Janet Heard
Journalist, editor and columnist with special focus on parliament at Daily Maverick
Proudly South African journalist, Rhodes alumni, Nieman Fellow
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Jan 8, 2025 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Janet Heard
HUMANS OF MZANSI The entrepreneur is harnessing her passion for the ocean to help children with disabilities. The pioneering research on a tailored programme that Davis initiated in Cape Town has been revealing, particularly in a country with large health inequalities and amid barriers to access.
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Nov 30, 2024 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Janet Heard
REFLECTION Daily Maverick managing editor Janet Heard reflects on seven years of riding the crazy news roller coaster. The year 2017 was tumultuous. I walked into Daily Maverick in the middle of that game-changer year. The opener to the 2017 chapter from DM’s book, We Have a Game Changer, describes the year: “2017 was Daily Maverick’s biggest year since its inception. It also brought 12 months of turbulence unprecedented in democratic South Africa.
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Nov 29, 2024 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Stephen Grootes |Janet Heard |Ferial Haffajee |J Brooks Spector
Zuma’s improbable return, Jordaan’s descent from grace, and the TikTok sunscreen debate. Jacob Zuma’s own weaknesses and choice of strategy make it almost impossible for him to again win mass support across the country.
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Nov 24, 2024 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Janet Heard
DAILY MAVERICK INTERVIEW Former ANC MP Jennifer Ferguson says the Safa president and men such as Donald Trump, Jacob Zuma and Vladimir Putin are inflicting ‘deep wounds’ on society. Jennifer Ferguson, Danny Jordaan’s rape accuser, was ready to kick off immediately with an interview after being contacted by Daily Maverick on WhatsApp in the wake of the powerful soccer boss being charged with fraud and theft.
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Aug 19, 2024 |
dailymaverick.co.za | Janet Heard
REVOLUTION REVISITED Worth a visit for its food, wine, art and history, the capital city has been host to writers of great power. It is an imaginative place, which still mourns its lost socialist leader 50 years after a coup. Santiago has its fair share of turbulence, just like the flight to the Chilean capital where you need to fasten your seat belt as you fly – bumpety bump – over the formidable Andes Mountains.
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It has been lekker to be an occasional co-presenter with @carteblanchetv over the past year. the focus here is Danny Jordaan, PhalaPhala, MPs register of financial interests,Table Mountain security, Vaping bill and SA's bid to host the 3036 Olympics.
The President’s Phala Phala predicament. Then, is honesty the best policy when it comes to MPs? And could SA host the Olympic Games? That and more in today's episode of The WholeWeek Wrap with @dailymaverick. Available on #CarteBlanche: The Podcast. https://t.co/w1B1nJuLuO
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