its value as an honest purveyor of news emphasised at times of crisis such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the infamous internal Emergency of the mid-1970s.
U-Statesman uzihlukanise ngokubambisana kwenhloso yemicimbi, ukubaluleka kwayo njengomhlengi othembekile wezindaba kugcizelelwe ngezinye izikhathi ezinzima ezifana neBengal Famine ka-1943 kanye ne-Emergency Internal Emergency phakathi no-1970.