Allister Haddon Sparks (born 10 March, 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape) is a South African writer, journalist and political commentator. He was the editor of The Rand Daily Mail when it broke Muldergate, the story of how the apartheid government secretly funded information projects. Sparks later wrote a number of critically-acclaimed books on South Africa's transition from apartheid, including Tomorrow is Another Country, The Mind of South Africa, and more recently Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa (University of Chicago Press 2006). Sparks founded the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in South Africa and was its executive director from 1992 to 1997.

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  • Allister Haddon Sparks (born 10 March, 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape) is a South African writer, journalist and political commentator. He was the editor of The Rand Daily Mail when it broke Muldergate, the story of how the apartheid government secretly funded information projects. Sparks later wrote a number of critically-acclaimed books on South Africa's transition from apartheid, including Tomorrow is Another Country, The Mind of South Africa, and more recently Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa (University of Chicago Press 2006). Sparks founded the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in South Africa and was its executive director from 1992 to 1997. (en)
  • Allister Sparks (s. 10. maaliskuuta 1933, Cathcart, Eastern Cape) on eteläafrikkalainen lehtimies, kirjailija ja luennoitsija. Hän on lehtimiesuransa aikana toiminut toimittajana Queenstown Daily Representativessä ja Rand Daily Mailissa, jonka päätoimijana hän myös toimi vuosina 1977–1981. Päätoimittaja-aikanaan Sparks osallistui muun muassa Steve Bikon kuoleman yksityiskohtien paljastamiseen. Sparks on toiminut myös The Washington Postin ja brittiläisen the Observerin Etelä-Afrikan kirjeenvaihtajana. Hän on ollut ehdokkaana Pulitzer-palkintoon ja nimetty vuoden ulkomaantoimittajaksi. Nelson Mandela nimitti Sparksin vuonna 1995 Etelä-African julkisen palvelun viestintäyhtiön, South African Broadcasting Corporationin, johtokuntaan, missä hän myöhemmin toimi myös ajankohtaistoimituksen päätoimittajana. Sparks on kirjoittanut useita arvostettuja kirjoja Etelä-Afrikan politiikasta, kuten siirtymäajasta apartheidista demokratiaan kertova Tomorrow is Another Country ja uuden Etelä-Afrikan haasteista kertova Beyond the Miracle. (fi)
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  • Allister Haddon Sparks (born 10 March, 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape) is a South African writer, journalist and political commentator. He was the editor of The Rand Daily Mail when it broke Muldergate, the story of how the apartheid government secretly funded information projects. Sparks later wrote a number of critically-acclaimed books on South Africa's transition from apartheid, including Tomorrow is Another Country, The Mind of South Africa, and more recently Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa (University of Chicago Press 2006). Sparks founded the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in South Africa and was its executive director from 1992 to 1997. (en)
  • Allister Sparks (s. 10. maaliskuuta 1933, Cathcart, Eastern Cape) on eteläafrikkalainen lehtimies, kirjailija ja luennoitsija. (fi)
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  • Allister Sparks (en)
  • Allister Sparks (fi)
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