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A neobohemian sans dole. Fallen artist. Duolingo streak breaker. Not a fan of corporations, banks, techbros or CEOs. Anti Ai evangelicals.

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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 2h
Ok that’s it from Monday I’m pulling myself towards myself.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 8h
Jim Oskineegish - Hummingbird. acrylic on canvas.
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Ʌʗʜʋʗɑɼɼʘ @achucarro.bsky.social · 6h
Today, October 10, is World Mental Health Day. A day to remember that mental health is an essential part of our health and deserves attention, understanding and care. #Achucarro #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 13h
I think blowing 138 school girls to bits in a triple tap on day 1 of a war he literally started would rule one out methinks
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Sandy K @sandrako69.bsky.social · 9h
She Was Offered $40 Million for Silence on Elon Musk. She Spoke Out Instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/m...
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Ashley St. Clair Was Offered Millions for Her Silence on Elon Musk. She Spoke Out Instead. (Gift Article)
In the documentary “Musk,” Ashley St. Clair, a former right-wing influencer and mother of one of Musk’s children, speaks about her relationship with him.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 08/10/2026
Someone vibe-coded copies of Adobe’s Creative Suite and made them all open source. This is a moral quandary because I really hate Adobe. github.com/storytold
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ArtCraft
Open Source Tools and Models for Creatives. ArtCraft has 41 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 6h
This is groundbreaking. And a sign of how things could go deliciously anti-corporate. Www.getartcraft.com
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h
South Africa's Coetze breaks men's 50m backstroke short-course world record reut.rs/4rWyS6s
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South Africa's Coetze breaks men's 50m backstroke short-course world record
South Africa's Pieter Coetze set a 50m backstroke short-course world record on Friday with a time of 22.09 seconds at a ​World Aquatics World Cup meet in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h
Rhodesia is a now-defunct white supremacist state in southern Africa. It's where James Earl Ray attempted to flee after assassinating MLK. It's the flag a white supremacist mass shooter wore in a photo on his manifesto website. Now Donald Trump Jr. is peddling Rhodesian lifestyle apparel.
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How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can’t stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 09/10/2026
She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Navi Pillay smiling in a red and gold academic gown and black hat, seated at a table signing a book.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: South African lawyer Navanethem “Navi” Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. bit.ly/4AYaANB 📸: Ruben Sprich/Reuters
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 09/10/2026
Breaking: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jurist Navi Pillay
The South African was recognized for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/10/2026
Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles
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Researchers find 180,000 giant tortoises living on island in Seychelles
Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving. A population of Aldabra giant tortoise lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. Continue reading...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 08/10/2026
In the Central African Republic — where transgender people have little to no legal protections and are marginalized in much of society — Daniela Fuentes dons her wig only in the privacy of her bathroom.
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Transgender woman deported to Central African Republic in hiding and worried
Daniela Fuentes said she does not understand why she was sent to Africa rather than her home country of Cuba.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Technology has created an intrusive eye that never blinks — a stealthy weapon for dictators keen to stifle speech and thought,” Megan Stack writes from Kampala, Uganda.
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Opinion | I Went to Uganda and Saw the Authoritarian Future
A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Number five - they use AirBnB VERY differently. I’m less irritated and more curious now 😅… this is a response to a request to book because the property is available on your dates. Hedging bets approach 😅
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 07/10/2026
The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg
The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
So there is more to it 😅
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Becky Smith | Global Glam Travel | Travel Specialist @beckyggt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A journey through South Africa’s history, from the oppression of apartheid to the triumph of freedom. Explore Johannesburg and Soweto, walk in the footsteps of those who fought for equality, and discover the stories that shaped a nation. #JourneyToFreedom #Soweto #SouthAfricaTravel #Johannesburg
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RFI Afrique @afrique.rfi.fr · 07/10/2026
En Afrique du Sud, comment expliquer la prolifération d'armes à feu?
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En Afrique du Sud, comment expliquer la prolifération d'armes à feu?
L’Afrique du Sud, qui enregistre l’un des plus hauts taux d'homicides de la planète, avec environ 60 meurtres par jour, est aussi confrontée aux fusillades de masse. Deux fusillades sanglantes ont fait 28 morts en un seul week-end le 27 septembre. Parmi les nombreux facteurs qui expliquent cette situation : le nombre très important d’armes à feu illégales en circulation, lié, entre autres, au passé brutal du pays et de sa région, et à la corruption.  De notre correspondant à Johannesburg, Beaucoup d’armes à feu illégales en Afrique du Sud viennent de pays voisins qui ont connu des conflits, comme le Mozambique, frappé par 15 ans de guerre civile. Certains stocks d’armes auraient ensuite été détournés par des réseaux criminels transnationaux. « On estime qu'il y a 3,8 millions d'armes à feu illégales en circulation dans le pays, souligne Jacob Mofokeng, professeur en criminologie à l’université de Pretoria. En Afrique du Sud, la majorité des meurtres sont liés aux armes à feu. Et on le voit avec ces fusillades récentes qui ont fait 28 morts par balles en un seul week-end ! » La nation arc-en-ciel a également hérité des armes de l’apartheid, un régime brutal et surarmé. Si aujourd’hui la police confisque des milliers d’armes à feu illégales chaque année, la corruption continue d’alimenter les réseaux criminels : « Un colonel a été arrêté, poursuit le criminologue, il travaillait au registre des armes à feu. Lorsque l'État confisquait certaines de ces armes, cet individu avait trouvé le moyen de les revendre aux membres de gangs. » À lire aussiAfrique du Sud: deux fusillades à Johannesburg et au Cap font 27 morts Remonter les réseaux criminels Le gouvernement a mis en place une commission d’enquête pour comprendre cette infiltration des réseaux criminels au sein de la police. Cette commission, Stanley Maphosa, directeur de Gun Free Afrique du Sud, une organisation qui milite pour se débarrasser de la violence des armes à feu, la suit assidûment. « Une seule arme peut être utilisée dans plusieurs fusillades. Le problème, c'est qu'en Afrique du Sud, on s’intéresse surtout au tireur, à celui qui appuie sur la gâchette, explique-t-il. Cette personne est recherchée puis arrêtée, mais on ne trace pas l’arme. D'où vient le réseau qui fournit ces AK-47 ? Comment pouvons-nous remonter jusqu'à ce réseau et parvenir à le démanteler ? » Selon lui, les communautés veulent aider, mais craignent les représailles : « La majorité des gens ne veulent pas d'armes. Ils sont disposés à servir d'informateurs, mais ils ont peur, car les informateurs sont susceptibles d'être tués et ne bénéficient pas d'une protection suffisante, déplore Stanley Maphosa. D'une certaine manière, cela crée un climat de peur et de normalisation. Je pense que la peur et la normalisation sont deux phénomènes bien présents dans les communautés. » Car l’Afrique du Sud enregistre en moyenne 60 homicides par jour. Et selon les autorités sud-africaines, les armes à feu restent le moyen le plus fréquemment utilisé pour commettre ces meurtres, devant les armes blanches. À lire aussiAfrique du Sud: après la série de féminicides, le président Cyril Ramaphosa s'adresse à la nation
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No they must release them NOW, the residents are not angry enough! www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Joburg stalls release of R4.07bn misconduct files until after elections
The City of Johannesburg has pushed the release of records detailing R4.07bn in alleged financial misconduct beyond the 4 November elections, after an admitted nine-day administrative delay and an ext...
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 07/10/2026
A union representing employees at Columbus Metallurgical Complex and Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, both owned by South African mining conglomerate Sibanye-Stillwater, has ended a month-long labor strike.
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Union representing Sibanye-Stillwater mine workers ends strike
The south-central Montana union, made up of 420 laborers, has ratified a three-year contract with the South Africa-based mining company.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 07/10/2026
Boston-based marimbist and cultural activist Steph Davis knew he wanted to have a life in music from the moment he first touched a marimba. Now, he is on a mission: to expand the repertoire of the classical marimba and draw attention to the instrument’s African roots.
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Steph Davis wants to reconnect the marimba to its African roots
The Boston-based marimbist knew he wanted to have a life in music from the moment he first touched a marimba. Now, he is on a mission to expand the repertoire of the classical marimba.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/10/2026
The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support.
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Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe ‘chaotic’ response
The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 07/10/2026
The global meth trade is seeing a major shift, with Africa switching from trafficking corridor to production base bloom.bg/4hKvqHD 📷: NDLEA
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Kanti yesterday they were telling us the Rand is strong
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Was looking to visit Maputo one of my favourite cities and trying to book on AirBnB - do you know 3 hosts cancelled because ‘we prefer long term guests’, ‘we may have other people at that time’, ‘we are waiting to see if we may change rates at that time’. Not a good look for Maputo.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wide awake.
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Mnemosyne @mnemosy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#StreetArt
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Been seeing many people talking online about sudden high electricity costs in Joburg- like bills doubling last few months since new tariffs came in… this is gonna be a rough summer. Staying home for Dezembah probably a wiser move…
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cape Town’s unfinished freeway in a tunnel, but costs up in the air www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Cape Town unveils plan to finally tackle its unfinished Foreshore freeways
Cape Town has unveiled plans to replace its unfinished Foreshore freeways with a new bridge and tunnel, while unlocking 15 hectares for housing, public space and a new neighbourhood. But the cost, fun...
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy Monday 🌸 a new week to fly by - let’s max out whatever we need to do this week.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 04/10/2026
Lady Gaga said this in 2020. Six years later, her words are being shared again ahead of the 2026 midterms. Listen to her message. Then make your own voice heard at the ballot box. “Vote like this country depends on it. Because it does!” #Midterms2026 #LadyGaga #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think….
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Chefs use this continuous thin sheet to create fine julienne cuts, decorative edible garnishes like flowers or butterflies, or specialty preparations like hanabi (firework) vegetable tempura. 🥕 TT: @big_c.panupong
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Puffins. Amazing
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blue footed booby: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Globally
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Every act of art is an act of resistance” -Tom Morello
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂
Photo of a pile of leaves on vibrant dark green moss. I collected lots of fallen leaves of different colors from different plants and trees and arranged them in an egg-shaped gradient going from green at the top to yellow and then orange and then red to darkest reds at the bottom.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pro tip when in a South African restaurant ordering a cocktail, quietly ask the waiter which ones come in the bigger glasses 🤓 they will happily advise the best bang for buck 🙏🤩 that way you don’t get a 🍸🥃 you get a 🍹
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026
I don’t give a damn if Theo Von and Joe Rogan change their tune and become full-out Democratic socialists. They will say whatever is deemed widely popular in the moment to retain their podcast audiences. They gave you Donald Trump.
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FlowerPowered 🇿🇦🫶 @lovinglifealot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I checked so you don’t have to - I didn’t know the French partnered on the Gautrain since inception
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 01/10/2026
The U.S. has ended funding for Zimbabwe's health programs at the end of September, after Zimbabwe rejected a deal to share sensitive health data. Last year, we reported on the country's booming black market for lifesaving HIV medicine as supplies dwindled: www.thexylom.com/post/zimbabw...
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Zimbabwe's HIV Medicine Black Market is Flush with Sex Workers and Asian Cash
Legally purchasing PreP and PEP pills from private pharmacies can be expensive for sex workers, who are required to submit to expensive medical tests on top of purchasing the pills.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 01/10/2026
The arrest of the entire Matsadaash newsroom marks a dangerous escalation in Egypt's assault on independent media. Egyptian authorities should immediately release all six journalists and stop targeting the platform. ⤵️ bit.ly/3VlDYxe
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Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash
Civil society organizations and independent media outlets join together to condemn the escalating crackdown on independent Egyptian investigative journalism platform Matsadaash.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 02/10/2026
Across the global majority, politicians defend anti-LGBTQIA+ laws as protecting “traditional culture”. Often, those laws aren’t tradition at all. They are colonial imports. From the archive #BHM2026 👇
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The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin
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Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin
Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins On the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the esteemed guest’s line of sight. Depicting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Queen Nefertiti, the painting was among 40 murals commissioned to beautify the city for Xi’s arrival and was painted by volunteer youth group Rasmet Basma, in Tahrir Square. Continue reading...
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 03/10/2026
Photojournalist whose pictures set in progress apartheid’s end after he captured the shooting of protesters in South Africa, dies aged 92
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Ian Berry obituary: photographer who witnessed Sharpeville Massacre
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/10/2026
Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild after fleeing xenophobia in South Africa aje.news/qjava8
Zimbabweans struggle to rebuild after fleeing xenophobia in South Africa
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