Caturday twins!

In cat news - the apotheosis of Puffin, and the Creation of Adam.

Often get a great view of the mine when departing or arriving in Kimberley by plane. Took this on an evening departure to JHB.

And this one of the tailing dam on a morning arrival.

A brief highveld summer shower over Wesselton Mine in Kimberley. No challenge for the might of the thirstland.

Rain and groundwater have reclaimed the open pit at the heart of South African racial capitalism.

Kimberley, South Africa.

Irrigation scapes, western highveld.

Adaptation in worlds with little water. Succulent garden, Pretoria 🌵

The Orange River at the end of the dry season. August 2024, near Hopetown, South Africa.

A few remaining Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam outside of Kimberley, August 2024.

Once one of only four breeding grounds globally, the Kamfers flamingo population has plummeted due to sewage and toxicity levels.

Tailings dam, Kimberley.

One of many toxic waterscapes racial capitalism has made in Southern Africa.

Deep winter. Kimberley.

I wrote short article in the Mail & Guardian on the WHO's proposed amendments to the IHR, the threats they pose to national and health sovereignty in Africa & the work of the Pan-Africa Epidemic and Pandemic Working Group raising critical awareness about it.

mg.co.za/thought-lead...

I wrote a short piece on 'Water and History in Southern Africa,' recently published OA in @thejah.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Part of a bigger project thinking about how water has shaped the past and present.

New year following water from the mountain.

Looking forward to sharing my work with the Department of Jurisprudence at the University of Pretoria next Monday, 23 October 2023.

Come for histories of environment and empire, stay for the incredible intellectual community that is the Tuks Jurisprudence Department.

Skeeting about southern African empires and environments 🗃️