David Beresford
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Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things
Obit: The master story-teller who unearthed Inkathagate
David Beresford, the Guardian correspondent who died in Johannesburg last week, leaves a remarkable legacy.
David Beresford: Reporter who was also a great writer
David Beresford was known and admired by his peers for his dedication to the craft of journalism.
Investigative reporter David Beresford saw the big picture
David Beresford was known and admired by his peers for his dedication to the craft of journalism, writes seasoned journalist Anton Harber.
Memories of David Soggot, ‘the frugal hedonist’
Some time ago the civil rights lawyer, David Soggot, went to visit a friend in hospital, emerging to find that thieves had stolen his car.
The devil’s work
As the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approaches, David Beresford examines the case of the general who struggles to live with what he saw. Few accounts of the Rwandan…
Dogme in the Namib
Two years ago David Beresford visited the set of <i>The King is Alive</i>, the Dogme 95 film that opened at cinemas last week.
Dogme day afternoon
David Beresford went on location in the Namibian desert last year and found a cast of liberated actors making the fourth Dogme 95 film.
Lady and the tramp
<em>Katizas Journey</em> records how, at one point in his career as a petty thief, he stole 50c from a blind beggars tin cup. and recon
Guess who’s coming to tea
They retired to Orania to escape majority rule. Then South Africa’s first black president came to have tea with Hendrik Verwoerd’s widow. David Beresford was there
Glitterati celebrate a fairytale ending
The presidential inauguration … The world’s leaders came to honour Nelson Mandela, the former convict who is now commander in chief.