Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson) header
Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson) profile picture

Journalist based in Mzanzi| Pritzker Fellow, Chicago Uni | 702 /CapeTalk Radio| RTs not endorsements| [email protected] |@SussexUni|

South Africa
Joined December 2013
Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)Photo by Crystal Orderson (@CrystalOrderson)
Crystal Orderson retweeted
South Africa has been struggling with low economic growth and skyrocketing unemployment, and now, many are looking for someone to blame. Instead of addressing the systemic governance failures, people are blaming migrants.
2
28
47
8,526
Crystal Orderson retweeted
You know what they say: if you can’t beat them … ban them?
12
1
27
4,451
Crystal Orderson retweeted
Affordable housing in Cape Town? I don’t know her. Properties in Cape Town are being snapped up by foreigners, causing white South Africans to finally understand what it’s like to be pushed out of their homes.
18
252
19
430
33,018
🌍 The IJR Lens on Africa is out! @CrystalOrderson writes on Africa’s Mineral Wealth: An Opportunity or Another Scramble? Africa must invest in local processing & refining industries to capture a larger share of profits generated from its resources More👉 ijr.org.za/home/wp-content/u…
2
5
198
Crystal Orderson retweeted
“Cape Town is a really nice city.” Céline: “When does your visa expire?” Yara Elmjouie learns to speak like a local in Cape Town. Céline Tshika wants to make sure he goes home before he drives up prices.
1
17
1
62
9,597
📢The latest IJR Lens on Africa by @CrystalOrderson is out! This past year has been turbulent, marked by major geopolitical shifts, strained US–Africa relations, the rise of Gen Z protest movements & deepening humanitarian crises. Read the roundup 🔗 ijr.org.za/resources/the-len…
3
2
104
Crystal Orderson retweeted
5
24
3
82
8,025
WHAT!!! Yoh! Death is something else💔💔
1
1
315
Crystal Orderson retweeted
The blood of our martyred journalists in Gaza has not yet dried before the Israeli occupation forces committed another crime against Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, together with three other photojournalists.
149
1,304
52
2,483
677,781
The targeting & killing of journalists in Gaza & the failure of the media to show collective solidarity & to take collective action is…incomprehensible. I feel a such profound sense of shame & failure. It’s not just the death of journalists. It’s the death of journalism. 1/
🚨BREAKING : Three journalists killed in a single Israeli strike; it is now confirmed that one of them is journalist Mariam Abu Daka, who has been documenting the Israeli campaign of extermination from day one.
289
4,074
92
10,506
540,925
Crystal Orderson retweeted
People in Cape Town, South Africa protest against journalists’ killings and the genocide in Gaza. 📸 @CrystalOrderson
1
182
Crystal Orderson retweeted
This @AJEnglish "Start Here" report on the catastrophic reality of "What’s happening in DR Congo?" is so well-done. Valuable analysis from @CrisisGroup colleague @richmoncrieff, former colleague @jasonkstearns & @fredbauma90 @CrystalOrderson @Mainakingori aje.io/xwwuqz
What’s behind the conflict in eastern DR Congo and what does Rwanda have to do with it? #AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains. Watch the full episode ➡️ aje.io/qq3x0b
1
1
492
Crystal Orderson retweeted
[LIVE NOW 🔴] Our guest editor @CrystalOrderson weighs in on the DRC conflict. Happening now on #TheRoundtable with @FaithJDanielsSA, @MmanalediM and @Sefara_Mak. #DStv403
3
5
10
6,358
Crystal Orderson retweeted
[LIVE NOW 🔴] Things are heating up on #TheRoundTable with @FaithJDanielsSA, @MmanalediM, guest editors @Sefara_Mak and @CrystalOrderson. Tune in to #DStv403
5
3
4
5,839
The latest edition of #IJRWeeklyLens is out! Is it "Renew or Perish" for the ANC? 🗨️ @CrystalOrderson Read more ➡️ ijr.org.za/home/wp-content/u…
2
4
294
“ Cape Town is a tale of two cities” -@CrystalOrderson
[LIVE NOW🔴] Welcome to #TheRoundtable, where every week at this time, #eNCA editors will bring you a discussion on the stories that made our news week memorable, the stories that shaped our reporting, analyses and opinion. #DStv403
1
2
621
Crystal Orderson retweeted
[LIVE NOW🔴] #eNCA editor @AakashBramdeo and guest editor @CrystalOrderson say the ANC #January8Statement should have prioritised job creation. Tune in to #TheRoundtable, on #eNCA #DStv403 #QuestionThinkAct
1
2
6
6,277
#G20 South Africa’s priority areas. My latest for @FinancialMail.
#SouthAfrica is the first #African nation to take up the presidency of the #G20, a multilateral trade bloc consisting of emerging #economies as well as the #EU and AU. Read more here by @justicemalala : businesslive.co.za/fm/featur… #Japan #GNU #IMF #Zuma #Gondwana
172