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A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...
Versöhnungskirche in Berlin Mitte, demolished in 1985 by the East ...In January 1985, the East German border troops destroyed the Versöhnungskirche (Church of Reconciliation) because it was located in the border strip and was seen as an obstacle to border surveillance.
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Joburg’s roads show the cost of poor service delivery: potholes, stalled repairs, burst pipes, broken lights. Millions wasted. But wait until you see what it's been wasted on... Full #CarteBlanche story available now on DStv
Stream and Catch Up. #SouthAfrica #News
Looking down a canal towpath last week on a misty morning. A disused canal on the left with ducks swimming in the water. On the right is a large overgrown hedgerow that curves over the path. A woman is stood directly under the hedge as she waits for her dog that is out of sight around the corner. A black and white photo
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekPForPink #ClassicMono
Quiet along the canal
“It bears pausing on the starkness of these facts: The president of the United States demanded the jailing of two elected officials who belong to the opposing political party” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Developed world, take note!
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Government buys a broken oil refinery while global companies simply walk away. What motives lie behind the wall of silence? That's #CarteBlanche this Sunday at 7pm on M-Net channel 101, and DStv Stream. #SouthAfrica #News @groundworksa.bsky.social @opensecrets.org.za
27.09.2025 08:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0A wonderful interview!
27.09.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He faces a warrant of arrest on 22 charges of fraud and theft. Despite this, he remains a free man. When will the children he allegedly cheated of life-saving funds see justice? That's #CarteBlanche tonight at 7pm on M-Net channel 101, and DStv Stream. #Crime #SouthAfrica
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BATTLE TO BREATHE | One of the complexities in reporting on air pollution in an area like Emalahleni is that the air often contains not only one problematic substance, but a soup of potentially harmful stuff.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/09/10/b...
The lesson from history is clear: When lifesaving HIV treatment was delayed, millions died needlessly. We cannot afford the same mistake with HIV prevention, write Fatima Hassan, Leena Menghaney, and Bellinda Nkoana.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/09/09/a...
Various photos of houses with white walls and blue painted floral designs, as well as the artist herself at work
Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years #WomensArt
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Illustration of a fox facing right looking forward in a woodland with tall dark trees
Paula Mela, Finnish illustrator known for her fairytale-like works #WomensArt
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New evidence shows micro plastics being blown in over headwaters of 1 of SADC's most NB water catchments. It is to region what acid rain was to Europe in '80s. #DailyMaverick @dailymaverick.co.za @coveringclimatenow.org #plasticpollution #microplastics #plastictreaty
12.08.2025 11:35 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Great journalism @leoniejoubert.bsky.social
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Tukulo Mtshayelo restored a spring on the outskirts of his village, one of three main sources that locals draw on for water.
More here: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Moeketsi Makhoali and his dogs tend to his flock (Mahlasela Pass, Lesotho, 3,222m ASL) at the headwaters of the Orange-Senqu River Basin. Recent research shows that airborne microplastics are probably settling in these remote high-altitude areas and polluting water courses.
More: bit.ly/4mmgHnd
US artist Elizabeth Catlett's 1946 print honours Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784), who was sold into slavery at the age of seven and later became the first published African-American female poet #womensart
19.08.2025 04:41 — 👍 877 🔁 170 💬 0 📌 3Timeline Cleanse - What a beautiful way to watch how music is composed and played. ✨🎶✨💙✨🎶✨💙✨🎶✨
19.08.2025 03:00 — 👍 117 🔁 32 💬 4 📌 1The beautiful Great Grey Owl.. 🦉
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Big retail companies can slow the scourge of single-use nappy pollution by investing in small washable nappy-making businesses by making seed funding easily available, and giving emerging suppliers priority access to the market.
Read more here: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
What if cigarette producers simply replaced plastic butts with biodegradable ones? This would turn the pollution off at source, rather than hoping that society can pick up stompies once they’ve become litter.
Read more here: bit.ly/40oZYqC
While I saw my share of well-attended and even sold-out shows, there were also times when you wondered whether all the fuss was worth it. On the very first evening of the festival, the power went out. Classic Makhanda!
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A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
09.07.2025 13:13 — 👍 17965 🔁 2114 💬 274 📌 115Musk will be responsible for the deaths of 14,000,000 people.
That’s a genocidal amount of death.
Choy Moo Kheon (Singaporean, born 1950)
"Blue Whispering Day", 2022.
Acrylic on Canvas, 139.7 × 114.3 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
A child dies of malnutrition every 15 seconds, as 185,535 boxes of special food for starving children are stacked in a warehouse in Rhode Island, paid for by American taxpayers. After shutting USAID, the Trump administration is just sitting on the boxes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
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'Mr Noam Chomsky'....
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