Gauteng – 1996

961207AB02:SAFRICA:ARTS:7DEC96 – A mixed race couple make their way into the dance hall during the early heats in the 1996 South African National Ballroom Dance Championships, in Midrand, Saturday December 7, 1996. (Photo: Adil Bradlow/PictureNET Africa)

After the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and in the years subsequent to that, what we covered at AP Photos slowly changed and broadened out and quiet often we would shoot stories of a more socio-cultural theme, like these images from the 1996 World Ballroom Dancing Championships.