John Liebenberg (1958 – February 16, 2020) was a South African photojournalist, known for documenting Namibia’s independence struggle. He was one of the founding staff members and photographer at The Namibian. Liebenberg was an established news photographer whose works have been exhibited in Africa and Europe. He documented the Rhodesian Bush War that preceded Namibia’s independence in 1990, Liebenberg also worked as a photographer in the Angolan Civil War and was later employed as a magazine and freelance photographer in South Africa. Born in 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg after he broke his leg in a fall on 10 February 2020. He died on 16 February 2020 at age 61 in Johannesburg, South Africa, following complications in his recovery from surgery.
