEPER DIGITAL EMBRACE Megan McCarthy at home in a vegetable patch on Spier Wine Estate - during the extreme lockdowns Spier provided food parcels, including fresh vegetables and seedlings, to the local community https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2020/5/4/remembering-denis-goldberg-and-the-life-he-lived-to-the-full monthly 0.5 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1588584475950-3EXTWAWGDU7MUNE919WG/denis+in+palace+of+justice.jpg Journal - Remembering Denis Goldberg, and the life he lived to the full. Denis in the dock of Pretoria’s Palace of Justice, remembering the Rivonia Trial in which he had faced the death sentence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment along with Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1588584381463-TWTHO4AY3Z0FD1XB4D37/denis+at+prison+window.jpg Journal - Remembering Denis Goldberg, and the life he lived to the full. Denis reflecting on his long prison sentence on a visit back to Pretoria Central Prison with a camera crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1588584615855-2BES93VWWPEKBXXLLGCO/denis+and+esme+after+release.jpg Journal - Remembering Denis Goldberg, and the life he lived to the full. A photo of Denis re-united with his family after 22 years in jail, filmed with his private letters in the documentary, Sentenced with Mandela, 2011 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2019/6/26/walking-back-in-time-feet-first-for-khoisan-revivalists monthly 0.5 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1561565268963-417UVPA4A720OL7DBCLQ/Griqua+Choir+Festival.jpeg Journal - Walking back in time: Feet First for Khoisan Revivalists The Griqua Church to celebrate its long-standing traditions in July. Griqua culture has embraced aspects of colonialism which its church reflects. The plant in the left-hand corner of the pamphlet is the Kenniedood succulent plant, meaning the Plant that Shall Not Die. It was chosen as an emblem for the Griqua people to represent resilience in the face of adversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1561564927634-FUALKHFCGJBK9L3HSJYG/Castle+shot.jpg Journal - Walking back in time: Feet First for Khoisan Revivalists Filming a ritual at Cape Town Castle with Bradley Van Sitters, rapper turned Khoisan Revivalist. Bradley was also, controversially, the first Khoisan Praise Singer for Parliament at the 2019 State of the Nation Address after the national elections this year. https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2019/5/31/story-tellers-and-scientists-collaborate-to-save-the-african-kelp-forest monthly 0.5 2019-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1559297664965-PFE0AY9Z1DZF06M7VFBK/Sea+Change+Shoot+Miller%27s+Point.jpg Journal - Storytellers and scientists collaborate to save the African Kelp Forest Craig Foster, the Sea Change Team and SANBI scientists preparing to dive into the Kelp Forest near Simonstown, Cape Town March 2019 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2018/11/7/producing-a-story-about-songs-and-singing-the-stellenbosch-university-choir monthly 0.5 2019-04-03 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2018/5/21/meeting-the-inimitable-trevor-stuurman monthly 0.5 2019-04-04 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2018/4/23/old-vines-make-fine-wines monthly 0.5 2018-04-23 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2016/9/20/allister-sparks-a-veteran-to-remember monthly 0.5 2016-09-20 https://marionedmunds.com/journal/2016/9/16/test-post monthly 0.5 2016-09-20 https://marionedmunds.com/about daily 0.75 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474028857501-0Z3E5RB8N8ZS9521BAY9/Home_Page_Background.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474026269780-KMCDGIMEADZHXIFOKYX6/Home_Page_Background.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474032521925-V37HT9PYPY6ZO8UVQL2B/yasser_booley_20130907_88843.JPG About https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633011928316-QE4CKPUCIJIZDP86UVQ9/IMG_2886.jpeg Dementia Blues https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/9/30/new-anti-alzheimers-drug-brings-some-hope-to-millions-of-people-living-with-dementia monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/9/23/south-africa-has-no-dementia-policy-so-the-burden-of-care-lies-with-family-members monthly 0.5 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/dbac679c-1ae6-4cf9-939a-b21e18b1e28e/IMG_9184.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out Members of the Ikamva Labantu Seniors Club meet on World Alzheimer’s Day at Ikamva Labantu in Khayelitsha, 21 September 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/59be97f9-7244-4538-bdfa-8d61a0849656/IMG_9203.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out South Africa needs to start talking about dementia - it’s personal, it’s painful, it’s important. Vuso Madubela spoke to the group about how she cares for her husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/f28e8524-7c0e-4118-973e-f5c28806f222/IMG_9205.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out Professor Marguerite Schneider from the Alan J.Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health at the UCT centre, flanked by Lulama Sigasana, Head of the Seniors Programme on the left and Occupational Therapist Siphokazi Sompeta from Ikamva Labantu on her right-hand side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/eed464c7-15e8-4f86-b4e1-50cb9047c8ad/IMG_9209.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out Mncedisi Katswha at the event, wearing a purple ribbon to celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day in Khayelitsha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/a90eae3d-22c3-4fd3-a784-40829c1ec500/IMG_9192.jpg Dementia Blues - South Africa has no dementia policy so the burden of care lies with family members - Make it stand out A useful celebration involves some singing and dancing and World Alzheimer’s Day was no exception https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/6/1/the-dementia-detective-1 monthly 0.5 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/f60d2952-1f98-4f69-beda-c3284803b9c0/IMG_8210.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - Make it stand out The Dementia Detective and in-house sniffer dog aka River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/7cce1900-a595-4b8b-97c9-dcf9aa1c3da9/IMG_8251.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - Make it stand out Looking for tracks in the sand…constantly on the trail of some thought process that does not fully reveal its origins or its destination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/e10749cc-e113-4259-879b-7ccacbdd9186/IMG_8203.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Detective - Make it stand out Study notes on Dementia for the seven-week MOOC - see link to do the course https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2022/4/22/the-last-laska monthly 0.5 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/ed499c9e-caaa-4d7c-949d-1b4cbe7d03da/IMG_4366.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out Laska loved women and children but otherwise was on her guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/5d8c316f-0a2f-422a-a474-1e03a3bcb5b1/IMG_8011.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out Laska at the vet - I always marvelled at her stoicism and how calm and focused the vet was when we visited the Stellenbosch Animal Hospital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/e24e1c78-8df9-48aa-bfcb-2d8beedbd532/DSC_2006.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out The White Rabbit brought magic to the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/d6350069-6fcb-45fe-87ee-e9e36dccbbb8/IMG_5787.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out The Next Generation - River and Olivia didn’t have to struggle to be inside dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/cc76eae4-98f6-4f5e-bc0f-0e17c4928075/Nest.png Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out Laska’s fur lining a snug nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/b71d9832-cbde-42ec-8e5d-06739bdd5a9b/DSC_0044.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Last Laska - Make it stand out We miss her. https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/10/27/the-dementia-underground monthly 0.5 2021-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1635363260305-8XAEC69SQPG4W7LL9C2J/IMG_6324.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Underground - Make it stand out One of the most useful books on my shelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1635363082785-UPBYKZNES7L7ARP6UCKP/IMG_6329.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Dementia Underground - Make it stand out All you need to know. https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/10/21/the-gso-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-toilet-paper monthly 0.5 2021-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634823344880-YQ6PM4R6OI6J942CHTPV/IMG_6310.jpg Dementia Blues - The GSO and the mystery of the missing toilet paper - Make it stand out Our grandfather’s clock…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634822609363-HS1TJGOSYAV5ETZ45N8G/IMG_6300.jpeg Dementia Blues - The GSO and the mystery of the missing toilet paper - Make it stand out Early morning shadows on a toilet roll - this basic necessity has aesthetic potential https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/10/11/the-greenery-and-the-bluery monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634121506737-S7IRU2VNA8DLHFXJ2M90/IMG_6200.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Greenery and The Bluery - Make it stand out Full blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1634125060344-FN4Z2UZB5XPZIZXBDAQG/IMG_6209.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Greenery and The Bluery - Make it stand out Dad in his nest with a bird’s-eye view of the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633956012180-IMPKPMEZO43978L6PIFD/IMG_6188.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Greenery and The Bluery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/10/4/the-importance-of-cake monthly 0.5 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633373624825-JNB30JMJEVQ4LO8PZ4UZ/IMG_6169.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Importance of Cake - Make it stand out Cherry crumble and lemon cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633368093268-07JA1SKA28QHD1CAFXDE/DSC_1240.jpeg Dementia Blues - The Importance of Cake - Make it stand out Arnim and Elke - bakers of fine German Cakes https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/9/30/nappies-and-dignity monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633011201142-FZIFPRGCQO0CSVTLZ8R2/IMG_6164.jpeg Dementia Blues - Nappies and Dignity - Make it stand out Large linen savers and blue pull-ups. The blue colour makes them seem more like underpants than diapers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1633013376130-Q1Z0FP8PUU3H70EYQK92/IMG_6162.jpeg Dementia Blues - Nappies and Dignity - Make it stand out Life-saving liquid - Earl Grey Tea https://marionedmunds.com/dementia-blues/2021/9/22/let-me-in monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://marionedmunds.com/filmography daily 0.75 2020-11-06 https://marionedmunds.com/at-work daily 0.75 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/b8e804f0-98b8-49da-a98e-153c096bd3a8/IMG_7569.jpeg At work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/aff97618-8a49-4684-a40f-1a4578cda15d/IMG_7570+%281%29.jpeg At work - Make it stand out Russian Premier Vladimir Putin voices his opinion at a stall on the steps of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, close to the heart of South African Government’s seat of executive power. I asked the vendor why Putin was represented at this stall, along with other African liberation heroes, and he said it was because his image was so popular with visitors to the Union Buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/6b7b6df3-619a-40c8-98f8-34ba48c459cc/IMG_7880.jpg At work - Make it stand out DOP Thomas Pretorius films Influencer and founder of Mediawrap Productions, Lorato Orapeleng, aka Madam Choplife, preparing for a stills shoot - she is a graduate of the MultChoice Talent Factory featured in CNN’s Inside Africa May 2022 @CNNAfrica @Lorato_Orapeleng. It’s a glimpse into the fast lane of emerging filmmakers in Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/5a864df0-bbd2-4f39-a577-3147e08720ca/IMG_7437.jpg At work - Make it stand out The rainbow makes the shot of artist Chris Soal running on Milnerton Beach early one summer morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/a2ac68a0-4359-4fa4-bcd7-31d6176ebf10/IMG_7505.jpeg At work - Make it stand out Kimathi Mafafo mixes mediums in a riot of colour, woven through large tapestries which reflect the themes of her life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/8e12e12e-0726-4122-a3cd-41fefde9c5c9/IMG_7355.jpg At work - Make it stand out Sustainable fashion designer Shamyra Moodley prepping for an interview - one of the most inspiring women I have ever met, February 2022. Shot in location in her colourful home in Cape Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1584113283653-KEKMLAI1QVDLNVY1EHTT/Dbongz+looking+at+his+picture+of+the+girl+with+good+hair At work Dbongz reflecting on his own work in Maboneng in Johannesburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1554234496682-21AA5T6UVKCKZY39OZDF/Sea+Change+at+Miller%27s+Point%2C+SImonstown At work Film-maker Craig Foster and friends from Sea Change preparing to dive in the Kelp Forest near Simonstown while we were shooting for a beautiful story for CNN’s Inside Africa. I swam in the Kelp Forest too, with Craig’s help and guidance. It was a wonderful privilege. March 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1554235729658-MBIVNRQWL2N6H0JY350M/Jacky+Liu+and+Eleni+Giokos+at+Sunset+Beach At work Filming the founder and Managing Director of China International Travel Agency of South Africa, Jacky Liu, with CNN Africa Business Correspondent Eleni Giokos at Sunset Beach in Blouberg for CNN Business Traveller. The subject this time was how Africa was engaging with the Chinese travel market. It was broadcast in March 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1523428744597-3R5U1YR86J1O2RTPRSE2/Interviewing+veteran+racing+driver%2C++Amien+Levy%2C+for+CNN%27s+Inside+Africa+at+Kyalami%2C+Cape+Town%2C+2017 At work Interviewing veteran racing driver Amien Levy at Kyalami in Cape Town for CNN International's Inside Africa. Amien was one of the first people of colour in South Africa to race cars. He is much loved by his community as a pioneer for his sport. It was a pleasure to spend time with him for this programme broadcast in 2017 about car culture in Cape Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1523430103714-9HOE0N9CKW0Y6TVKPO9R/Peter+filming+sculptor+in+Mamelodi.jpg At work Filming sculptor Maxwell Sibisi at home in Mamelodi, near Pretoria. Maxwell picks up interesting rubbish and wood he finds while walking near his home, to create items out of them, either to sell or to give to others as gifts. Maxwell was selected to assist in the interior decoration of the Mamelodi West Community Centre for the Amaphiko Red Bull workshop for social entrepreneurs in 2017. He made tables and chairs for the delegates. We made a feature for CNN's Inside Africa about this flowering of this creativity in one of South Africa's most established townships. Maxwell, like the other local artists, was an inspiration. He turns trash into treasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031146262-HHFXQTFKAYWRK7BUX2VH/DM+-+7.jpg At work Directing Xhosa women in a reconstruction scene for Troopship Tragedy in 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031352837-HF53A7FVO8LCI8FLI9GL/DOP+and+Director+discussing+shot+on+boat.JPG At work Pre shoot discussion with DOP Peter Rudden on board the Old Cable Restorer in Simonstown, which was our set for the SS Mendi reconstruction scenes in 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031093495-II1Q7EAO1PO4DXEMW0IH/yasser_booley_20130905_88098.JPG At work Talking to Zwai Mgijima, the narrator in Troopship Tragedy, late afternoon at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at Arques-La-Batailles near Dieppe in France, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031455686-5LMDVYKO3VFLO6MY3A3B/yasser_booley_20130905_88037.JPG At work Utilising the light at Arques-la-Bataille, a cemetery where men of the South African Labour Contingent were buried, their bones far from home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031563597-A2OER5EBAWGEO77SZ0V6/yasser_booley_20130907_88413.JPG At work Early morning at Tyne Cot, near Ypres in Belgium, the resting place for so many fallen from the Commonwealth countries, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031721222-HUFLY5KQMPF8SHMNMOV0/AD%2C+Director+and+megaphone.JPG At work Working out how to use the loud-hailer before night falls, in advance of our reconstruction of the drowned men floating in the English Channel, to be filmed on a wine estate in Noordhoek 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1474031820142-9BEU20DWMW7YDMDX3D8Z/yasser_booley_20130908_88989.JPG At work DOP Peter Rudden and I waiting for the paperwork at the hired car depot near Heathrow with gear. The surfboard bag contained tripods and dung-smeared sticks for the shoot, luckily undetected as we passed through the airport 2013. https://marionedmunds.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://marionedmunds.com/news daily 0.75 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/586b2032-d80c-44f8-a6a9-870a2c47a4a7/PHOTO-2025-11-13-16-51-11.jpg News - Make it stand out All the wonderful journalists who won awards on the 13th of November in the Vodacom Regional Journalist of the Year Awards 2025 (Western Cape) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/941158b9-7f4a-44de-a174-254bea1169f9/IMG_7901.jpeg News - Make it stand out DOP Thomas Pretorius catching sound specialist and MTF student Thabang Hlatshwayo on the decks in his garage on the East Rand, Gauteng, as we shoot a scene for the CNN International’s Inside Africa insert on the next generation of African film makers. (See Link on At Work Page) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1584111889555-05F9WXAA7R3VMBTIIH10/Peter+filming+prefix66+%28Rizah+Potgieter%29+in+Mitchells%27+Plain News DOP Peter Rudden filming Rizah Potgieter aka prefix66 at work at the Mitchell’s Plain Skatepark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1584112585445-HZLCKK72NUIKWXXOHI5R/IMG_1516.jpg News Artists from the Khayelitsha community working on The Story Room, an initiative of Juma Mkwela, an art tour guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1541766335804-DSKUD7VKFYEVU3TZJUIZ/Before+the+Death+Drill+-+a+depiction+of+the+chaos+on+deck+of+the+SS+Mendi+as+it+was+going+down News A depiction of the chaos on the deck of the SS Mendi before the ship sank in the English Channel in 1917. 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October the 8th 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/17061e13-91c6-41f9-bbf8-561eeb43b9ee/Jabu+Vilakazi+Drum+full+page+spread+1975.jpg The Jabu Vilakazi Story - Make it stand out The issues raised in this article remain largely unresolved to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/1604855791256-CNFCE8GGYBV0UMNTM90J/News+report+of+death+of+Jabu+Vilakazi%2C+Rand+Daily+Mail%2C+11+August+1975 The Jabu Vilakazi Story News report of death of Jabu Vilakazi, Rand Daily Mail, 11 August 1975 https://marionedmunds.com/video-journalism daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55421d7ce4b079851ff5230b/ab17fc1f-124e-4b36-8693-5e04d9e15518/IMG_9625.jpeg Video Journalism - Make it stand out The late great Derek Watts, Carte Blanche veteran and all-round journalist extraordinaire, on a shoot I produced about taxi violence in Cape Town.