Category: Select Projects
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I Want to Go Home Forever
Role: Co-editor Project Summary: Generations of people from across Africa, Europe, and Asia have turned metal from the ground into Africa’s wealthiest, most dynamic and most diverse urban centre, a mega-city where post-apartheid South Africa is being made. Yet as newcomers and long-term residents seek a place to make their home, they find Gauteng’s promises…
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One Night in Snake Park
Role: Creator and Executive Editor Project Summary: In 2015, 14-year-old Siphiwe Mahori was killed in Snake Park, Soweto by a foreign shopkeeper. His death made international headlines and sparked renewed xenophobic violence across South Africa’s black townships. But by the end of that year, his name was all but forgotten. In this six-part serial podcast…
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Atlas of Uncertainty
Role: Head of Communications Project Summary: The population of African cities is expected to double to 1.4 billion people by 2050, with much of this growth being driven by those arriving from elsewhere. Yet the way planners and policymakers talk about these spaces — using words like failure, ungoverned, and problematic — is unfit for…
Tanya Pampalone 