This is an edited version of former co-editor Irwin Manoim’s speech delivered at a reunion of those who were there when the Weekly Mail, now the Mail & Guardian, was founded 40 years ago on 14 June
The M&G is not immune to criticism. We have made many mistakes over the years. What we can be unequivocal about, however, is that a blow to anyone in the news media is a gut punch to all of us.
The closure of the New Frame, which sought to chase quality over clicks, is a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of donor funding
The Mail & Guardian celebrated a milestone in the crazy year that was, not that 1985 was any less so
In the coming weeks we will take you back, year by year, through our history and the history of this country and continent. So much has changed since 1985. So much more needs to change.
Thank you for buying our newspaper. Siyabonga, re a leboga, enkosi, dankie. You are why our newsroom can keep doing good journalism
Sipho Kings has been appointed the acting editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian
The Weekly Mail hired him to get the training project off the ground; he did much, much more than that, writes Irwin Manoim
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do
The first in a two-part series by Thami Mkhwanazi.
This week: Life in the camps
‘It is our ardent hope that our new proprietor, the MDIF, will allow us the freedom to tell the stories of South Africa as it ought to be told’
Governments and big business might be good, or bad – they require the same amount of oversight and investigation by media and civil society.
Twenty years ago this week, South African newspaper readers were given their first in-depth exposure to the internet by the Weekly Mail.
Founding co-editor of the "Weekly Mail" Irwin Manoim has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Wits University.
The founder of the M&G Investing in the Future Awards, reports on how they have kept pace with the changes in corporate social responsibility.
Famous artist William Kentridge’s brief stint as a cartoonist for the <i>Weekly Mail</i> was marked by trepidation.
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/ 24 November 2005
<i>Weekly Mail</i> recruits were poverty stricken, persecuted and despised, writes Anton Harber, but those who stayed afloat are now shaping the news.
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/ 24 November 2005
Former <i>Weekly Mail</i> advertising executive Marilyn Honikman recalls flogging ad space in the early days of the newspaper.
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/ 24 November 2005
On June 14 1985, just six weeks after the death of the <i>Rand Daily Mail</i>, the first edition of the <i>Weekly Mail</i> rolled off the presses.
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/ 24 November 2005
The <i>Weekly Mail</i> was the first home of the country’s best cartoonists, writes Julia Beffon.
Wednesday is the day. Transvalers will wake up to a new, independent morning newspaper: The Daily Mail.
The Weekly Mail today announces the launch of its new morning newspaper, the Daily Mail, due on the streets on June 20.
On Wednesday this week, two Weekly Mail journalists appeared in a Johannesburg court.
Four journalists were yesterday served with summonses to appear in court to face charges.
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/ 2 December 1988
We’re back. We’re still strong. And we’re ready to carry on fighting.
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/ 28 October 1988
The Minister of Home Affairs, Stoffel Botha, said last night that he had not yet made a decision on the future of the Weekly Mail.
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/ 14 October 1988
On October 26, Stoffel Botha will decide whether to suspend the Weekly Mail.
As announced last week, the price of the Weekly Mail is now R1,50.
The Weekly Mail editors yesterday thanked people involved in the campaign to stop the minister from acting against the press.
Weekly Mail ‘s co-editors expect to meet the Minister of Home Affairs, Stoffel Botha, next week to discuss his threat to act against the paper.