Michael Schmidt
Based in Johannesburg, Michael Schmidt is a best-selling non-fiction author and award-winning investigative journalist who has worked in 49 countries on six continents, including in many conflict zones.
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Iran and the rot at the root of much progressive discourse
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- By Michael Schmidt
- . Feb 1, 2026
A particularly odious thing happens with sickening regularity when peoples legitimately rise up against the authoritarian regimes that repress them: many otherwise vocal human rights
Africa’s lingering influence in the metropole
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- By Michael Schmidt
- . Oct 31, 2025
With Nicolas Sarkozy going down for five years in prison for criminal association tied to illegal campaign funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, the spectre of
Death cults triumph? Despair and horror in the Middle East
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- By Michael Schmidt
- . Oct 12, 2024
Sderot, Gaza border – The very last thing one expects when arriving at Israel’s international airport during a war in which the nation founded by