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Foreign Press Association issues latest statement about access ban to Gaza, raising “questions about what Israel doesn’t want international journalists to see”

#mikeyfebruary "I often think about my ancestors who were brought to Cape Town as enslaved people. They were stripped of their humanity and identity and renamed February, after the month of their arrival." nytimes.com/2024/07/27/opi…

While fashion has chased the lowest-cost-producers, it has increased waste, polluted waterways, burnt unsold inventories and ignored the true cost to the planet and people—"all in the name of padding margins and enhancing stock values". ssir.org/articles/entry…

I'm adding to the 2.2k retweets here. This is good.

in her "ask vanessa" column, Vanessa Friedman offers fashion parenting advice to a mother of a thrifter, reminding her that keeping used clothes in circulation is sustainable. nytimes.com/2024/07/29/sty…

27 medical students from Gaza, Palestine have arrived in South Africa, Cape Town. They will will finish their studies here at UCT. #FreePalestine 🥹🇵🇸❤️

Love how #MondliMakhanya threads John Lennon, Jacob Zuma and cranberry juice together. Bizarre times! "MKP could be a force to reckon with, if only Zuma stops behaving strangely." news24.com/citypress/voic…

I don't like eating meat. I do like eating meat. "We have created a system of industrial agriculture that is exceptionally good at producing cheap meat, but only because it systematically abuses livestock." nytimes.com/2024/08/03/opi…

Africa Textile Talks are next week City of Cape Town - experts in sustainable design, fashion, fibres and textiles will share knowledge to help future fit our beloved industries #SDG12: twyg.co.za/what-to-expect… cc whatsonincapetown Bizcommunity Africa IOL News News24 🇿🇦 SA Fashion Week CapeTalk on 567AM Cape {town} Etc

This is extraordinary. He says nothing but empty awfulness.

"90% of the installed spinning capacity, 82% of the world’s weaving capacity, 93% of new investments in weaving equipment, and more than 60% of global garment exports are all accounted for by Asia." medium.com/@africablockch…

“There is an intimate relationship between our overinflated selves and our under-cared-for planet." Naomi Klein

Interesting to be at The Economist Sustainability Week Africa and to think about sustainable fashion in a a dominant economic logic.

Palestinian babies are not spontaneously freezing to death. They are being deliberately subjected to conditions calculated to terminate life. In other words, they are being murdered. The cause of death is not the cold, but the genocide being perpetrated by Israel and the US.

#humanrightsday is a good time to reflect on the rights we've gained and the many more we need. I am grateful to be living in 🇿🇦 where so many people work hard towards building a just society in this beautiful land. Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו Elon Musk Donald J. Trump you've got life all wrong.

This is shocking and disgusting. theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

I've posted this image twice already this evening here and it's been deleted twice. I'll try again without the comment. You can imagine what I said.

Personal and professional news: after a decade in the Middle East, I’m going home to be the Guardian’s first Wales correspondent since the 80s. I’m returning as a different person, and Wales is a different country to the one I left. bit.ly/4iYhRTj

Using the term 'illegal aliens' is hectic and so dehumanizing.

Yesterdays Mothers for Gaza's silent march in Cape Town was very moving. Powerless to do anything, solidarity is all I can offer. Thank you to everyone who organised this.