Leonie Wagner started her journalism career as a court reporter. She traded her court shoes for champagne flutes reporting on SA's A-list celebrities as an entertainment reporter for The Times and later the Sunday Times. She is passionate about telling human interest stories and compelling features that give readers a glimpse of the realities of ordinary South Africans and high-profile personalities.

Love takes flight as airline surprises passengers with roses, fashion show and local charm

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While sombre faces waited to board the morning flight to Cape Town, they were unaware of the red, pink, white and ...

Ask not 'what is wrong with you?'; ask 'what happened to you?' — Oprah Winfrey speaks in ...

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Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, philanthropist and a gift giver. So when more than 500 people gathered at Gallagher ...

Oprah Winfrey in South Africa to talk about impact of trauma on learning

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Hundreds gathered in Midrand, Gauteng, for an inaugural conference with American talk show icon Oprah Winfrey.

I’ve written my suicide letter many times: South Africa’s starving kids speak out

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Times Select finds out what the government feeding scheme really means for the nation’s children

South Africa’s lockdown kids flirt with suicide, risky sexual behaviour

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A survey by Childline SA has revealed the psychological impact Covid-19 is having on the country’s youngsters

Cuban doctors say ‘dumelang’ to SA adventure

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Cohort of specialists in North West talk about what impresses them about their Covid-19 stint in Mzansi

Front seat of history: I drove Madiba to freedom

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Mzunani Roseberry Sonto and others recall the day they voted, and reflect on what has happened to SA since

We’re at war with our mental health and it’s ‘incredibly dangerous’

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Psychologists are concerned about a rise in suicide attempts as people grapple with uncertainty