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Editorial: To those doing the hard work

Article Editorial - 28 Jul 2017

Journalists today are operating in a fairly hostile climate. Two great men died.

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Ronnie Mamoepa dead at 56 after long illness

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jul 2017

Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesperson died on Saturday

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Editorial: Hambani kahle, omkhulu

Article Editorial - 14 Jul 2017

Ray Phiri and Johnny Mekoa survived apartheid, succumbing to mortality while leaving behind exemplary legacies.

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Joel Joffe, the lawyer who helped put the apartheid regime on trial

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 23 Jun 2017

From Rivonia Trial defence architect to Oxfam director, the life of Joel Joffe is worth remembering.

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The poet by whom the English language lives

Article Idowu Omoyele - 23 May 2017

Derek Walcott’s muse inspired his evocative poetry, which also explored Caribbean identity

Rest in power, Miriam Tlali: Author, enemy of apartheid and feminist

Article Barbara Boswell & Second Look Author - 2 Mar 2017

Tlali was the first black South African woman to publish a novel in English within the country’s borders.

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Judge Essa Moosa ‘was like a beacon of hope in dark times’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Feb 2017

Judge was first person to call for thousands of people jailed in the 1980s.

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Singer Thandi Klaasen has died at 86

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jan 2017

The South African star was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer recently.

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Death of an anarchist

Article Darryl Accone - 21 Oct 2016

Dario Fo – actor, director, playwright, singer, activist, jester and satirist – exposed abusive systems of power

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Humanitarian and union leader Phiroshaw Camay dies aged 69

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Oct 2016

He spent two decades working to strengthen civil society, after leading two trade unions.

Kwaito legend Mandoza (38) dies of brain tumour

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Sep 2016

Mduduzi Tshabalala passed away on Sunday after having been diagnosed with a brain tumour in May last year.

Businessman Don Mkhwanazi dies

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jul 2016

Close Zuma ally Don Mkhwanazi, founder of the Black Management Forum and instrumental in driving the agenda of economic transformation, passed away.

David Beresford: Reporter who was also a great writer

Analysis Anton Harber 1 - 28 Apr 2016

David Beresford was known and admired by his peers for his dedication to the craft of journalism.

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Investigative reporter David Beresford saw the big picture

Article Anton Harber 1 - 27 Apr 2016

David Beresford was known and admired by his peers for his dedication to the craft of journalism, writes seasoned journalist Anton Harber.

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Historian who lit intellectual veld fires

Analysis Shaun De Waal - 10 Mar 2016

Martin Legassick, expelled from the ANC, was acclaimed as one of the leading thinkers of the South African left.

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