SA artist's murder rap may boost demand for works
By TMG Editor - 26 May 2014
DEMAND for the works of world renowned artist and photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa – who stands accused of bludgeoning a Cape Town prostitute to death – is expected to skyrocket.
Mthethwa, who has garnered worldwide fame for his large-scale photographs of working class South Africans, is standing trial in the Cape Town High Court for the murder of Nokuphila Khumalo. He allegedly beat the 23-year-old to death in Woodstock in April last year.
Despite Mthethwa's legal costs apparently bankrupting him, two leading South African art specialists believe his criminal case will make his work more appealing. - Philani Nombembe
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