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South Africa Journo's, Civil Society & Lefties
Helping Saffa's get started on their X-odus
@giz.de
GIZ GmbH Wir arbeiten weltweit für eine lebenswerte Zukunft | We work to shape a future worth living around the world Imprint & Netiquette: http://bit.ly/giz_netiquette
@zekuzelalem.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at the @ecfr.eu. Award-winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Migration, human rights, OSINT. https://www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem
@mobilize-za.bsky.social
Mobilize is a non-profit organisation that mobilises communities for change through our Climate Comms and Energy Comms campaigns.
@parinstitute.bsky.social
PARI is an African research institute affiliated to the University of Johannesburg and Wits University, providing new and original social science research, advocacy and implementation support for South Africa, the global South and beyond.
@brodiegal.bsky.social
South African journalist and academic. teaching/researching/publishing on media, journalism, archives, public health, data & research methods. Strong sideline in homicide studies and forensic pathology. Writes books and sings songs.
@julianrademeyer.bsky.social
Director - East & Southern Africa, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. www.globalinitiative.net Author of 'Killing for Profit’. Formerly at TRAFFIC and Africa Check. Views my own.
@blueskytips.bsky.social
Hi #Newskies! Are you new to BlueSky & need help settling in? Follow me for #BskyNews, #BskyTips, guides & helpful #BskyTools! See 📌 for info! @ me with questions & I'll try to help! 😊 __ Managed by @mishadventure.blog ☕ https://ko-fi.com/mishadventure
@sohinigowan.bsky.social
🇿🇦 Healthcare Communicator. Data-driven Storyteller. Strategist. Former Clinical Research professional. Media literacy advocate. Politics nerd. Joburg-to-the-core.
@thecontinent.org
The Continent is an award-winning weekly newspaper produced by African journalists, photographers, illustrators and editors. Free on 👇 📱WhatsApp: bit.ly/4b2gpfI 💬 Signal: bit.ly/TCSignal 📲 Telegram: t.me/continentnews ✉️ Email: read@thecontinent.org
@namlyd.bsky.social
Queer. African. Feminist. Editor-in-Chief, The Continent: Here: @thecontinent.org WhatsApp: bit.ly/4b2gpfI Signal: bit.ly/TCSignal Telegram: t.me/continentnews Email: read@thecontinent.org Website: thecontinent.org
@lynnesmit.bsky.social
Senior editor at Nature Africa, changing the narrative around African scientific achievements, one story at a time.
@shireenhassim.bsky.social
African socialist feminist political junkie, loves all who make the world beautiful. Work in Ottawa, live in Toronto, love in Johannesburg. Knitting my way to sanity.
@samwilsonwriting.bsky.social
Writer and director living in Cape Town, South Africa. New novel “The First Murder On Mars” out now https://www.samwilsonwriting.com/order-now.php
@laurenbeukes.com
Novelist, TV writer, comics writer and recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV) Zoo City and multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE - out now
@benjaminfogel.bsky.social
Head of Publishing at Alameda, Contributing Editor at Jacobin. South African
@dailymaverick.co.za
@tauriq.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer, video game critic, horror obsessive, Kader Asmal Fellow studying international human rights law @ Trinity College, Dublin (he/him)
@carteblanche.co.za
📺 Watch #CarteBlanche every Sunday at 7pm on M-Net, DStv channel 101 ▶️ Watch it all at www.carteblanche.co.za 📢 Truth Brings Change 📧 Tell us your story - http://bit.ly/CBTipOffs
@robforbes.bsky.social
Broadcaster. Humanist. Gives great hugs. Other interests available on request. @RobForbesDJ on IG/X (He/Him) 🇿🇦🌍
@acfick72.bsky.social
Reader; Emperor of Solitude; self-ironising Don of #NorthJozi; Anarchosyndicalist Czar of All Tolstoyan Russian Multiverses; House Fuller-Hallim, Single Raised Eyebrow. 🤴🏽📚🤓📖📝☕️🏉🎾🎞 👨🏽🌾🌍 Inept food garden volunteer.
@tomeaton.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter, columnist. My new novel 'An Act of Murder' is now available at all good bookshops. Penguin Random House SA. tomeaton.co.za tomeaton.substack.com
@sundaytimesza.bsky.social
@johnrobbiesa.bsky.social
British & Irish Lion #574, Ireland, Leinster, Dublin Univ, Cambridge Univ, Greystones, Transvaal. 1 of 5 Players of the Year 1987. Former 702 morning host.
@mediamatterza.bsky.social
Cultivating a responsible, high-quality media sector that defends human rights, fortifies democracy, and fosters a just and equitable society.
@jeffwicks.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist at News24. Co-author of Eight Days in July. Projects: #Silenced #BloodBrothers #KillingKinnear
@marvincharles.bsky.social
Cape Town-based news reporter at News24 | ✉️Story+tip or secret burning to tell someone? marvin.charles@24.com
@pontsho.bsky.social
Writer. Author. Lurker. Voyeur. Author of Power and Faith: How evangelical churches are quietly shaping our democracy. Researcher of things often left unsaid.
@siphok.bsky.social
Publisher and co-founder, The Continent newspaper - A quality weekly African paper straight to your device.
@hellothando.bsky.social
Award winning South African journalist Previously @moneyweb, @mailandguardian, @Powerfm987 Currently: @BDliveSA @BusinessLiveSA maekot@businesslive.co.za Let’s talk
@keeganleech.co.za
I'm Keegan Leech! Researcher @africacheck.org. South African. You can follow me on some of the other websites too. Mutuals feel free to DM me. Personal site: https://keeganleech.co.za/ he/him
@john.africandefence.net
Co-founder, African Defence Review Newsletters Editor, Daily Maverick Newsletters || Defence Email: jstupart@africandefence.net
@mishsolomon.com
South African journalist & activist. #RSAsky #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦 🏳️🌈 > Anti sexual violence advocacy & survivor rights; > Freedom of expression, access to information & information integrity. My past work— https://mishsolomon.com/ (update in progress!)
@andrewtrench.bsky.social
Recovering journalist and editor. AI entrepreneur. Strategic communications consultant. Open water swimmer (for sanity). Based in Cape Town, South Africa.
@altadvisory.africa
An African-rooted public interest consultancy based in South Africa and Kenya, and partnering with change-makers around the world. Find our work: altadvisory.africa.
@davidjeffery.bsky.social
PhD candidate at King's College London. I study how people think about the law, morality, and the nation in South Africa. www.davidjeff.co.za
@openup.org.za
We build tools, open up data, and provide data training which supports an active citizenry and helps communities and governments work better, together. https://openup.org.za
@jacquitooke.bsky.social
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”~Robin Wall Kimmerer