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Bronwen Roberts

@BronwenAFP

News editor for AFP Southern Africa. On Twitter I speak only for myself.

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Joined January 2012
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Service delivery failures are a major theme of South Africa's November 4 local government elections @afp yahoo.com/news/world/article…
Basic services, fading loyalties loom over South Africa's vote

Basic services, fading loyalties loom over South Africa's vote

Ntombekhaya Makeleni stopped using the communal toilets in her Cape Town neighbourhood after a group of men tried to force their way in as she was inside one day before dawn.The lack of a decent...

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🧩 Competitors battle it out in World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship final In a test of speed and focus, puzzle enthusiasts battle it out in the final of the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship in northwest Spain.
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'Like human trafficking': how the US deported five men to Eswatini enca.com/lifestyle/human-tra…
'Like human trafficking': how the US deported five men to Eswatini

'Like human trafficking': how the US deported five men to Eswatini

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#Malawi Head To Polls In Economic Despair #Malawi barrons.com/news/malawians-h… via @BarronsOnline
Malawians Head To Polls In Economic Despair

Malawians Head To Polls In Economic Despair

Malawians vote for a new president next week in an election clouded by economic hardship as incumbent Lazarus Chakwera squares off against his predecessor in a race where few voters see a real...

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Great AFP reporting from Cape Town 🎥tinyurl.com/mr6feknc
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@AFP4 Jun 2025
Zimbabwe to cull elephants and distribute meat to people u.afp.com/SGNb
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Fabricated news broadcast falsely claims Ukraine’s leader bought 51 percent of SA platinum mine factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.co…

Fabricated news broadcast falsely claims Ukraine’s leader bought 51 percent of SA platinum mine

Ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s state visit to South Africa in late April 2025, social media users are circulating a video – purportedly a news report by by the country's state broadcaster –...

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Selfies, goals and cheers at South Africa's grannies World Cup enca.com/lifestyle/selfies-g…
Selfies, goals and cheers at South Africa's grannies World Cup

Selfies, goals and cheers at South Africa's grannies World Cup

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@cgtnafrica28 Mar 2025
Lesotho’s textile industry, heavily reliant on U.S. exports, faces uncertainty with the looming renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), complicated by shifting U.S. foreign trade policies.
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VIDEO: Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 70% of sub-Saharan Africa's population under the age of 30. AFP met with young people across the continent to speak to them about their hopes and fears for the future.

Meet the young Africans who are pushing for change

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It's election day in Namibia! 🇳🇦🗳️🌞 france24.com/en/live-news/20…
Namibians heads to the polls wanting change

Namibians heads to the polls wanting change

The mix of people milling around Windhoek's Zoo Park reflect the hopes and disappointments of Namibians who head to the polls Wednesday in a test for the party that brought independence 34 years ago…

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Those Cape Town baboons! france24.com/en/live-news/20…
As baboons become bolder, Cape Town battles for solutions

As baboons become bolder, Cape Town battles for solutions

On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town’s seaside village of Simon’s Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters.

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From AFP: Namibia's Liberation-era Party, the next to fall? barrons.com/news/namibia-s-l…
Namibia's Liberation-era Party -- The Next To Fall?

Namibia's Liberation-era Party -- The Next To Fall?

Will Namibia be the next country in southern Africa to kick out a political party in power since independence?

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My @AFP colleague @BasWohlert interviewed Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist Paul Watson in prison in Greenland, pending his possible extradition to Japan yahoo.com/news/anti-whaling-…
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Amid southern Africa's worst drought in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields u.afp.com/5baH
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AFP Communications@AFPcom21 Aug 2024
🌕 Some #AFP pictures of the Super Blue Moon on August 19, 2024 in Britain, Greece, Italy, and Brazil. 📸 @pdporciuncula, @hnichollsphoto, Tiziana Fabi and Angelos Tzortzinis. #AFPPhoto #bluemoon2024 #SuperBlueMoon2024 #SuperBlueMoon
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@ewnupdates28 Jul 2024
Worst yet to come in once-in-a-century southern Africa drought, UN says buff.ly/3zXBwlH
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In South Africa, Madiba shirts keep Mandela’s legacy alive tinyurl.com/46mdxyur
In South Africa, Madiba shirts keep Mandela’s legacy alive

In South Africa, Madiba shirts keep Mandela’s legacy alive

In South Africa, Madiba shirts keep Mandela’s legacy alive

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In this profile of Dutch climate campaigner @j_vollenbroek, journalist @KarlMathiesen asks: Is climate action that devastates livelihoods and tears at the social fabric worth it? For @politico: politico.eu/article/johan-vo…
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