@timcocks

Author, Lagos: Supernatural City. #Reuters Africa Hack (20+ yrs on #MotherContinent). Winner SABEW award. Reggae Junkie. Champagne Socialist. Books.

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I'm pleased to announce that my book, 'Lagos: Supernatural City' has gone into paperback and is available from next month (for those who liked the sound of it but not the hardback price). You can pre-order here (and see the blurb) #Lagos #Nigeria ... hurstpublishers.com/book/lag…

Lagos | Hurst Publishers

An intimate portrait of life in one of the most vibrant cities on Earth.

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European donors attempted to woo #SouthAfrica's sceptical #coal belt to embrace #renewable energy. Let’s just say there’s a lot of convincing left to do …. reuters.com/business/energy/…

European donors woo South Africa's sceptical coal belt on green energy

European politicians and diplomats held talks with officials and workers' unions in South Africa's coal belt on Wednesday to try to persuade them that switching to renewable energy from fossil fuels...

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#SouthAfrica’s donor-funded #EnergyTransition is moving slowly as politicians fret about how to prevent its coal belt going into terminal economic decline… #ClimateCatastrophe #RenewableEnergy reuters.com/world/africa/foc…

Focus on coal miners, power grid as South Africa spends just sixth of climate aid

South Africa's donor-funded climate programme has spent just over a sixth of its allotted $11.6 billion, with a focus on expanding the power grid and preventing its coal-mining region slipping into...

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Uju Ifejika (left), one of #Nigeria’s richest female business owners, gambled her entire fortune on a prophecy from her televangelist pastor #TBJoshua and it all went horribly wrong. Read my book ‘Lagos: Supernatural City’ if you want to know what happened next ….
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#SouthAfrica's #climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report reuters.com/world/africa/sou…

South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report

South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out renewables to meet them, a key...

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It somehow doesn’t surprised me that a #Nigerian would do the world’s first ever painting that’s bigger than a square kilometre. David Fola, the artist, is aiming to set a new #Guinness world record for largest individual drawing #Lagos #Naija reuters.com/lifestyle/nigeri…

Nigerian artist aims at world record for largest individual drawing

Nigerian artist Fola David is seeking the Guinness record for the largest drawing by an individual after spending six days on his piece in a stadium in the commercial capital Lagos.

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‘If you think ‘rule of law’ is enough to protect civil liberties, think again. UK climate protesters get 4-5 years jail each for planning a peaceful protest on a motorway, UN says unacceptable. amp.theguardian.com/environm…

‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences

Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants

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#SouthAfrica appeals to donors to delay its #emissions #climate targets, minister says reuters.com/sustainability/c…

South Africa appeals to donors to delay its climate targets, minister says

South Africa told climate donors on Monday that it would miss its 2030 emissions goals, but was committed to "net zero" by mid-century as it races to remove financial and other hurdles to rolling out...

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#SouthAfrica's #Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid #carbon border tax | Reuters reuters.com/sustainability/c…

South Africa's Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa warned other developing nations on Monday that future carbon taxes proposed by rich countries would damage their economies unless they act swiftly to ditch...

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‘conservation imperialism’ has been a problem ever since the first Africans were kicked off their land to make way for white-run game reserves. This latest case of it shows how little has been learned. Cracking yarn by ⁦@EdStoddardZA⁩ dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

How a botched elephant translocation in Malawi unleashed a landscape of fear and loathing

A botched elephant relocation to Kasungu National Park has unleashed a landscape of fear and loathing in Malawi and Zambia, with people displaced and killed.

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#SouthAfrica now has an energy minister who wants an 'aggressive' #renewables #GreenEnergy rollout. His predecessor called such a move “wrong” and vowed to keep burning coal. Progress? My report: reuters.com/sustainability/c…

South Africa energy minister vows change with 'aggressive' renewables rollout

South Africa's new energy minister vowed on Monday to accelerate the shift to renewable energy from coal, breaking with a predecessor who opposed swift decarbonision and pledged to keeping burning...

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#SouthAfrica's #Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader #Steenhuisen. A new dawn of coalition politics starts here reuters.com/world/africa/sou…

South Africa's Ramaphosa announces cabinet that includes ex-opposition leader

Voters furious at the ANC's poor record on delivering basic services, as well as widespread unemployment, poverty and corruption, deserted Nelson Mandela's legacy party, leaving it with just 40% of...

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Now #ANC has lost its majority for the 1st time since #Mandela brought it to victory, #SouthAfrica needs to form a unity government from parties with wildly different visions of how the country should proceed. My latest.. reuters.com/world/africa/sou…

How can South Africa form a unity government from wildly different visions?

Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and mines, ditching Black empowerment...

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A #SouthAfrican party that wants to make it mandatory to teach the Biblical 10 commandments in school, kick out all Black African migrants with no documents and introduce military conscription and the death penalty. Now why does that sound so familiar?
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#SAElections24 PA leader Gayton McKenzie says that they want the Home Affairs department as one of their coalition agreement. #Elections2024 #ElectionResults #702WalkTheTalk
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ANC voters defect en masse in South Africa's coal belt heartland reut.rs/3X1nFEo
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In #SouthAfrica poll, some #ANC voters lose patience with their former liberators. My cheeky sidebar to our main elections story today… reuters.com/world/africa/sou…

In South Africa poll, some ANC voters lose patience with their liberators

The long queues of voters recalled South Africa's 1994 ballot that ended white minority rule and ushered in democracy, but for many, gratitude to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) for their...

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Whew, steel yourself for this one: on eve of South Africa's most important poll since apartheid @timcocks deep dive into the Usindiso fire shows, w heartbreaking consequences, how far the rainbow nation has strayed from what its liberators once fought for reuters.com/investigates/spe…

Mandela's vision of Black unity fades as South Africa rejects migrants

A hijacked block. A deadly fire. A bleak aftermath. Thirty years after end of apartheid, many African arrivals meet harsher side of 'Rainbow Nation'.

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Mandela's vision of Black unity fades as South Africa rejects migrants . @timcocks A great and sad read ://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/safrica-election-fire/ via @SpecialReports
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As #SouthAfrica heads into a hotly contested election, #immigration is a major issue, especially among working class voters who feel they are losing jobs to foreigners. My dive into the issue and how it is affecting migrants from other #African nations … reuters.com/investigates/spe…

Mandela's vision of Black unity fades as South Africa rejects migrants

A hijacked block. A deadly fire. A bleak aftermath. Thirty years after end of apartheid, many African arrivals meet harsher side of 'Rainbow Nation'.

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“The EFF points out accurately ... that we haven't solved the racial issue in this country” notes Steven Friedman.Julius #Malema’s ability harness discontent at persistent inequality could make him kingmaker in #SouthAfricaElection. My latest… reuters.com/world/africa/sou…

Julius Malema: divisive EFF leader could be kingmaker in South Africa election

South Africa's Julius Malema, who quit the ruling African National Congress to form a radical leftist party, could potentially become a kingmaker or even deputy president if the ANC loses its...

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