EDITOR’S NOTE

ITHOUGHT I was a hardened newsman until I learnt of this week’s bizarre and diabolical attack on triathlete Mhlengi Gwala. I’m still reeling. (More on this super young man on page 5).

Keiko Ogura also went through a hellish and unforgettable experience in 1945, witnessing something no child should ever see – people running and screaming in agony with their skins hanging off their bodies. Will Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un listen to her pleas for them to visit Hiroshima and learn from the mistakes of the past? Our foreign editor Shannon Ebrahim was there recently (see page 11).

This week we celebrate a slightly different type of SAVEKZN champion. Tich and Joan Smith are not saving the environment but providing a safe one – and loads of love – for vulnerable children (page 13). They reassure us that we made the right decision to include any change-maker contributing generally to the sustainable development of our province in this campaign.

Please get in touch with us if you know of more such amazing people.

The self-effacing

Ben Trovato, who I’ll be eternally indebted to for this week’s well-researched column, tackles the emotive land issue in his own special way (14). Give that man a Bells – or a beer.

The honourable Dennis Pather rises on a point of order and proposes that there’s one British tradition we can do without in our democracy. I’d second that motion if I were an MP.

Are the ANC’S youth and women’s leagues accountable for young people’s and women’s rights? An ANC member answers the question on our Big Issue page (17).

There is also another piece on women, since Thursday was International Women’s Day. It’s about time we observed both Women’s Days with the respect they deserve. Which misogynist said we should just stick to our national day on August 9?