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Description	Photo of Niel Barnard
Author or copyright owner	Nasief Manie/Foto24/Gallo Images
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Obituary Immediate source: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/former-spy-boss-and-first-negotiator-for-a-democratic-sa-dr-niel-barnard-dies-at-75-20250113
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Niel Barnard
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Subject deceased so no free images can be created of them. No free images exist
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	File will only be used once for visual identification in the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Not being used to sell/market anything in source
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2025
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Niel Barnard//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Niel_Barnard.pngtrue

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where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
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on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:04, 28 January 2025		358 × 278 (174 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	00:24, 27 January 2025	No thumbnail	802 × 624 (780 KB)	Masohpotato (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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Niel Barnard

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