Busani Bafana
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Journalist, communicator, knowledge seeker. RTs not an endorsement. Interests: agriculture, food security, climate change, science
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Joined May 2009
Leonie Joubert – An ‘accidental writer ’ taking the long way around
dailymaverick.co.za
Climate journalist Leonie Joubert and the lonely work of creating agency among communities struggling to make sense of the effects of climate change.…
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"If you want Africa to grow, nutrition is the answer, and I’m the number one advocate," says @MercyLungaho, Lead, Food Security, Nutrition & Health Program, @IITA_CGIAR #food #Africa #nutrition
https://t.co/fU2VaCfGlX
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Watch The CITE View❗️❗️ at 9am on our YouTube and Facebook pages as Ruth Memeza shares insights from her book Not Witchcraft, Not Madness: Facing Dementia in Zimbabwe. Follow CITEZW
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At @COP30, pressure mounts for a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap, led by Colombia and 80+ nations. Indigenous voices warn: without a clear signal, the summit fails. Yet major producers stall—leaving Belém at the heart of a global showdown. https://t.co/lxu0DO8a6V
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At @Cop30noBrasil, faith leaders call out industry influence and champion a just fossil-free future. 🔗 https://t.co/CqnCn8IVWg
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We'll warm up the planet to the point where we destroy our soil and water, and it becomes so hot we can't plant food. The end result is that we'll be gone. - Kumi Naidoo https://t.co/HZCZBMIG8Z
@ipsnews @CiciRussell @kuminaidoo @Cop30noBrasil #COP30
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As Civil Society Is Silenced, Corruption and Inequality Rise | Inter Press Service https://t.co/HeiDHEo88R
#ICSW2025 @maboys @zofeen28
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Read this interview by @ipsnews @IPSNewsUNBureau with @IITA_CGIAR Director General @simeonehui at https://t.co/R5hbIYRqvF
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Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera turns her prayers into paintings https://t.co/YmwMWDRyTR via @TC_Africa
theconversation.com
African artists are not only present on the global stage but are shaping the languages of art itself.
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$250 billion—that’s how much money AI is predicted to save farmers and producers, but the agricultural revolution it’s igniting won’t stop there https://t.co/MAoS7PJB2u via @GeneticLiteracy
geneticliteracyproject.org
food-manufacturing industry has a new AI tool for boosting productivity on farms and in factories: advanced large language models. With this type of
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Covering the climate crisis is exacting a mental toll on journalists: 40% reported experiencing depression, 1 in 5 show PTSD, often linked to the “moral injury” of bearing witness to environmental destruction, finds a study by Dr. Antony Feinstein, @UofT
https://t.co/j0b3yk8Ubl
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From Zimbabwe to the world 🌍🐄 Tapping into Africa’s 250M cows as the first step toward our ambitious global market of 1.4B cows 🚀✨ #elivestockglobal #elivestock #traceability #cattlefarming #zimbabwe #farming
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Journalists report on climate change without being personally affected—or so I thought. I was wrong. Climate change doesn’t just destroy landscapes and livelihoods; it takes a psychological toll on journalists who highlight its horrors, @maboys reports https://t.co/j0b3yk8Ubl
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Journalists report on climate change without being personally affected—or so I thought. I was wrong. Climate change doesn’t just destroy landscapes and livelihoods; it takes a psychological toll on journalists who highlight its horrors, @maboys reports https://t.co/j0b3yk8Ubl
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