Market Photo Workshop

Meet our team

Our team is a group of passionate experts driven by creativity, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. We bring together diverse skills and experiences to build solutions that make a real difference. United by shared values and a bold vision, we work together to push boundaries, embrace new ideas, and turn challenges into opportunities

Bandile Gumbi

Bandile Gumbi

Bandile Gumbi is the Head of Market Photo Workshop. With over 20 years of experience in the arts, culture, and creative industries, mainly in South Africa, but has worked with organisations and artists in other parts of the world. Bandile is not new to the Market Photo Workshop as she previously held the position of Manager: Programmes and Projects.

Babalwa Mtanga

Babalwa Mtanga

Administrator

Bekie Ntini

Bekie Ntini

Bekithemba Ntini is a creative strategist who has worked widely in the fields of Public Programming and Advocacy, Media and Arts Development, Fundraising and Stakeholder Management, Business Intelligence and Corporate Training.

Eugene Nhlabathi

Eugene Nhlabathi

Eugene Nhlabathi is a photographer and Resource Officer at The Market Photo Workshop. His work balances creativity and practicality, supporting photographers and students in accessing the resources they need.

Ilse van der Merwe

Ilse van der Merwe

lse van der Merwe is the Manager of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Market Photo Workshop. With 20 years of experience in the photographic industry, Ilse is dedicated to developing innovative programs that equip learners with practical skills and creative insight.

Khona Dlamini

Khona Dlamini

Khona Dlamini is currently the Market Photo Workshop’s manager for Programmes and Projects. She was previously the manager of the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme for the same institution.

Loyiso Oldjohn

Loyiso Oldjohn

Coordinator: Special Projects

Lukhanyo Vunjana

Lukhanyo Vunjana

Intern: Administration

Naledi Mkupa

Naledi Mkupa

She started doing photography in 2016 and completed both Foundation and Intermediate courses at the Market Photo Workshop and in 2018 completed the Advanced Programme in Photography.

Rivoningo Rikhotso

Rivoningo Rikhotso

A Graduate from the University of Limpopo where I earned a Bachelor of Information Studies degree in 2023. I’m currently a passionate library assistant intern at the Market Theatre Foundation Special Library.

Tsepo Gumbi

Tsepo Gumbi

Tsepo Gumbi is a South African photographer. His documentary work focuses on stories and issues that are uniquely South African. He received his photography education from the Market Photo Workshop.

Zegugu Ngemntu

Zegugu Ngemntu

Zegugu Ngemntu is a dynamic commercial photographer from Boipatong, a township in the Vaal. Passionate about visual storytelling, she honed her craft at the Vaal University of Technology, earning her National Diploma in Photography in 2017, completing her studies in record time.

Bandile Gumbi

Bandile Gumbi is the Head of Market Photo Workshop. With over 20 years of experience in the arts, culture, and creative industries, mainly in South Africa, but has worked with organisations and artists in other parts of the world. Bandile is not new to the Market Photo Workshop as she previously held the position of Manager: Programmes and Projects.

Babalwa Mtanga

Administrator

Bekie Ntini

Bekithemba Ntini is a creative strategist who has worked widely in the fields of Public Programming and Advocacy, Media and Arts Development, Fundraising and Stakeholder Management, Business Intelligence and Corporate Training.

Eugene Nhlabathi

Eugene Nhlabathi is a photographer and Resource Officer at The Market Photo Workshop. His work balances creativity and practicality, supporting photographers and students in accessing the resources they need.

Ilse van der Merwe

lse van der Merwe is the Manager of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Market Photo Workshop. With 20 years of experience in the photographic industry, Ilse is dedicated to developing innovative programs that equip learners with practical skills and creative insight.

Khona Dlamini

Khona Dlamini is currently the Market Photo Workshop’s manager for Programmes and Projects. She was previously the manager of the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Programme for the same institution.

Loyiso Oldjohn

Coordinator: Specail Projects

Lukhanyo Vunjana

Intern: Administration

Naledi Mkupa

She started doing photography in 2016 and completed both Foundation and Intermediate courses at the Market Photo Workshop and in 2018 completed the Advanced Programme in Photography.

Rivoningo Rikhotso

A Graduate from the University of Limpopo where I earned a Bachelor of Information Studies degree in 2023. I’m currently a passionate library assistant intern at the Market Theatre Foundation Special Library.

Tsepo Gumbi

Tsepo Gumbi is a South African photographer. His documentary work focuses on stories and issues that are uniquely South African. He received his photography education from the Market Photo Workshop.

Zegugu Ngemntu

Zegugu Ngemntu is a dynamic commercial photographer from Boipatong, a township in the Vaal. Passionate about visual storytelling, she honed her craft at the Vaal University of Technology, earning her National Diploma in Photography in 2017, completing her studies in record time.

Best Photography Institution in Africa

Since 1989, Market Photo Workshop has trained over 2,500 photographers who now work with leading publications across Africa and internationally.

✓85% graduate employment rate
✓ Industry partnerships
✓ Internationally recognised
✓ Expert mentorship from working professionals

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