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Kim Harrisberg

@kimharrisberg.bsky.social

Journalist with www.context.news Covering (mainly) climate change, tech and inequality in Southern Africa Proud Joburger, mama, aspiring luddite

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Kim Harrisberg@kimharrisberg.bsky.social · last yr.

In what sounds like a Black Mirror episode, South African grant beneficiaries are having their bank accounts surveilled and millions are being unfairly rejected based on an automatic test misclassifying them as having more money than they do. My latest article here: www.context.news/digital-divi...

How is South Africa's welfare algorithm failing the poor? | Context by TRF

Millions of South Africans lose out on welfare grants because of a flawed application system, including an automated means test

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Kim Harrisberg@kimharrisberg.bsky.social · last yr.

From South Africa to the Philippines, Ukraine to Nigeria, frontline workers are scrambling to plug gaps left by USAID funding cuts. Can these temporary measures last? Latest @contextnewsroom.bsky.social story with @jogill.bsky.social Bukola Adebayo & Mariejo Ramos www.context.news/money-power-...

USAID cuts: HIV frontline workers battle funding 'nightmare' | Context

From South Africa to the Philippines, Ukraine to Nigeria, healthcare workers are scrambling to plug gaps left by U.S. aid cuts

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Clár Ní Chonghaile@clarnic.bsky.social · last yr.

The world’s richest man claims his birth nation’s Black ownership laws are preventing him from rolling out his internet service. @kimharrisberg.bsky.social has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

Musk's Starlink stalls in South Africa over equity laws | Context

The world’s richest man claims his birth nation’s Black ownership laws are preventing him from rolling out his internet service

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Clár Ní Chonghaile@clarnic.bsky.social · 2y ago

Entrepreneurs, victims, or criminals? Artisanal miners could reinvent themselves as the world flocks to Africa's critical minerals @kimharrisberg.bsky.social reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/just-transit...

Africa's artisanal miners may benefit from global renewables push | Context

Entrepreneurs, victims, or criminals? Artisanal miners could reinvent themselves as the world flocks to Africa's critical minerals

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Kim Harrisberg@kimharrisberg.bsky.social · 2y ago

As the world shifts towards renewable energy, fueling appetite for Africa's critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, will informal miners be part of the new value chain or be sidelined by bigger corporate players? www.context.news/just-transit...

Africa's artisanal miners may benefit from global renewables push | Context

Entrepreneurs, victims, or criminals? Artisanal miners could reinvent themselves as the world flocks to Africa's critical minerals

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Kim Harrisberg@kimharrisberg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against femicide - "The protesters in Nairobi were peaceful and it was not clear why the police intervened. The national police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment." www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Kenyan police fire teargas at protesters marching against femicide

Kenyan police fired teargas and arrested at least three people on Tuesday as hundreds protested against a wave of femicides, a Reuters reporter and human rights activists said.

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Reuters@reuters.com · 2y ago

Serious problems in the UN’s World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters reut.rs/3VjB2hy

Exclusive: World Food Program’s troubles in Sudan hurt hunger relief, alienated donors - internal report

Serious problems in the United Nations World Food Program’s response to the Sudan crisis are hampering the organization’s ability to alleviate hunger in the war-torn country and damaging its reputation with donors, according to a recent internal report seen by Reuters.

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Jennifer Rankin@jenniferrankin.bsky.social · 2y ago

The shocking story of the tiny children taken from their mothers in Belgium's colonies because they were mixed race. Now five women have taken the Belgian government to court, alleging crimes against humanity. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo

Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity

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Clár Ní Chonghaile@clarnic.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you have 10 mins this weekend, you could do worse than watch this great report from my colleague @dbaptistar.bsky.social and Rest of World's @dandiba.bsky.social looking at how #Mexico's women gig workers are pushing for more rights and protections www.context.news/big-tech/vid...

Mexico is pushing for gig worker rights. Women say it’s not enough | Context

Women gig workers in Mexico exposed to crime, road accidents and gender based violence are unionising

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