BENJAMIN POGRUND worked at the Rand Daily Mail from 1958 where he became deputy-editor. He was a reporter at the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. Later he worked for a number of international newspapers. He has authored books on Robert Sobukwe,  Nelson Mandela and the South African press under apartheid. In March 2019 he was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga by the President for his contribution to journalism and scholarship.