Qaanitah Hunter

1 week ago | thedebriefnetwork.com | Qaanitah Hunter

The man in the vibrant red jacket frowned, and then he sighed. His internal weariness was visible on his face. It was evident, through the tension in his posture, that he instinctively resisted the commands of the Israeli Defence Force soldier who halted our bus. Thanks for reading The Debrief Network’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Yet, with resignation, he complied.

1 week ago | thedebriefnetwork.com | Qaanitah Hunter

Cape Town, South Africa — How does the world allow this to happen? This question fuelled my rage on Monday evening as I watched an Al Jazeera 360 documentary titled Al-Shifa Hospital: The Crimes They Tried to Bury. The film painstakingly documents a two-week siege of the largest hospital in Gaza in March 2023. The scenes from that documentary have haunted me ever since. The descriptions of depravity, torture, and inhumanity were unbearable to witness.

1 week ago | thedebriefnetwork.com | Qaanitah Hunter

Cape Town, South Africa — What if Elon Musk is using his proximity to Donald Trump to get back at his school bullies in Pretoria? Bassem Youssef scoffs at US President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid to South Africa, which are rooted in falsehoods about the government seizing white-owned land. This misinformation is largely fueled by disinformation propagated by a South African-born tech mogul.

1 week ago | thedebriefnetwork.com | Qaanitah Hunter

Last week, I was driving through one of Johannesburg’s wealthiest suburbs — the kind of area where the president, an opposition party leader, and several of the country’s richest businesspeople call home. You’d expect this part of the city to be in decent shape. But to my surprise, I found myself navigating through darkness, dodging potholes, and watching water pour down the street like a burst pipe had given up completely. This wasn’t just a typical Jo’burg scene — this was Hyde Park.

2 weeks ago | brnw.ch | Qaanitah Hunter

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