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Hazel Friedman
Hazel Friedman is an investigative journalist and producer with Special Assignment, author, art critic and art history lecturer.
One Film, Two Takes: LOU
Netflix tale of ageing recluse with violent side will either leave you entertained or vaguely disappointed
Slaying dragons: In search of self
‘Bamboozled’ shows with hallucinogenic clarity that life doesn’t have to stop being hard in order to find happiness, healing and love
Book explores gender-based violence and healing after the hurt
‘A Letter To My Perpetrator’ is more than a testimonial by survivors of GBV. It asks questions about healing through forgiveness of the perpetrator and oneself
Leora Farber: Up close and uncomfortably personal
Leora Farber’s current installation at Iziko South African National Gallery unleashes a plethora of associations and emotions
Review: Sam Msibi’s perilous dance on the frontlines
Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history
Obituary: The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of Jürgen Schadeberg
‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman
Caught at last, a brazen Jo’burg con artist must face the music
For years it seemed to all those people caught in Tracy Morrison’s intricate webs of deceit that she would never be called to account
Hope dwindles for women imprisoned in Thailand for drug trafficking
Govt seems reluctant to agree to allow South Africans sentenced abroad to serve part of their sentences at home. Hazel Friedman reports on two cases.
No shortcut through the graveyard forest
A striking new documentary delves into the lives of Israelis and Palestinians living together but apart.
Voices from the land
Poverty presents several faces. There is the face puckered by financial hardship — contorted and reconfigured, life’s stress-fractures — and the face reflecting not so much…
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Suzan Chala reviews IN Joy and Peace (St Theresa’s Convent, R50) In Joy and Peace is one CD you should consider adding to your collection, not only because the vocalists are…
New evidence in Hani death plot
Hani assassination: Documents given to the Mail & Guardian point to a conspiracy beyond the right wing.