Tim Cocks

I'm pleased to announce that my book, 'Lagos: Supernatural City' has gone into paperback and is available from next month (for those who liked the sound of it but not the hardback price). You can pre-order here (and see the blurb) #Lagos #Nigeria ... hurstpublishers.com/book/lagos/

European donors attempted to woo #SouthAfrica's sceptical #coal belt to embrace #renewable energy. Let’s just say there’s a lot of convincing left to do …. reuters.com/business/energ…

#SouthAfrica’s donor-funded #EnergyTransition is moving slowly as politicians fret about how to prevent its coal belt going into terminal economic decline… #ClimateCatastrophe #RenewableEnergy reuters.com/world/africa/f…

Uju Ifejika (left), one of #Nigeria’s richest female business owners, gambled her entire fortune on a prophecy from her televangelist pastor #TBJoshua and it all went horribly wrong. Read my book ‘Lagos: Supernatural City’ if you want to know what happened next ….

#SouthAfrica's #climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report reuters.com/world/africa/s…

It somehow doesn’t surprised me that a #Nigerian would do the world’s first ever painting that’s bigger than a square kilometre. David Fola, the artist, is aiming to set a new #Guinness world record for largest individual drawing #Lagos #Naija reuters.com/lifestyle/nige…

‘If you think ‘rule of law’ is enough to protect civil liberties, think again. UK climate protesters get 4-5 years jail each for planning a peaceful protest on a motorway, UN says unacceptable. amp.theguardian.com/environment/ar…

#SouthAfrica appeals to donors to delay its #emissions #climate targets, minister says reuters.com/sustainability…

#SouthAfrica's #Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid #carbon border tax | Reuters reuters.com/sustainability…

‘conservation imperialism’ has been a problem ever since the first Africans were kicked off their land to make way for white-run game reserves. This latest case of it shows how little has been learned. Cracking yarn by ⁦@EdStoddardZA⁩ dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

#SouthAfrica now has an energy minister who wants an 'aggressive' #renewables #GreenEnergy rollout. His predecessor called such a move “wrong” and vowed to keep burning coal. Progress? My report: reuters.com/sustainability…

#SouthAfrica's #Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader #Steenhuisen. A new dawn of coalition politics starts here reuters.com/world/africa/s…

@ByDonkeys this is the example I always bring up whenever a Western politician or punter makes a lazy, hypocritical remark about ‘African’ corruption in places like Nigeria, Congo or South Africa …

Now #ANC has lost its majority for the 1st time since #Mandela brought it to victory, #SouthAfrica needs to form a unity government from parties with wildly different visions of how the country should proceed. My latest.. reuters.com/world/africa/s…

A #SouthAfrican party that wants to make it mandatory to teach the Biblical 10 commandments in school, kick out all Black African migrants with no documents and introduce military conscription and the death penalty. Now why does that sound so familiar?

ANC voters defect en masse in South Africa's coal belt heartland reut.rs/3X1nFEo

ANC voters defect en masse in South Africa's coal belt heartland reut.rs/4c0OT29

In #SouthAfrica poll, some #ANC voters lose patience with their former liberators. My cheeky sidebar to our main elections story today… reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Whew, steel yourself for this one: on eve of South Africa's most important poll since apartheid @timcocks deep dive into the Usindiso fire shows, w heartbreaking consequences, how far the rainbow nation has strayed from what its liberators once fought for reuters.com/investigates/s…

Mandela's vision of Black unity fades as South Africa rejects migrants . @timcocks A great and sad read ://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/safrica-election-fire/ via @SpecialReports

As #SouthAfrica heads into a hotly contested election, #immigration is a major issue, especially among working class voters who feel they are losing jobs to foreigners. My dive into the issue and how it is affecting migrants from other #African nations … reuters.com/investigates/s…