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Anton Harber

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Anton Harber

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Steven Goldblatt. Photo supplied

TRIBUTE: Steven Goldblatt, a Mail & Guardian founder, was courageous, bold and pesterer-in-chief

What emerged at his memorial was a fascinating, barely-known history of a man who – always in the background – had contributed to this country in various ways

EFF leader Julius Malema.

How investigative journalists helped turn the tide against corruption in SA

Investigative journalists and civil society played a crucial role in bringing a country in the clutches of patronage networks back from the brink.

Intrepid and enterprising: Eddie Koch

Campaigning journalist was a  ‘mensch’

Eddie Koch was a relentlessly determined reporter and the people he wrote about mattered

South Africa’s perilous decline under Jacob Zuma’s presidency is set out in two non-fiction books that provide unsettling

Two books that tell the unsettling tale of South Africa’s descent

South Africa has produced two must-read thrillers in the past week. They are non-fiction, yet are as gripping and readable as any page-turner.

Just like the old days: Students can get some helpful hints from their parents about how to survive protests.

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.

Paradigm shift: After FW de Klerk announced the unbanning of the ANC

Unbanned and uncertain: How we found new purpose

The unbanning of political parties and the end of emergency media laws meant the Weekly Mail had to reassess its role.

Booker winners: Salman Rushdie and Nadine Gordimer at the United Nations in 2004 for the launch of ‘Telling Tales’

Gordimer: A leader quite prepared to grubby herself in struggle politics

It was 1988, Salman Rushdie had been ‘disinvited’ from the Weekly Mail Book Week and SA literature ­giants were at loggerheads, recalls Anton Harber.

Honour outs revolutionary newsman

Founding co-editor of the "Weekly Mail" Irwin Manoim has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Wits University.

Naspers’s Koos Bekker. (Avusa)

Naspers: Going for a global empire

An edited extract from Anton Harber’s e-book sheds light on Naspers boss, Koos Bekker.

Sorry, De Klerk, the UDF beat you to it

​In an extraordinary diplomatic turnabout, President-elect FW de Klerk has been upstaged by the UDF leaders currently touring Western capitals.

What UDF group will tell Bush: Increase the pressure

​Tighten financial sanctions against South Africa- that’s what United Democratic Front leaders will tell US President George Bush this morning.

Don’t queue-jump, FW

Before De Klerk can get close to Bush, he’ll have to let UDF leaders see the President.

Yes, it’s a party. No, there’s no leader – yet

The leaders of the three white parliamentary parties to the left of the government emerged late yesterday…

Pretoria in the dock

The face of SA in the eyes of the world: A ‘terrorist state’

Forget this talk of a new opposition: The UDF won’t budge

MP Wynand Malan, who led an eight-member delegation, met with four senior ANC members in Frankfurt.

Named: Stoffel’s secret censor

The first details have emerged of the secret panel of experts who will advise Minister of Home Affairs Stoffel Botha on censorship.

The dead man who haunts all our futures

Matthew Goniwe? Just one more death. Just one more death that could shake our country. ANTON HARBER reports on the Cradock community leader, pictured on the right, who was…

Soweto tense for June 16 weekend

The ninth anniversary of the Soweto student uprising of 1976 will be commemorated this weekend in an atmosphere more tense than any previous June 16.