Peter Herring

Child labour numbers rise in homes where adults are jobless – South African study Where children in a household are working, adults may stop looking for jobs.

Child labour numbers rise in homes where adults are jobless – South African study
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Radio Atlantis is a community radio station situated about 40kms rom Cape Town. I a community wracked by poverty, crime and unemployment, the station serves to turn the tide and provide a vital source of positive communication and developing the youth of the area & 80% local music content

Most South African farmers are black: why Trump got it so wrong Incomplete and inaccurate official data provides fertile ground for radical statements.

Most South African farmers are black: why Trump got it so wrong
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Pre frontal system clouds gathering over the mother city on Friday afternoon shrouding Table Mountain as winter sets in on South Africa.

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President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.

I’m not normally a bird watcher, but I was thrilled to catch a blue suited twit sleeping away the day.

Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck is a meditative film that draws on Cole’s own notebooks and letters in a bold attempt to have him tell his own story.

Ernest Cole: the South African photographer at the centre of a powerful and heartbreaking film
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I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

History is going to show that these three clowns did more long-term damage to the US Economy and US consumers than anyone or anything except the Great Depression.

Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: how sport can rewrite the political rules Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape race and power.

Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: how sport can rewrite the political rules
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#TheDancer

Whoa, #TeslaTakedown in Saskatoon!

Who else remembers Pete Hesgeth’s own mother warning everyone in America about him being a serial woman abuser, an immoral monster and an incompetent drunkard? I do. ✋

I’m probably the 500th South African to point this out to the superlative @andrewhickey.500songs.com podcast, but Ricky Fataar/Blondie Chaplin’s group was The Flames, not The Flame. (Hope I didn’t mishear) Is it weird to be so happy that he’s mentioning SAfricans? Hugh Masakela has featured, too.

The Political Fight of the Century For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.

For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance, Derek Thompson writes: theatln.tc/CoUZa6j9

Donald Trump will never take kindly to anything contrary to the crap that lives in his head. ANYONE who apposes him will "Be fired". South African Ambassador Ibrahim Rasool took him on in his own backyard. NOONE does that to Trump. Rasool called him out on his BS and paid the price. Well done

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape Dinosaur tracks were found in a rugged, remote coastal South African setting.

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape
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Carol Paton | The agony and irony: How the budget brought the ANC and DA closer | Business The ANC and DA want to claim responsibility for a newfound commitment to reviewing government spending, and each is desperate to stop the other from taking the credit. But for SA, it doesn't matter - ...

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Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...

Malignant idiocracy.
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B29 bomber that dropped a nuclear bomb? Too gay.

BREAKING NEWS: Canadian Premier Wab Kinew of Manitoba MOCKS Trump by signing a “beautiful” order that officially removes ALL American liquor from Canadian stores in his province.

Donald Trump just caused massive economic damage to our country. How sad and embarrassing.

I just did a google and found a host of childrens homes you could offer the goods to.

Sunlight shining through a leaf in a tree, making all of its fine details visible.

Sunshine through a leaf.

#plantphotography #naturephotograpy

Friday

#photography

A single shot. One frame. A moment of spontaneous joy captured in 250th of a second. #Photography

IMO the most beautiful aircraft gracing the worlds skies at the moment has to be Airbus A350. Seen here in Singapore colors on finals into Cape Town International Airport. #AircraftPictures #PHotography

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Rhiannon Giddens is the latest artist to cancel Kennedy Center gig Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens said on social media that she has moved her May concert – originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center – to a different venue in Washington, D.C.

Folk musician Rhiannon Giddens said on social media that she has moved her May concert – originally scheduled for the Kennedy Center – to a different venue in Washington, D.C.

Vrye Weekblad: hamba kahle, sala hantle, au revoir, vaarwel! Ons fade nie, ons fokof, 2. 0. Die sluiting van Vrye Weekblad is die einde van ’n trotse era.

Another quality publication closing down because too few people are prepared to pay a subscription fee. Why do they expect journalists to work for free?
Very sad.
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