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Terry Bell

Terry Bell

Terry Bell is a journalist, commentator and author specialising in political and economic analysis, and labour matters.

Without the media we would probably never have known the real truth about Sharpeville

Without the media we would probably never have known the real truth about Sharpeville

Terry Bell
20 Mar
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: I still live in hope for South Africa – but for the next generation

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: I still live in hope for South Africa – but for the next generation

Terry Bell
12 Dec 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy – plenty of excitement in the air, but no revolution in the offing

Reflections of a Wayward Boy – plenty of excitement in the air, but no revolution in the offing

Terry Bell
11 Oct 2022
What happened at Numsa shows SA faces dangerous threats – even potential civil war

What happened at Numsa shows SA faces dangerous threats – even potential civil war

Terry Bell
30 Jul 2022
There is an alternative to our current form of democracy and it can work

There is an alternative to our current form of democracy and it can work

Terry Bell
21 Jun 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The bitter battle to free Moses Mayekiso

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The bitter battle to free Moses Mayekiso

Terry Bell
19 Jun 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Squatting on Hampstead Heath

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Squatting on Hampstead Heath

Terry Bell
11 May 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Setting up the primary division of Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College – chronicle of an ANC decline foretold

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Setting up the primary division of Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College – chronicle of an ANC decline foretold

Terry Bell
06 Apr 2022
Muizenberg Post Office closure shuts the door on desperate residents — and a piece of history

Muizenberg Post Office closure shuts the door on desperate residents — and a piece of history

Terry Bell
01 Mar 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The lows and highs of a scribe – from Pinochet’s Chile to Dr Seuss and Sir Edmund Hillary

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The lows and highs of a scribe – from Pinochet’s Chile to Dr Seuss and Sir Edmund Hillary

Terry Bell
09 Feb 2022
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: A delicate flower felled in a sumo salt sacrifice

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: A delicate flower felled in a sumo salt sacrifice

Terry Bell
01 Dec 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Jumping the border into exile, and an uncertain future

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Jumping the border into exile, and an uncertain future

Terry Bell
10 Nov 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: South of the border, down Mahikeng way

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: South of the border, down Mahikeng way

Terry Bell
21 Oct 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Wanderings in the diaspora as exiled, stateless, brand-new parents

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Wanderings in the diaspora as exiled, stateless, brand-new parents

Terry Bell
05 Oct 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The ABC of getting from Douala to Ndola — an assassination, bribes, and a crop-duster

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: The ABC of getting from Douala to Ndola — an assassination, bribes, and a crop-duster

Terry Bell
08 Sep 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: A diet of bananas on the cusp of history in Spanish Guinea

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: A diet of bananas on the cusp of history in Spanish Guinea

Terry Bell
19 Aug 2021
Women’s Day: Two of South Africa’s forgotten heroines, Phyllis Ntantala and Dora Taylor

Women’s Day: Two of South Africa’s forgotten heroines, Phyllis Ntantala and Dora Taylor

Terry Bell
09 Aug 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Bearing witness to the birth of Equatorial Guinea

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Bearing witness to the birth of Equatorial Guinea

Terry Bell
15 Jul 2021
South Africa’s electoral reform: We sure don’t need another political party

South Africa’s electoral reform: We sure don’t need another political party

Terry Bell
30 Jun 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: All our worldly goods stolen… free at last

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: All our worldly goods stolen… free at last

Terry Bell
27 Jun 2021
Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Whoops, I lost the compass…

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Whoops, I lost the compass…

Terry Bell
26 May 2021

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