Lifestyle

Memories of typewriters and Madiba

When I started at the Pretoria News in early 1976, I was literally “fresh off the boat”

At the coalface in works department

I started off my apprenticeship as a compositor.

120-year evolution of the ’News

When Leo Weinthal brought out the first edition of the Pretoria News on June 13, 1898, it was a mix of advertising and editorial

The more things change...

In short, in a very short space of time, I saw more and learnt more than I could possibly have done in almost any other profession