Erin Bates
@ermbates
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Award-winning South African journalist. @carteblanchetv anchor and presenter. Retweets ≠ endorsements. Views ≠ those of my employers.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined April 2009
'A Dove Has Spread Her Wings And Asks for Peace' by Maria Prymachenko (1982). Spread your wings over the whole broken world, sweet dove.
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RT @News24: About R74 million has been siphoned from the coffers of the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to fund the co….
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The state-owned enterprise paid more than R70 million to a Kenyan company that promised to construct boats but disappeared with the funds.
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RT @carteblanchetv: Joburg public parks: they’re vital public spaces, the City’s green lungs. Will a new proposal put them up for sale? Joi….
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RT @carteblanchetv: Johannesburg: it’s an urban sprawl sprinkled with priceless green spaces. Now, those parks may be under threat. Is the….
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RT @HistorySAZAR: Women's march, 1956. L to R, Rahima Moosa, Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and Sophie Williams-De Bruyn
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RT @carteblanchetv: Once the jewel of the Garden Route, Knysna is now on a knife edge. As the council faces dissolution, will a solution em….
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RT @carteblanchetv: In these small Eastern Cape towns, a company hired to combat crime is allegedly endangering the community instead. Are….
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RT @carteblanchetv: In diverse South Africa, a spiritual war brews. Can new policy heal the divide? Then, in Napier, faith, history and fre….
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RT @CatherineR2015: We return to Knysna to follow up on a story I produced 18 months ago. Don’t miss it on #CarteBlanche this Sunday.
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RT @ActionLanguages: Do you need self-publishing services? They publish in indigenous languages as well. Tag a friend who should be writin….
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RT @carteblanchetv: Rehab gone wrong—again. In KZN, we investigate Tetelestai Recovery Centre, where addiction is treated as sin, and “heal….
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RT @carteblanchetv: Mismanagement, service delivery failures, and financial instability have brought this coastal gem to its knees. With th….
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RT @SnowReportSA: ❄️️🥶️⛈️🌊 ️WEATHER UPDATE: Rough seas, thunderstorms, snowfalls and very cold on Wednesday. See fo….
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RT @carteblanchetv: Vital public facilities, a constitutional right, or a prime revenue opportunity? Joburg’s park leases are up for review….
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RT @carteblanchetv: Alleged intimidation tactics, assault, even murder… Is one private security company operating as a paramilitary force?….
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RT @MandyWiener: Thank you @PLMyburgh for remaining principled and for ensuring you had integrity in this moment. As the media fraternity w….
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RT @RediTlhabi: You are so right. They were so brazen. They just assumed everyone plays these dirty games. They didn't even consider that P….
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RT @DanCorderOnAir: Bribery caught on camera 🤯 CEO offers R60k to stop investigation into R836m tender scandal and more. I’ve never seen an….
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RT @pierredevos: In possibly the most brazen act of attempted bribery ever recorded on camera in this country, the IDT’s suspended CEO and….
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In possibly the most brazen act of attempted bribery ever recorded on camera in this country, the IDT’s suspended CEO and the entity’s spokesperson offered this journalist R60,000 in cash to bury an...
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RT @tshidi_lee: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Suspended Independent Development Trust CEO, spokesperson offer Daily Maverick journalist R60K in cash to….
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In possibly the most brazen act of attempted bribery ever recorded on camera in this country, the IDT’s suspended CEO and the entity’s spokesperson offered this journalist R60,000 in cash to bury an...
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