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Respect: Co-editors Anton Harber (behind) and Irwin Manoim haven’t changed (much) in the 40 years since they launched the Weekly Mail, when they were joined by a range of reprobates who believed in a cause. Photo: Weekly Mail
40TH ANNIVERSARY

Bitching and moaning. For a cause

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…

  • Irwin Manoim
7 min read
NEWSPAPER PRESS UNION

Fears, but NPU stands firm with the rest

The debate within the press about how best to counter government moves to impose new controls on dwindling press freedom raged with renewed intensity.

  • Patrick Laurence
4 min read