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Marché Arends

@marche.bsky.social

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Investigative Journalist 🇿🇦 2025 Pulitzer Center AI Accountabilty Fellow Read my work here: www.marchearends.com

Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Hi, I’m Marché - a freelance investigative journalist from South Africa. I’m injured, largely immobile, and fighting for a spinal surgery my medical aid refuses to pay for.

Marché is lying in bed, underneath a bed tray that is propping up a laptop up so she can see the screen and continue to work.

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

But the mayor says it's fine, so nothing to see here, I guess 🤷‍♀️

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Yoh! You know it's bad when white people start freaking out:

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

And the effects are devastating. I'm just going to leave this one here:

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is a 2-bed, which is actually pretty good going at this point, to be honest.

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is a studio. You can see the bed in the bottom left.

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I don't even know what to say about this one.

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Oh great, the digital bed bugs are spreading to the suburbs. Yay.

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Marché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Let's start with where they live. And yes, it's them vs. us at this point. Note the language - Digital SETTLER!?!? Fuck off. Note the price - R30000 for a flatlet?!?! Fuck off even more.

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