Nyasha Bhobo

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Nyasha Bhobo is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she is a freelance journalist covering tech, immigration, climate emergencies, women's rights and other topics in the region. Her work has been published by The Africa Report, Newsweek, The New Arab, Reuters, CNBC TV Africa and Canada Globe and Mail. She has a B.S. degree from Chinhoyi University of Technology in Zimbabwe.

South Africa’s Foreign Policy, Run by Naledi Pandor, Is Confounding the World

[…] South Africa’s public service. But in piloting her country’s confusing foreign policy over Russia’s full-throttle invasion of Ukraine, Pandor may be hurting her legacy and her country’s global standing. As a member of the ruling African National …
 

Faulty DNA Testing and Politics Continue to Fail South Africa’s Rape Victims

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — When news that a mob of men raped eight young women last summer during a music-video production set in an abandoned mining site in Krugersdorp, Sipehle wasn’t optimistic that the culprits would be prosecuted. …
 

9,000 Miles Away, South Africa’s Economy Feels the Pain of Russia’s War in Ukraine

JOHANNESBURG — With no peace deal in sight to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Africa’s economy is feeling the pain from the conflict, about 9,000 miles away. Prices of grains, chicken, cooking oil and bread — mainstays of South …

 

Congolese Refugees’ UN Grants Offer Grocery Lifelines for Poor Zimbabweans

HARARE, Zimbabwe — In Zimbabwe’s city townships, where high food prices exact a toll on poor households, grocery shops run by entrepreneurial Congolese refugees defend against hunger. “The Congolese shops, they feed my family!” said Sara Moyo, 27, a mother …

 

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