Aletta Harrison
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Journalist & filmmaker ~ Lecturer @CfJKent ~ African migrant ~ Jackson Wild Fellow 2021 ~ Via @news24 @ewnupdates @bbcguernsey
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Around 2 years ago a handful of swimmers decided it was time to cut the crap.
Motivated by their love of the sea, these ordinary individuals launched an extraordinary effort to end sewage pollution in their coastal waters to form
@SOSWhitstable
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In 2013 I worked on a story about a promising young rugby player alongside my colleague
@RafiqWagiet
.
Interviewing this youngster at his parents' humble home, it was already clear he was something special. But boy, little did we know where Cheslin Kolbe would be 10 years later.
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“Squirrel Ramaphosa” has stolen the show (I can’t take credit for the pun but I can for the pic)
#sona2018
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So the man who confronted the London Bridge knifeman with narwhal tusk turns out to be a South African 🇿🇦 🙌🏼
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It still boggles my mind that TWO YEARS ago when I asked the City of Cape Town what their plans are for when we run out of water, I was told that's unlikely to happen due to rainfall patterns. At the same time water experts said we CANNOT rely on past rainfall patterns anymore.
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Capetonians - we may only be obliged to use 50 litres per person per day from 1 Feb, but I'd say it's in all of our interests to start doing this ASAP voluntarily. Every drop counts
#DayZero
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I could weep. My 60+ neighbour upon learning I'm sick offered to get us milk and bread... And came back with a little piece of SA to cheer me up.
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After 12 years of working fulltime as a journalist I'm embarking on a new chapter today. I'm taking an exciting leap into academia and am now officially a multimedia journalism lecturer at
@CanterburyCCUni
. The magnificent St Augustine's Abbey behind me is next door.
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Almost a year since I left
@News24
and a bittersweet moment as my last big project - a documentary about the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana - wins a
@NewspaperWorld
WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Award for Best use of online video.
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Excited to share that my film about
@SOSWhitstable
Cutting the Crap has been selected for the London Mountain Film Festival!
Hoping more communities will be inspired to join the fight against sewage pollution.
Can't wait? You can also watch it here:
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Something special about this
#rainbow
hanging over Cape Town right now.
#capetown
#picoftheday
#photooftheday
#ta
…
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I'm sharing 20 seconds of peace and tranquility for anyone who needs it this morning.
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Every time I watch him play I feel so lucky to have followed his career since that morning in Kraaifontein a decade ago. May we all believe in our children the way
@CheslinKolbe
's father believed in him.
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Has anyone actually called the SANDF deployment in Cape Town what it is? A clear sign of the complete and utter failure of SAPS. It should not be celebrated, it should make us mourn. How will it help in the long run?
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Absolute stunner of an Autumn sunset tonight in Kent.
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English town council fills potholes after penis graffiti protest
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Earlier today I pulled over to photograph these fascinating clouds, wondering what they mean. Now I know
#capestorm
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Judge Desai unsympathetic with Henri's legal team's protestations that he's on chronic medication. It means nothing, he says: "I've been on chronic medication for 35 years"
#VanBreda
#vanbredajudgement
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The first of between 7.5 and 10 million cubic meters of water being released from the Eikenhof Dam in Grabouw by farmers who are donating the water to Cape Town
@TeamNews24
@AdriaanBasson
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On this day 9 years ago I landed in SA with a one way ticket from the UK after having lived there for 11 years - I had nowhere to live, no car, no job - but the determination to make it as a journalist in Cape Town.
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Campaigner
@Feargal_Sharkey
is here to address protesters in Whitstable today & praises
@SOSWhitstable
& supporters. "It starts with somebody simply having had enough... You are on the cusp of victory."
He predicts in 2 years' time the water industry will look very different.
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Fantastic to get a
#Bookmarks2019
award tonight for our 360 interactive on the Karoo's water crisis. You can check it out here
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We were among the lucky early morning beach walkers who happened to witness this awesome spectacle at Camps Bay today - dolphins!
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I see
#BathabileDlamini
is denying she banned
@eNCA
. Sadly I have no trouble believing this happened as she once stormed up to me personally and tried to chase me out of a camp for displaced foreigners in Durban during the last big wave of xenophobic violence.
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Some still images from today’s protest in Cape Town that I managed to take while not rolling on the stun grenades and water cannon
#StopWomenAbuse
#StopViolenceAgainstWomen
#RemeberingNene
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Tender and touching moment as
#Tutu
listens to a video message from the Dalai Lama for his birthday
#ArchforArch
@News24
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Dear
@TheCitizen_News
this video did not "surface". It was posted by a
@News24
journalist called
@AlexMitchley
. You cannot attribute this to "a source" when a reporter is out there risking his personal safety to document these events. Did you even try to find the true source?
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Looking for a lovely antidote to all the threads about racism? This story by
@chante_schatz
will definitely brighten your day!
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I was treated to an aerobatic display by a huge pod of dolphins in Camps Bay this morning …
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SA women in journalism: Send me a ping if you have faced online harassment / abuse. Guessing most have. The Committee to Protect Journalists is looking into the issue in SA and if you want to contribute I can pass on your details. Cc
@hlatseentle
@PaulivW
@RanjeniM
@karynmaughan
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Sunrise over Cape Town this morning. Shot on iPhone XR.
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Step over the edge of Cape Town's highest skyscrapers with rope technician Yanga Gwe
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Like many South Africans, I listened to
#JohnnyClegg
in the car on the way to work this morning and I didn't manage to keep my eyes dry. I just reflected on his legacy and my memories of his music and thought to myself...
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To all the Afrikaans men out there who think they have a monopoly on braai skills... This boytjie is showing he shall not be deterred by the British weather.
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It's incorrect to say Shivambu regrets the assault. He did use the word 'regret', but never admitted it was an assault, in fact he said "The scuffle happened and was never an assault on the Journalist or media freedom"
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"There is the scientific and ideological language for what is happening to the weather, but there are hardly any intimate words," writes Zadie Smith
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Thanks to the generosity of South Africans Anovuyo raised the funds he needed to go to the baseball world cup in JUST ONE MORNING ! Watch his reaction here. CC
@AdriaanBasson
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I challenge you to watch this and ask yourself whether you ever want to buy a bottle of
@CocaCola
again.
The scale of the waste being produced on a daily basis is completely staggering. Even more shocking is that this has been allowed to continue.
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@stolencarRSA
If you're going to share this, at the very least credit the
@News24
journalist who took the video. He is called
@AlexMitchley
and he is doing excellent work in very challenging conditions today.
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@Abramjee
If you're going to share this, at the very least credit the
@News24
journalist who took the video. He is called
@AlexMitchley
and he is doing excellent work in very challenging conditions today.
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There was something a bit special about a break in the mist around the Kent Downs this morning.
Hope you enjoy
@duckrabbitblog
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Still one of the highlights of my career - it was brief, it was emotional, and it was worth the embarrassment of the ambush as he was exiting the building after a radio interview. Happy birthday
#DavidAttenborough
!
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Octopus fishing in False Bay has been halted with immediate effect following a public outcry over recent whale deaths as a result of entanglements.
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Fantastic to get an award for this story last night - glad I could help raise awareness about the need to carefully consider the ecological risks of abstracting water from the Cape's aquifers
#VJOY18
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@GillianF
@RafiqWagiet
Journalism doesn't always pay well, but the experiences you get are priceless 😊
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@EthanVanDiemen
Whatever happened to the invasive species unit's biological control programme in Cape Town? They reared beetles to munch the water hyacinth in the city. I did a story on it in 2015. I'd be keen to know whether it's solved the problem in CT and if it can be rolled out elsewhere.
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After a ghastly interview with the deputy mayor the city did at least provide someone who could answer my questions
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I was so moved by what I saw on the streets of Cape Town last week I had to write something.
I welcome any feedback on this issue - it's important that we talk about what transpired during the
#EnoughIsEnough
protests.
OPINION: Are we so desensitised that we think it's OK for girls to be brutalised for protesting against brutality |
@AlettaHarrison
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The
#SunStar
, a new temporary art installation on Cape Town’s Signal Hill, is being unveiled this eve - pic supplied
http://t.co/y5mo0o2jR2
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There are a few people here wearing old South African flags, but I feel it’s worth noting they’re a small minority of the group
#blackmonday
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Great news - Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says it's plausible that some plastic products, such as straws, would be banned in South Africa. Seems we're slowly moving in the right direction
@rethinkthebag
@redwingstarling
@WWFSouthAfrica
@2OceansAquarium
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Big smile on Tutu's face as special birthday message from the Dalai Lama is played
@AdriaanBasson
@News24
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In a pioneering project wild bison are on British soil for the first time in 6000 years.
Learn why the people behind the initiative believe these animals will help fight the biodiversity crisis in the UK.
Watch my latest for Mongabay here 🦬
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Wild bison are settling into an English woodland for the first time in about 6000 years.
Watch my film on
@mongabay
to learn why this is such an important
#rewilding
milestone for the UK.
@KentWildlife
@WildwoodTrust
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The most spectacular sunrise sprawled across our skies this morning on the Kent Downs.
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Very excited to announce that I am joining the
@News24
video team as of next week. Can't wait to get to work with
@JerushaRaath
& the team!
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Too often women are only portrayed as victims in SA media, but there are so many more amazing stories to tell.
Today
@News24
is proud to unveil a special series of 9 stories in the build-up to
#WomensDay
2018.
First up: Big wave surfer Tammy-Lee Smith
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BREAKING: The City of Cape Town is calling for a moratorium on octopus fishing after another whale death. The young whale drowned after becoming entangled in an octopus fishery line, the City says.
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Congestion as people flee with possessions means fire engines can't get through
#imizamoyethu
#houtbay
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Quite amazing to see the totally blackened landscape on Chapman's Peak, which was reopened just after 2pm
http://t.co/tfGCMQv0a0
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Good morning, about to teach some video journalism while trying not to catch Covid!
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What a privilege to be able to introduce this little human to the magic of marine life at the
@2OceansAquarium
. A great way to kick off
#PlasticFreeJuly
!
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A few highlights from day 2 of the
#702roadtrip
West Coast edition. Today we make our way to Porterville
@ShotLeft
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The 'news voice' has no place on TikTok - the whole point is that you are on the level with your audiences - so don't speak to them in the way that news media has so often patronised them. -
@sophiasgaler
's social media tip of the day at
@mojofestival
#MojoFest
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Delighted to learn that our project Mzansi Through Her Eyes has won Best Branded Content at the
@NewspaperWorld
Digital Media Africa Awards. Our team truly went the extra mile to put together these nine stories in every corner of the country. So proud!
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Everyone wants large carnivores to exist - as long as it's not in their back yards. Yet, can you imagine the outrage in Europe if a similar cull of lions was announced somewhere in Africa? The world needs to realise hypocrisy damages conservation efforts.
Depressing to see this lack of tolerance for
#wolves
, especially when you consider that rural people across large parts of the world are living with
#lions
,
#elephants
,
#leopards
etc
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I was fortunate to see it in the UK a couple of months ago. A must-watch - especially for South Africans.
A film on the weaponisation of disinformation, manipulation and lies.
#BellPottinger
#Guptas
@DianaNeille
&
@Poplak
created this masterpiece you cannot afford to miss. Tune in to
@eNCA
on Nov 8 @ 21:00 with repeat on Nov 13 @ 21:00.
#Influence
Trailer:
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And then there were four 🦬🦬🦬🦬
@KentWildlife
has announced the surprise birth of a bison calf!
Turns out one of the females that arrived in July as part of the reintroduction was pregnant.
Bison with zoomies!
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Extremely poor move by
@thestar_news
using a 2010 photo by James Oatway out of context, w/out permission & w/out crediting the photographer
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It's been a privilege to get under the surface of this issue with
@SOSWhitstable
and see what motivated a group of ordinary individuals to accomplish something quite extraordinary.
We need more active citizens like them if we have any hope of saving our natural resources.
In our latest video a small group of English cold water swimmers takes on industry and their government over the misuse of a loophole allowing the discharge of raw sewage into coastal waters. 🧊🏊♀️
By
@AlettaHarrison
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Some news: Pleased to say that I'm enjoying a fresh start this week as I officially join
@CfJKent
's great team, who has already made me feel extremely welcome!
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Sad that the first Whale Shark I ever saw had to be a dead one on my local beach. This is the second one in 11 days to wash up on a Cape Town beach. The first was at Kommetjie and this one was at Camps Bay tonight.
#whaleshark
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Big, billowing clouds rolling in over Cape Town, let’s hope we get some good rain tonight
#DayZero
#CapeTownDrought
#CapeDrought
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So much sadness & fear among people at
#Isipingo
yet I also managed to capture this beautiful lighter moment today
http://t.co/dQ9bxUhdME
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Every year since I have reflected on my move back with fond memories and as one of the best decisions I have ever made. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking that today I feel more negative than I ever have about the country's future.
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From just R41 yesterday to R 14 468 moments ago!
We are told that Anovuyo and his coaching staff are incredibly excited seeing the numbers go up right now. What seemed impossible is now within reach!
Against all the odds he was selected to represent his country at the U-18 Baseball World Cup in Korea, but now that dream hangs in the balance as Khayelitsha-born Anovuyo Kethelo desperately tries to raise the funds for his trip.
Let's get him there! ⚾️
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Abu Dhabi in the harbour at Cape Town
@VandAWaterfront
@Volvo_OceanRace
#volvooceanrace
http://t.co/cF3szyaDmR
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Dear Twitter. The reason I liked you was because I had control over whose Tweets I saw. I would only see other stuff if someone I CHOSE to follow retweeted it. The whole premise was great. Now I'm bombarded by garbage everyone I open my app.
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One of the protesters making a bold statement with her dress
@TeamNews24
#RememberingNene
#StopKillingOurWomen
#StopViolenceAgainstWomen
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While you’re off hoarding hand sanitizer my lovely sister has been handing out bars of soap to Joburg petrol attendants and anyone she finds in need. Let’s not forget there are people in a worse position to weather this crisis. Let’s spread kindness.
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Marine scientist
@KerrySkink
describing the most amazing deep sea dives off SA’s coast with late Coelacanth discoverer Peter Timm
#TEDxCT
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The
@KentWildlife
and
@WildwoodTrust
hope a small herd of
#bison
will boost biodiversity in a Kentish woodland.
But they also see potential for these iconic animals to rekindle a connection between British people and the wild.
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@vauldicarelse
@capepressclub
Also, audiences no longer want to pay for news, but then suddenly expect 'rolling coverage' of natural disasters from local newsrooms that have little to no resources left for this type of reporting. It's expensive to send journalists and invest in tech to allow them to report it
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Odd request, but can anyone help with toothbrushes washed up on beaches in the UK?
I'd like to get a hold of a few examples for an initiative I'm planning!
@LegoLostAtSea
maybe you can help?
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These guys were nearly impossible to photograph but I had to try - I’ve never seen so many dolphins so close to shore anywhere, let alone Camps Bay beach. After walking the dog down and being greeted by this sight I sprinted home to fetch my camera. Thro…
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This feedback we received today almost had me in tears. We tend to underestimate the hunger for good news stories in a country overwhelmed by a daily flood of bad news...
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Hey
@Hermesparcels
your robots providing customer service are - surprise surprise - not helpful. My delivery didn't arrive as scheduled and all I am told is that it's gone back to the depot. No reason or update on expected delivery?
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I'm sorry - someone approaches you with a camera around their neck in the Parliamentary precinct asking for comment on a developing story and you have no idea they're a journalist? I don't buy that.
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