Faeeza Ballim
@FaeezaBallim
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Senior Lecturer in History @ UJ
Johannesburg
Joined April 2012
RT @CurrentHistory1: Our annual Africa issue is out! With @MikeWoldemariam on derailed transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan, @FaeezaBallim on….
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RT @nybooks: Zadie Smith on “Trump Gaza Number One”
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On February 25, 2025, the president of the United States of America posted a video to his socials, an AI-created vision of a postwar Gaza. To enter this
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RT @Cidiachissungo: This is Maputo city, at midnight 🕛 on Day 3 of noise strike, the city is shouting the name of the candidate of oppositi….
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RT @dailymaverick: SYSTEM COLLAPSE: Exposed: How ANC-EFF cadre deployment crashes Johannesburg’s water supply: A data investigation shows J….
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A data investigation shows Johannesburg has already had 1,604 water cuts in October and 3,318 in September. The months-long investigation by Daily Maverick reveals how cadre deployment is a key...
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RT @guardianopinion: The world is scrambling to understand Kenya’s historic protests – this is what too many are missing | Nanjala Nyabola….
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A finance bill was the trigger, but the backdrop is government debt and blinkered interventions from western institutions, says Kenyan political analyst Nanjala Nyabola
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RT @africaarguments: When is a policy not a policy? 🦆. @adam_tooze unpacks the curious case of the oddly hollow #JustEnergyTransitionPartne….
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If Just Energy Transition Partnerships don't serve the interests of developing countries or the West, whose purposes do they serve?
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RT @WitsWiSER: It's a great honour to congratulate Prof. Achille Mbembe on receiving the esteemed @HolbergPrize. This accolade celebrates n….
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RT @BaragwanathBiz: Eskom Eschews $2.5 Billion of Cheap Loans as Climate Pact Founders
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South Africa’s state power utility has failed to tap $2.5 billion of cheap loans to build critical transmission infrastructure that would help end the country’s crippling energy crisis.
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RT @OwenJones84: I've read South Africa's case alleging genocide against Israel. It is one of the most shocking things I've ever read. It….
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RT @UJHistory: CFP out for the 29th Biennial @SAHistSoc Conference hosted by the UJ Department of History @go2uj @UjHumanities, 26-28 June,….
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RT @africasacountry: What does the history of South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, tell us about the apartheid and post-apartheid state? @F….
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What does the history of South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, tell us about the apartheid and post-apartheid state?
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RT @readerwarehouse: It's Monday and time for some amazing book recommendations!. Join us this week as we talk about brilliant adult fictio….
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RT @CrispianOlver: Apartheid’s Leviathan by @FaeezaBallim is a compelling story of the evolution of apartheid era state monopolies (Eskom a….
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RT @JacanaMedia: I was impressed by your artful storytelling. Your seamless integration of personal accounts & characters is exemplary, cre….
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I am thrilled to say that my book is released today, about electricity in SA and two of Eskom’s power stations, published by Ohio University Press. More here:
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RT @olgatokariuk: It is utterly heartbreaking to see these appeals from Mariupol and almost a total lack of response to them.
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RT @insightfactor: 🔴Joburg Mayor Deals With City Manager🔴. The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse, has told acting….
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RT @ferialhaffajee: #BabitaDeokaran faced trumped up charges and was sidelined when she blew the whistle on decades of corruption at Gauten….
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WhatsApp messages reveal that slain senior Gauteng health department official Babita Deokaran faced intimidation and bogus misconduct charges as she tried to raise the alarm in the department.
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RT @ferialhaffajee: OP-ED: Tanzania’s five years of devastation under the presidency of John Pombe Magufuli
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