Ufrieda Ho

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' https://t.co/GvJMSFxG9t

RT @gijnAfrica: 📣 The Miles Morland Foundation is offering funding to African fiction & nonfiction writers. The scholarship aims to allow…

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 https://t.co/1TCC33tg9N

RT @Julia_JKT: Amitav Ghosh is going to be visiting Wits in 2 weeks! If you haven't read any of his books I recommend starting now - @iValo…

RT @ferialhaffajee: Going to Boks vs AllBlacks on Sat? So here’s a happy Joburg story. You can catch @TheGautrain from anywhere - get off…

RT @ewnreporter: JUST IN: Celebrated South African Science and Maths teacher - William Smith - has passed away following a short battle wit…

RT @Shaun___M: A dream born in Soweto, now embraced by the world. Beyond the medal, this victory stands as a testament to our nation’s dete…

RT @ESPNAfrica: LETSILE TEBOGO BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN IN HISTORY TO WIN THE 200M SPRINT AT THE OLYMPICS 🇧🇼 HE WINS BOTSWANA'S FIRST EVE…

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. https://t.co/hvHFZ6BHjD

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! https://t.co/vMHpryKqOM

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Communities across South Africa are taking back the night, reclaiming their streets, refusing to let night be lost to fear and anxiety. https://t.co/tcPgrKTZym

RT @SpotlightNSP: Questions over new Limpopo health MEC, but stakeholders willing to give her a chance The deployment of the relatively un…

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 https://t.co/KVbb8n8fA5

RT @SpotlightNSP: Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has just been appointed as South Africa’s Minister of Health. He was previously in the position from…

RT @ChrisRoper: Beeld, City Press, Rapport and Daily Sun to close. This is a really bad day for SA media, and for SA's democracy in genera…

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. https://t.co/aB067EyrNm @AneleYawa @TAC

RT @PaulSalopek: We cling to life’s goodness—including through our tastebuds. Thanks for resurfacing this sweetness, @sidagarwal. #Satyajit…

Journalism and journalists have a lot to confront and reflect on too at the 30 year mark of democracy... It's not pretty!!

GIJN Africa @gijnAfrica

"Journalism as an institution is facing a bleak outlook. It needs to dig deep to find ways in which to pull itself out of the well" --- @Ufrieda Read more in his article about stabilising the crumbling walls of the Fourth Estate. https://t.co/5U24dEbsVK @WitsUniversity https://t.co/YV5Nl30UEe