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.

IN PICS | Local looked lekker on the Sona red carpet

MPs' sartorial selections were in the main Proudly South African, though some relied on the cachet of imported luxury labels to cut a dash on the big ...

What happens to a dream deferred

As a young man living under a bridge in Newtown, Mbuso Khoza dreamt of one day writing music for television. Here he tells Leonie Wagner that he ...

Lebo M: The township dreamer who gave the world its anthem

“I’m just a regular township boy,” he begins. “I wake up and think about the next three or five things I need to do. And as I’ve gotten older, I've ...

What drives me is knowing I’m living in the fullness of my purpose’: Nomzamo ...

Leonie Wagner chats to Nomzamo Mbatha about her many roles as a chartered accountant, producer, actress, philanthropist, humanitarian, UNHCR Goodwill ...

Exactly what did Zelda la Grange learn?

Zelda la Grange, the former assistant to Nelson Mandela, has written another book. This time it's centred on the lessons Mandela taught her over the ...

Life beyond the label: shark attack survivor speaks of faith and courage in ...

Caleb Swanepoel, shark attack survivor and para-swimming champion, will be starring in local TV series Diepe Waters. Leonie Wagner joined Swanepoel ...

From Farm to Film — De Doorns kids shine on the big screen

'Maak Stil die Geblaf' is more than just a documentary on children training dogs, it has become a catalyst for change in a small town in the Cape ...

‘It’s crucial in our culture’: The reeds that refuse to bend to criticism

The reed dance ceremony with its bare breasts and virginity testing raises eyebrows among many non-traditionalists. But its supporters praise it for ...

Walking with giraffes and sipping whisky with Glenmorangie’s master distiller

The graceful herbivores are Glenmorangie distillery’s mascot, and whisky- tasting among the treetop-nibblers proved to be a tall order of a rather ...

The Station Strangler: a focus on past dark horrors

Leonie Wagner delves into the trauma and unanswered questions that still grip the community decades later