A laptop was cracked across the reception desk. A hole was put through the red painted wall. And a 2015 award for best radio documentary, hanging high, was pulled down and the glass shattered. This was the scene this past … Read more
He’s dead. We can’t take him,” the hospital porter said. “Brother! Brother! Wake up brother! Wake up!” I willed the man in the scarlet shirt, sitting lifeless in the bloodied backseat. His head rested on his right shoulder, his … Read more
December 3, 2015. We all knew it was going to be a busy day in the newsroom. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was to rule on whether Oscar Pistorius was guilty of murder … Read more
The story of Nathaniel Nakasa has all the makings of a classic tragedy. Nakasa, a talented black journalist from South Africa, was selected to be a Nieman Fellow in the class of 1965. His country’s apartheid government would not issue … Read more
Almost 50 years after Nat Nakasa, NF ’65, died and was buried in a New York cemetery, his remains have been brought back to South Africa. The repatriation fulfills not only Nat’s dream but the wish of a great … Read more
