The worst nightmare a parent can encounter is the death of a child, but what if that child was murdered, by a sibling? How can anyone make sense of such a tragedy? Siblicide is a category of murder that is underreported, often because it is unfathomable that siblings can attack each other so violently and […]
The United Nations has designated 4 May as International Anti-Bullying Day when the world pledges to end bullying in schools. This year it can be commemorated on Monday 5 May in schools. UNESCO Member States declared the first Thursday of November as the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, Including Cyberbullying. Until it […]
A man with a quest is a man on a mission and woe to anyone who interferes! Dr. Micki Pistorius, psychologist and editor of our Premium Ancient-Origins site, fuses her two professions, archaeology and psychology in this webinar. In the epic Iliad of Homer, Odysseus was considered the wisest of the Achaean Warriors-Kings. Odysseus is an old […]
What can Odysseus teach us about relationships? How can Leonidas, the King Sparta, inspire captains of industry and high flying businessmen? What secrets can the mythological couple, Theseus and Ariadne, reveal about the human brain? Learn lessons of the heart with heroes, warriors and legends of the ancient world to better understand how to navigate the […]
Game of Thrones and The Nun actress Charlotte Hope is set to appear as Micki Pistorius, South Africa’s first-ever serial-killer profiler, in Catch Me a Killer, a new true crime series from Germany’s Night Train Media and South Africa’s M-Net/Showmax. Read more…
Knowledge is wealth and power and should be shared. Micki Pistorius matriculated at Hoërskool Menlo Park, Pretoria in 1978. The following year she enrolled for a BA majoring in Psychology and Languages at the University of Pretoria and upon qualifying, she embarked upon a career in journalism, working in diverse media. Ten years later, she […]
As a child Micki Pistorius’ natural curiosity was cultivated by both her parents and developed into an insatiable interest in history, art and literature. She enrolled for a BA degree, majoring in Psychology and Languages at the University of Pretoria. She has studied German in school and French at university. Her very first appointment was […]
Micki Pistorius was born on 19 March 1961 in Pretoria to her parents Carl Wilhelm Irene Pistorius and Iolanthe Tancred. Both her parents cultivated an interest in history and encouraged their children to read. As a child Micki always wanted to be a writer. Her childhood was nomadic and she attended several primary schools and […]