Sarah Smit

Sarah Smit is a general news reporter at the Mail & Guardian. She covers topics relating to labour, corruption and the law.

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Numsa accuses Fortune Steel of not caring for workers’ safety after furnace blast

Article Sarah Smit - 16 Apr 2018

The trade union has accused the mine of flouting health and safety protocols after seven workers were injured during a blast

Hundreds gather to see Winnie home

Article Sarah Smit - 13 Apr 2018

A crowd of hundreds gathered to pay their respects to the struggle icon as she made her final journey home

The gaze of upward-facing dog

Article Sarah Smit - 29 Mar 2018

Your self-worth can’t help but be buoyed by a pet’s love – the universal spirit in furry or feathered form

Feminism is: Skirting spaces between theory, practice, consensus

Article Sarah Smit - 23 Mar 2018

The collection is absorbing but it lacks the reality and practical work done by local level organisers

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Forget Black Panther — Africa’s homegrown superheroes

Article Sarah Smit - 22 Feb 2018

What makes Kwezi special is the fact that, in the comic’s creation, they get to draw from the cultural terrain of South Africa

A make-or-break case for the labour-broking sector reaches top court

Article Sarah Smit - 20 Feb 2018

Labour brokers are fighting a law that advances calls to ban the practice

Slice of Life: Unwittingly in my dad’s footsteps

Article Sarah Smit - 9 Feb 2018

'Movies were never going to be something that I could watch. But that interested me'

ConCourt to hear ‘orphan’ pension funds scandal case

Article Sarah Smit - 7 Feb 2018

One woman’s fight to take on the pension board’s ‘unlawful’ cancellation of funds makes it to the top court

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The grey anatomy of a bad date

Article Sarah Smit - 26 Jan 2018

What do we lose when we characterise sexual coercion as a romantic blunder – and who gains from that loss?

Africa’s first woman skeleton Olympian: ‘I am prepared’

Article Sarah Smit - 16 Jan 2018

The Nigerian skeleton racer made history during her last two qualifying races on her way to PyeongChang

#RhodesWar students’ battle revealed in internal disciplinary documents

Article Raeesa Pather & Sarah Smit - 14 Dec 2017

Students have vowed to get their expulsions overturned; one didn’t get a chance to testify.

Slice of life: A labour of love – and victory

Article Sarah Smit - 14 Dec 2017

A work organiser at the Casual Workers Advice Office has never lost a case at the CCMA, and he has helped workers return to their previous jobs.

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Press Releases

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'

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OSISA seeks a Programme Manager: Economic Justice

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

The candidate will be responsible for planning, management and implementation of Economic Justice work within the Economic and Social Justice Cluster

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Covid-19 Workplace Response Interventions Successful

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

The overall focus of these trainings was on the implications and management of Covid-19 in the workplace and strengthening Occupational Safety and Health