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Rebecca Davis

Cape Town

40-something writer, dreamer, lover, lemur. I write things, mostly for @dailymaverick. Author of 'Best White' & 'Self-Helpless'

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Articles

  • ‘Painful to witness’ — the slow demise of the Mail & Guardian

    2 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis

    DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS The Mail & Guardian has become the latest victim of the declining South African and global media industry — but insiders say the seeds of its demise were sown some time ago. In May, staff at the Mail & Guardian were served with Section 189 notices informing them that the publication was initiating a process of retrenchment. The figures are stark. Out of a newsroom that employs just 25 permanent staff, approximately half now face losing their jobs.

  • New documentary reminds us of the cost of Elon Musk’s tech ambitions

    4 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis

    In the broiling shadow of rocket flames and broadband dreams, the inconvenient truths of Elon Musk’s techno-utopia are being tidily shuffled out of frame. Canadian director Julien Elie’s haunting new black-and-white documentary film, Shifting Baselines, does not shout its message. It doesn’t need to. The scorched landscapes of Boca Chica, Texas, where Elon Musk’s SpaceX has set up shop, speak for themselves.

  • Did them IMF and World Bank give South Africa a free pass on BEE?

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis

    In Parliament this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the World Bank and the IMF had identified concentrated ownership of the economy, not BEE, as constraining South Africa’s economic growth. Was he right?

  • Imagine a world where Trump confronted Ramaphosa about GBV instead

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis

    ANALYSIS   Olorato Mongale.

  • Watch - Rebecca Davis reports from Ukraine: Can South Africa stay neutral?

    1 week ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Rebecca Davis

    Hearing firsthand stories from Ukrainians about Russian atrocities can’t help but leave you ashamed of Pretoria’s stance on this awful war. Daily Maverick's Rebecca Davis reports from Ukraine. Don't want to see this? Remove adsReporting by: Rebecca DavisProduced by: Emilie GambadeEdited by: Rufaro ChiswoAnimation by: Rufaro ChiswoIn-studio filming by: Bernard KotzeSub-edited by: Ian WolstenholmeSupport journalism that protects democracy. Become a Maverick Insider.

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Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis @becsplanb
25 Sep 18

RT @KarinaMSzczurek: Also, in today's Cape Times, my review of #SelfHelpless by @becsplanb! (I saw three strangers discussing the review…

Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis @becsplanb
25 Sep 18

Cape Town launch of my new book 'Self-Helpless', tomorrow (Wed) at Book Lounge at 5.30 for 6pm! https://t.co/lbFQYRCxvF

Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis @becsplanb
13 Sep 18

Tomorrow (Friday 14 Sept) I'll be in conversation with John Maytham at the @CapeTalk studios about my new book 'Self-Helpless' at 17h00. You're invited to join us - just SMS your name, ID number & the word 'BOOK' to 31567, and come! https://t.co/pdck6a0DFY