Rashid Lombard

Rashid Lombard has worked as International Political and hard-news photojournalist for over 30 years. He now applies his expertise in producing and management of entertainment and entertainers. A former station manager of Fine Music Radio and former programming manager at P4 Smooth Jazz Radio, Rashid produced e-TV's well-received Jazz Café. With some 20 years of experience managing music concerts and events and as the founder of esp Afrika in 1998 and the festival director of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival from 2000 to 2014, he has played a pivotal role in conceptualizing, strategizing, programming and implementing the international and national marketing strategies for the iconic event now branded as “Africa's Grandest Gathering". In 2014 Rashid received the Presidential Order of Ikhamanga, a South African honour granted by the President of the Republic of South Africa for achievements in Arts, Culture, Literature, Music, Journalism. Rashid is now solely focused on growing his newly established company Rashid Lombard Inc. (Pty) Ltd writing, consulting and cataloguing his vast photographic archives