Ufrieda Ho
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Ufrieda Ho
@Ufrieda
Journo in Joburg, author of 'Paper Sons and Daughters' / Over at IG: @ufriedaho / [email protected]
Katılım Şubat 2011
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Very excited that my book proofs have arrived! “Making a life: Young men on Johannesburg’s urban margins” will be out in May with @WitsPress
witspress.co.za/page/detail/Ma…
It’s starting to feel real!
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The Gauteng Health Department has a leadership, governance and management problem ... This is not service delivery! spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/12/02/cri…
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The Hillbrow health heritage story and its timeline seems bookended by the invisibility of slums - from the 1880s mining shanties to today's decayed highrises of hell... But what happens in-between and what endures is the story of healthcare where it's needed most in Joburg.
Spotlight@SpotlightNSP
MUST READ | Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis, reports @Ufrieda. spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/10/16/hig…
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MUST READ | Hillbrow started out as Johannesburg’s first health hub in the late 1880s. It’s also been a suburb associated with pimps and prostitution, a middle finger to the Nationalist Party, and a key site of the HIV crisis, reports @Ufrieda.
spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/10/16/hig…
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Our #Joburg is 138 this Oct. #JIYP marks 5 yrs since 'I Love You, I Hate You' was published. It's the complicated, compulsive throb of love for our city told through #LoveJozi's design genius & Tees. I wrote this essay 'In Search of the Golden Mountain' instagram.com/p/DBDo1kENSwj/…
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📣 The Miles Morland Foundation is offering funding to African fiction & nonfiction writers.
The scholarship aims to allow each scholar the time to produce the first draft of a completed book Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000
Deadline: Sept. 20 buff.ly/3w6BMdw
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So many layers to the histories and stories of Chinese in South Africa. These miners were 'imported' to be lowest paid labourers. Working conditions were shocking. As 'yellow peril' they were confined to compounds. These men died here or were repatriated. Not welcomed to stay.
China in Pictures@tongbingxue
Chinese mining boys in South Africa, 1905. The first Chinese laborers arrived at Witwatersrand on June 19th 1904, there were almost 64000 Chinese working on the Witwatersrand gold mines near Johannesburg between 1904 and 1910. #FOCAC2024
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Amitav Ghosh is going to be visiting Wits in 2 weeks! If you haven't read any of his books I recommend starting now - @iValodia and I wrote an article about some of Ghosh's views on climate change theconversation.com/climate-change…
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Going to Boks vs AllBlacks on Sat? So here’s a happy Joburg story. You can catch @TheGautrain from anywhere - get off at Park Station; get in these cool new @PRASA_Group trains and be at the stadium in 3 minutes! No lies. Safe. Secure. Fast. Ellis Park station fixed in 7 days!
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JUST IN: Celebrated South African Science and Maths teacher - William Smith - has passed away following a short battle with cancer. At the age of 85 - he was surrounded by family in Perth, Australia.
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A dream born in Soweto, now embraced by the world. Beyond the medal, this victory stands as a testament to our nation’s determination, resilience, and perseverance. Proud to share this journey with such incredible teammates. 🇿🇦🌍
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LETSILE TEBOGO BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN IN HISTORY TO WIN THE 200M SPRINT AT THE OLYMPICS 🇧🇼
HE WINS BOTSWANA'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD 🥇
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The @SpotlightNSP #WomenInHealth series is a salute to the women who make a difference in health, especially for our most vulnerable. I wrote this profile on Prof Kathy Kahn. Her 30+ years working in rural healthcare holds insights for science, also humanity. #WomensMonth2024
Spotlight@SpotlightNSP
#WomenInHealth | Working with women in Giyani in Limpopo sparked the flame for Professor Kathy Kahn to dedicate her research career to the rural community she says she is “bonded to”. She tells @Ufrieda why it’s been this way since she was a student. spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/08/07/pro… @WitsUniversity @WitsHealthFac
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The night belongs to us... Very cool to write about 'The Night Walkers' in CT, Soweto and my good hood too ( we walk to the full moon 🌝). Join us!
Times LIVE@TimesLIVE
Communities across South Africa are taking back the night, reclaiming their streets, refusing to let night be lost to fear and anxiety. timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/l…
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Questions over new Limpopo health MEC, but stakeholders willing to give her a chance
The deployment of the relatively unknown Dieketseng Mashego as Limpopo’s new health MEC has raised eyebrows. @Ufrieda rounds up some responses to her appointment as she clocked up her first 30 days in office: spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/07/15/que…
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Gauteng needs for this 7th administration to reverse the slide from weak administration, poor health service delivery and to act timeously on corruption.
Spotlight@SpotlightNSP
Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko returns to the critical role of Gauteng's MEC for Health and Wellness at a time when the health department, based on extensive reporting by Spotlight and other publications, remains mired in a chronic cycle of administrative and service delivery dysfunction. @Ufrieda reports. Read more: spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/07/08/nom…
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Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has just been appointed as South Africa’s Minister of Health. He was previously in the position from 2009 to 2019. Here is how we assessed his first stint in the top health job spotlightnsp.co.za/2019/05/30/ass… @healthza @SECTION27news @tac
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Beeld, City Press, Rapport and Daily Sun to close.
This is a really bad day for SA media, and for SA's democracy in general. The more we lose reputable news sources, the more gaps there are for the fly by night, made for advertising aggregators and fake news players to take advantage. Which can only be bad for our notion of truth.
moneyweb.co.za/news/end-of-an…
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Who SA gets as health minister matters. It's a big chunk of money to manage and protect from corruption & looting. Health is also underfunded but up against enlarging health needs. There are NHI contestations to navigate but urgency to close the gap of unequal healthcare.
Spotlight@SpotlightNSP
JUST PUBLISHED | We will soon know who South Africa's health minister will be in the new Cabinet. @Ufrieda asked some academics and activists what qualities that person should have to tackle the key health issues the country faces. spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/06/10/the… @AneleYawa @TAC @scottdrimie @Lucy_Gilson @UCTHealthSci @HealthZA @_HassanF
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We cling to life’s goodness—including through our tastebuds. Thanks for resurfacing this sweetness, @sidagarwal. #SatyajitRay #India #EdenWalk
Paul Salopek@PaulSalopek
The persistence of memory: PATHER PANCHALI updated from the walking trail in India, 2018. #EdenWalk
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