Howard Barrell
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POINT: In April 2001, 22 months after Thabo Mbeki became president, the Mail & Guardian ran a full-length front-cover photograph of him alongside the question: ”Is this man fit…
Seven years on, the M&G still can’t be vindicated
<b>COUNTERPOINT:</b> While we agree with our colleague Drew Forrest that Mbeki is a man past his sell-by date, we do not agree that the paper was ahead of its time in its…
Never just a newzzzpaper
Former editor Howard Barrell reflects on a time of sometimes painful transition at the <i>M&G</i>.