The newly-elected executive of the Federation of Southern African Journalists: Phillimom Mmeso (Botswana Media and Allied Workers Union), Perfect Hlongwane (Zimbabwe Union of Journalists), Omar Faruk Osman (FAJ president), Marafaele Mohloboli (Journalists Association of Lesotho), Jemima Beukes (Namibia Media Professionals Union), and Maria Patricio Xavier (Mozambique National Journalists Union).

After four days strategising with the leaders of southern Africa’s journalists’ unions in Gaborone, Botswana, a moment’s downtime felt deserved. I picked up a copy of local paper, The Voice, and started to read. By page six the issues facing Africa’s journalists …

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Saher Saed (GFPTU general secretary, Christy Hoffman (UNI general secretary), Luc Triange (ITUC general secretary) at a press conference in Ramallah, May 2024 ©Tim Dawson

History crowds in as you approach the Allenby crossing. It spans the Jordan river, linking the Kingdom of Jordan with the occupied West Bank. Suspended across domed concrete abutments, it resembles a space craft marooned in the desert. The Dead …

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