South Africa: Portraits of Lives Lost book tells personal stories and calls for mental health reform

“For me, what was most important was that we got to meet and know the people who had been left behind and suffered because they were starting to become numbers, the 144-plus, and actually their experiences and stories really are at the heart of what happened.”

This was said by author Harriet Perlman, who together with photographer Mark Lewis, documented the families’ loss and sorrow in a book to be released in mid-August. 

Titled Life Esidimeni: Portraits of Lives Lost, it pays…