{"id":287312,"date":"2020-02-17T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T07:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=287312"},"modified":"2020-02-17T09:29:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T07:29:34","slug":"president-laments-death-of-john-liebenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=287312","title":{"rendered":"President laments death of John Liebenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>The death of photo journalist, John Liebenberg, who during the years of the War for the Liberation of Namibia was willing to give his life to get the story of the freedom fighters to press, was greeted with shock in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Hage Geingob in a special message of condolence on the presidential Twitter account said the brave photojournalism of John Liebenberg raised awareness about Apartheid\u2019s brutality at a difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg.jpg\" alt=\"death John Liebenberg photo journalist\" class=\"wp-image-287304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg.jpg 960w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-576x392.jpg 576w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-333x227.jpg 333w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/President-laments-death-of-John-Liebenberg-81x55.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption> Pictured: The late John Liebenberg. &#8211; Photo: Contributed <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_1\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took risks to depict Apartheid as a scar on the conscience of the world. 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Rest in Peace John Liebenberg.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liebenberg passed on in a hospital in Johannesburg over the weekend after sustaining serious injuries during a fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":287304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President laments death of John Liebenberg - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The death of photo journalist, John Liebenberg, who during the years of the War for the Liberation of Namibia was willing to give his life to get the...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=287312\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President laments death of John Liebenberg - 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