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Ed Habershon

Johannesburg

Senior Africa producer at BBC

Senior Africa producer, BBC News | Sometimes in Ukraine 🇺🇦

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  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Ed Habershon

    "These are burial sites… over 1,000 of white farmers and… those cars aren't driving, they're stopped there to pay respects to their family member who was killed," Trump said as the video was playing in the Oval Office. Mr Hoatson, a 46-year-old farmer, said that while he had no issue with the video being used without his knowledge, Trump was known to "exaggerate" and he was happy to set the record straight about the striking image. "It's not a burial site, but it was a memorial.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | aol.com | Ed Habershon

    The view is spectacular from the top of Ponte Tower, one of the most famous buildings in the South African city of Johannesburg. Built in 1975, standing almost 200m (656 ft) tall, it's a long-established feature of the city skyline, once the tallest residential building in Africa. But like the city, it's had its ups and downs. In the 1980s it was taken over by criminal gangs, and its hollow core filled with rubbish up to 50m deep. "The building got hijacked.

  • Feb 5, 2025 | msn.com | Ed Habershon

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  • Feb 5, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ed Habershon

    The view is spectacular from the top of Ponte Tower, one of the most famous buildings in the South African city of Johannesburg. Built in 1975, standing almost 200m (656 ft) tall, it's a long-established feature of the city skyline, once the tallest residential building in Africa. But like the city, it's had its ups and downs. In the 1980s it was taken over by criminal gangs, and its hollow core filled with rubbish up to 50m deep. Advertisement"The building got hijacked.

  • Aug 7, 2024 | the-star.co.ke | Ed Habershon

    Regular power cuts had become a feature of South African life and fed feelings the country was moving in the wrong direction, but the electricity supply has been uninterrupted since March leaving people to wonder what has changed. It is a crisp winter’s day in Johannesburg, a clear blue sky shimmering over the bustling township of Alexandra, or Alex, as it is more commonly known here in South Africa.

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Ed Habershon
Ed Habershon @edhabershon
10 May 25

British PM Sir Keir Starmer has just arrived here in Kyiv along with Macron and Merz, pushing to end the war - @BBCNews coverage from @FrankRGardner & @hzeffman across the day https://t.co/8CTteJbZlD #ukraine

Ed Habershon
Ed Habershon @edhabershon
9 May 25

Latest @BBCNews frontline report from @yogital & team #ukraine

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Yogita Limaye @yogital

‘There’s no truce’ - #Ukraine’s soldiers and civilians on Russia’s ceasefire https://t.co/TeCU50XUyV

Ed Habershon
Ed Habershon @edhabershon
7 May 25

Russia’s proposed a three-day ceasefire from midnight tonight - but Ukraine’s not agreed to it and Ukrainians are sceptical - @joelmgunter https://t.co/7vYd9hMqWD #ukraine