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Never mind reality -- just to it

Former Weekly Mail co-editor Irwin Manoim recalls the youthful enthusiasm and naiveté which got the newspaper off the ground.

Death by a thousand pinpricks

The government shut down The Weekly Mail for a month in November 1988.

Ten Years of Front Pages

10th birthday: Ten Years of Front Pages.

Fear and loathing behind the lines

Philippa Garson describes a typical working day in Alexandra's 'Beruit' in April 1992.

Inkathagate: How Buthelezi's cover was blown

A disillusioned policeman blew the whistle on police funding of Inkatha to Guardian correspondent David Beresford.

Vlok falls from political grace

Within a fortnight, Vlok had been removed from the Law and Order Ministry and given a less sensitive portfolio.

The purging of Thomas Equinus

Thomas Equinus was for many years the readers' favourite anachronism, a horse-racing column for people who knew nothing about horse racing.

Now for the next 10 years

The Mail & Guardian has an unusually rich history and tradition for a 10-year old.