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John Eligon

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Johannesburg Bureau Chief at The New York Times

Johannesburg bureau chief @nytimes.

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  • 4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Zimasa Matiwane |John Eligon

    Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They say the backlash against their community is unfair. From the moment she learned of President Trump's executive order allowing white South Africans to live in the United States as refugees, Zenia Pretorius knew she wanted to go. She and her husband no longer felt safe in the country because of their race, she said.

  • 1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | John Eligon

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  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | John Eligon

    5 hours agoBreaking Up With Your Broadband Provider? Here's How to Cancel Your Internet in 5 Simple StepsDitch your home internet service and return all your equipment with minimal hassle. Calling to cancel your internet service can be incredibly stressful and confusing. While most internet service providers will let you sign up for service online, many ISPs require you to call if you want to cancel.

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |John Eligon |Ernesto Londono

    By Image The two victims were aides at the Israeli Embassy. Credit... Allison Robbert for The New York Times John Eligon is the Johannesburg bureau chief for The Times, covering a wide range of events and trends that influence and shape the lives of ordinary people across southern Africa. Ernesto Londoño is a Times reporter based in Minnesota, covering news in the Midwest and drug use and counternarcotics policy.

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | John Eligon

    In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors' plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly. Video Back transcriptSouth Africans React to Ramaphosa's Meeting With TrumpSome South Africans defended President Cyril Ramaphosa's handling of President Trump's false claims during a confrontational meeting in the Oval Office while others expressed dismay.

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John Eligon
John Eligon @jeligon
24 Oct 24

Daniel Chapo of the long governing party, Frelimo, has been declared the winner of Mozambique's highly disputed presidential election. https://t.co/Zz7AjXDpYT

John Eligon
John Eligon @jeligon
17 Jun 24

No seriously, cancel VAR. This is so stupid.

John Eligon
John Eligon @jeligon
1 Jun 24

BREAKING: The end of an era in South Africa. The ANC, the party that led the defeat of apartheid and rose to power on the shoulders of Nelson Mandela, lost its full control of government after voters rejected it at the polls. https://t.co/PLq1D9yxmt