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Lillian Roberts

@sinistralillian

Journalist ☕🖋️

 Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined March 2020
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I love joburg. I love that I can afford to live here. I dont want to be priced out. I can't afford to buy anyway - like most ppl. We also have the BEST people while CT has a rock. I'm very glad I didnt vote DA (& would never, in any situation)
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WATCH | DA’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille has weighed in on concerns about property affordability in Johannesburg, saying falling property prices would be a sign of a failing city.
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ai slop-slayer@lord_lilaNov 6
things that should never be privatized: water food air healthcare education housing
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HBL@HOTBOYLEEKSNov 5
No RSA, just DNA
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Barbie@cubanxleeNov 3
"Do not vote to protect your privilege. Vote to extend it to others" is the best piece of advice I think any one of us can take with us tomorrow.
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Daily Maverick@dailymaverickOct 29
Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital

Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital

‘Simon’, recovering in hospital after a Durban mob attack, recounts fleeing masked protesters and losing consciousness as concerns grow over anti-immigrant violence in 2026.…

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Lu_Guy@LuGuy20Oct 27
Coca Cola & State/Municipal water infrastructure/supply should never be in the same sentence under any circumstances. The alarm bells should be loud right now...
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It takes 1.7 litres of water to make 1 litre of coke. When considering the whole production lifecycle, the amount of water is actually much higher (168-309 litres/half-litre of sugar-sweetened beverage). This isn't CSR - its advertising. dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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@nasiphimOct 26
This is a 36,000 litre water tanker that’s been donated by Coca Cola to assist with the delivery of water to residents in Bronkhorstspruit and surrounding areas. We welcome the support shown by private sector stakeholders as the City and Rand Water make headway to restore water supply through the Bronkhorstspruit Water Treatment Plant. The truck will be stationed at the Bronkhorstspruit Hospital, Cultura High School and Riamar Park Shopping Complex. @CocaCola_ZA @CityTshwane
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alisa@squirtstainOct 23
the perfect job - earns enough to sustain life - defensible before god - can be easily explained to a child
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@julianrademeyerOct 23
Two South African nationals terrorised and extorted residents of informal settlements in Mamelodi. A woman was burnt to death. Another was kidnapped and assaulted, and her shack was dismantled. Vusimusi Mthombeni and Thapelo Phaswane face multiple charges. timeslive.co.za/news/south-a…
‘Extortionists’ allegedly killed woman, dismantled shacks of others who refused to pay

‘Extortionists’ allegedly killed woman, dismantled shacks of others who refused to pay

A woman was burnt to death. Another was kidnapped and assaulted, and her shack was dismantled.

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Who pays for social grant “savings”? In @dailymaverick, IEJ Senior Researcher @kellehowson examines R13bn in #MTBPS2026 grant cuts, including R6.8bn from the SRD grant, and the consequences for poverty, GBV, and child malnutrition. dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted

SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement cuts R13-billion from social grants, including child support and SRD grants. These reductions will worsen poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability to gender-b...

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2016: I use technology every day and I love it. 2026: I want a job as a park ranger that only needs a flip phone
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dailymaverick.co.za/article/… "The Constitution seeks to ensure that there’s diversity on the bench not simply because identity itself matters, but because diversity helps in the project of impartiality."
Katherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award

Katherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award

On 15 October, former Constitutional Court Justice Catherine O’Regan received the George Bizos Human Rights Award, reflecting on the project of democracy and urging resistance to rising authorita...

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elsa@callmeMaharaniOct 15
every moral panic about women “abandoning the home” is also a panic about who will do the labor if women stop doing it for free.
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🦢@ZainabSana2622Oct 13
Women are expected to prevent male violence, anticipate male violence, survive male violence, explain male violence, and then comfort men about male violence.
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dailymaverick.co.za/article/… “Hunger has no party” was the rallying cry at a @UAH_za community meeting, where people asked candidates how they will solve hunger in Johannesburg.
"Hunger has no political party": candidates talk to community in Soweto ahead of elections

"Hunger has no political party": candidates talk to community in Soweto ahead of elections

On 13 October, at a community meeting with candidates for Johannesburg’s municipal elections, people asked how food storage, safety and prices will be addressed, as well as global market concentr...

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I hate sensationalism and disinformation so much man. I just properly read up on the asylum documentation and the final ruling was basically: You cannot turn away refugees without hearing their case out especially if there is proof they are fleeing persecution. That’s all.
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Why the National Food and Security Plan Failed to Deliver

Why the National Food and Security Plan Failed to Deliver

Despite ambitions to combat hunger and malnutrition, South Africa’s National Food and Nutrition Security Plan (2018-2023) fell short of its goals. From stalled governance bodies and funding...

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Resko★
@Bloke_BazOct 7
They really gave us one mysterious little life on a planet covered in flowers and then invented performance reviews.
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simonita@communalgenusOct 8
"In recent years, nearly 600 Makro workers were fired for striking during contract negotiations with Massmart (Makro’s owner), but rather than facing fines for union busting, the company sued the union for damages." dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
New report exposes the exploitation behind the world’s food systems workers

New report exposes the exploitation behind the world’s food systems workers

‘Food Work’, a new IPES-Food report exposes the extent and forces driving the exploitation of workers in food systems across the globe. …

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