Anli Serfontein
@anliserfontein.bsky.social
South African born journalist, author, filmmaker, teacher based in Berlin.
Sometimes blogging on Medium - https://anliserfontein.medium.com
Sometimes blogging on Medium - https://anliserfontein.medium.com
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Can the UN merge the refugee agency with the migration agency?
Our essay on a popular topic amid UN reform (yes, it's happening)
www.passblue.com/2025/06/09/a...
Our essay on a popular topic amid UN reform (yes, it's happening)
www.passblue.com/2025/06/09/a...
Are the UN Refugee and Migration Agencies a Good Match?
Are the UN Refugee and Migration Agencies a Good Match? - PassBlue
www.passblue.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can the UN merge the refugee agency with the migration agency?
Our essay on a popular topic amid UN reform (yes, it's happening)
www.passblue.com/2025/06/09/a...
Our essay on a popular topic amid UN reform (yes, it's happening)
www.passblue.com/2025/06/09/a...
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Who is Pope Leo XIV? We've got you covered. bit.ly/4kdywDG
Habemus papam: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost takes name of Leo XIV
The challenges for the Catholic Church in Chicago, where Robert Prevost grew up, are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges facing the worldwide Catholic Church that the new Pope Leo XIV must addres...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Who is Pope Leo XIV? We've got you covered. bit.ly/4kdywDG
‘Most of us, even those who deeply resent our government and its policies, regard ourselves as pale-skinned Africans. We passionately love our expressive, earthy language, #Afrikaans, that is only spoken here and in neighbouring Namibia. ‘ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez
We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving country, says Max du Preez, founding editor of the Vrye Weekblad newspaper
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May 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘Most of us, even those who deeply resent our government and its policies, regard ourselves as pale-skinned Africans. We passionately love our expressive, earthy language, #Afrikaans, that is only spoken here and in neighbouring Namibia. ‘ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Die scheidende Außenministerin soll einen Job bei der Uno übernehmen, dafür könnte eine andere deutsche Diplomatin leer ausgehen. Der frühere MSC-Chef Heusgen zeigt sich verärgert, Baerbock sei ein »Auslaufmodell«.
Christoph Heusgen: Ex-Chef der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz kritisiert Annalena Baerbocks Nominierung für Uno-Job
Die scheidende Außenministerin soll einen Job bei der Uno übernehmen, dafür könnte eine andere deutsche Diplomatin leer ausgehen. Der frühere MSC-Chef Heusgen zeigt sich verärgert, Baerbock sei ein »Auslaufmodell«.
www.spiegel.de
March 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Die scheidende Außenministerin soll einen Job bei der Uno übernehmen, dafür könnte eine andere deutsche Diplomatin leer ausgehen. Der frühere MSC-Chef Heusgen zeigt sich verärgert, Baerbock sei ein »Auslaufmodell«.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022...
A lovely tribute by playwright Anthony Akerman to his fellow #SouthAfrican playwright Athol Fugard who died this week. His moving plays of human suffering during the apartheid era remain etched in my mind.
A lovely tribute by playwright Anthony Akerman to his fellow #SouthAfrican playwright Athol Fugard who died this week. His moving plays of human suffering during the apartheid era remain etched in my mind.
From the archive: On fountain pens and lessons from Athol Fugard
On 11 June this year (2022), the playwright Athol Fugard turns 90. Since the 1960s, he’s been an influential presence in the South African theatrical landscape. His plays – many of which gave a voice ...
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March 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022...
A lovely tribute by playwright Anthony Akerman to his fellow #SouthAfrican playwright Athol Fugard who died this week. His moving plays of human suffering during the apartheid era remain etched in my mind.
A lovely tribute by playwright Anthony Akerman to his fellow #SouthAfrican playwright Athol Fugard who died this week. His moving plays of human suffering during the apartheid era remain etched in my mind.
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This is not just breaking a taboo on a day where the Bundestag was supposed to remember the Holocaust, it will backfire for the Conservatives as the pandering to the far right has backfired for the Tories in Britain.
A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany.
Why do people never learn.
A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany.
Why do people never learn.
German immigration motion passes, breaking taboo on cooperation with AfD
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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German immigration motion passes, breaking taboo on cooperation with AfD
Narrow passage of controversial CDU-CSU motion ends longstanding boycott on cooperating with far-right party
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is not just breaking a taboo on a day where the Bundestag was supposed to remember the Holocaust, it will backfire for the Conservatives as the pandering to the far right has backfired for the Tories in Britain.
A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany.
Why do people never learn.
A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany.
Why do people never learn.
A few thoughts on #remembrance culture in #Germany on #Holocaust Remembrance Day. I appreciate the “Herinnerungskultur” (culture of remembering) and the way the #Holocaust is still remembered in many German #schools
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Remembrance Culture in Germany
Holocaust Remembrance Day
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January 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A few thoughts on #remembrance culture in #Germany on #Holocaust Remembrance Day. I appreciate the “Herinnerungskultur” (culture of remembering) and the way the #Holocaust is still remembered in many German #schools
anliserfontein.medium.com/remembrance-...
anliserfontein.medium.com/remembrance-...
This open letter, written in 2002 by the Afrikaans poet Breyten
#Breytenbach who died this morning, to Israel's Ariel Sharon after he visited the Palestinian Territories has indeed stood the test of time. "You won"t break them," comparing it to #apartheid www.theguardian.com/world/2002/a...
#Breytenbach who died this morning, to Israel's Ariel Sharon after he visited the Palestinian Territories has indeed stood the test of time. "You won"t break them," comparing it to #apartheid www.theguardian.com/world/2002/a...
Comment: You won't break them
Breyten Breytenbach: A leading South African writer's passionate open letter to Ariel Sharon.
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This open letter, written in 2002 by the Afrikaans poet Breyten
#Breytenbach who died this morning, to Israel's Ariel Sharon after he visited the Palestinian Territories has indeed stood the test of time. "You won"t break them," comparing it to #apartheid www.theguardian.com/world/2002/a...
#Breytenbach who died this morning, to Israel's Ariel Sharon after he visited the Palestinian Territories has indeed stood the test of time. "You won"t break them," comparing it to #apartheid www.theguardian.com/world/2002/a...
RIP Breyten Breytenbach - the best wordsmith in Afrikaans - passionate, dwars, difficult and charming at the same time. The words will live on forever.
‘Mag die bome groen bly
en die sterre wit,
en mag daar altyd mense wees
wat mekaar sonder skaamte
in die oë kan kyk -
want die lewe is 'n asem lank
en die sterre op die Anderplek donker’ - Breyten Breytenbach
en die sterre wit,
en mag daar altyd mense wees
wat mekaar sonder skaamte
in die oë kan kyk -
want die lewe is 'n asem lank
en die sterre op die Anderplek donker’ - Breyten Breytenbach
November 24, 2024 at 4:53 PM
RIP Breyten Breytenbach - the best wordsmith in Afrikaans - passionate, dwars, difficult and charming at the same time. The words will live on forever.
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Le grand poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach, qui a passé sept ans en prison pour son opposition à l’apartheid, est mort à l’âge de 85 ans. Il avait été libéré grâce à l’intervention de François Mitterrand en 1982, et avait rejoint sa famille en France 1/7
November 24, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Le grand poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach, qui a passé sept ans en prison pour son opposition à l’apartheid, est mort à l’âge de 85 ans. Il avait été libéré grâce à l’intervention de François Mitterrand en 1982, et avait rejoint sa famille en France 1/7
An insightful article highlighting how the long shadow of #apartheid #southafrica has also reached #US politics. "Public figures of considerable power & influence in the US – who spent some part of their formative years in apartheid #SouthAfrica." #ElonMusk
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
How SA men are changing the course of American democracy
What do figures like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Joel Pollak and Patrick Soon-Shiong have in common? They are public figures of considerable power and influence in the US – who all spent some...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 24, 2024 at 12:13 PM
An insightful article highlighting how the long shadow of #apartheid #southafrica has also reached #US politics. "Public figures of considerable power & influence in the US – who spent some part of their formative years in apartheid #SouthAfrica." #ElonMusk
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...
A new start. High time to move on.
November 12, 2024 at 8:44 PM
A new start. High time to move on.