Antony Sguazzin
@antonysguazzin.bsky.social
Africa-focused journalist at Bloomberg News in Johannesburg. Opinions are my own.
🧵Together with colleagues Loni Prinsloo-Lotz and Mathabiso Ralengau we looked into what Alabuga and other Russian companies are doing across Southern Africa to attract recruits.
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🧵Together with colleagues Loni Prinsloo-Lotz and Mathabiso Ralengau we looked into what Alabuga and other Russian companies are doing across Southern Africa to attract recruits.
🧵Alabuga Start, a recruitment arm of Russian drone-making hub Alabuga Special Economic Zone, has been on a drive to hire South African women between the ages of 18 and 22, offering flights to Russia, accommodation and hospitality and construction work.
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August 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🧵Alabuga Start, a recruitment arm of Russian drone-making hub Alabuga Special Economic Zone, has been on a drive to hire South African women between the ages of 18 and 22, offering flights to Russia, accommodation and hospitality and construction work.
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🧵And for others the thought of leaving behind's one's language and culture can't be contemplated.
“I won’t go. I was born here and I will die here.”
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“I won’t go. I was born here and I will die here.”
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵And for others the thought of leaving behind's one's language and culture can't be contemplated.
“I won’t go. I was born here and I will die here.”
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
“I won’t go. I was born here and I will die here.”
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
🧵For many in her community the reaction is “it’s our ticket, let’s go,'' says Michelle. But she wont leave, worried about the safety of her children
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵For many in her community the reaction is “it’s our ticket, let’s go,'' says Michelle. But she wont leave, worried about the safety of her children
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🧵But some feel left behind and denied opportunities and live in pockets of squalor in and around major cities such as Johannesburg.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵But some feel left behind and denied opportunities and live in pockets of squalor in and around major cities such as Johannesburg.
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
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🧵But some feel left behind and denied opportunities and live in pockets of squalor in and around major cities such as Johannesburg.
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵But some feel left behind and denied opportunities and live in pockets of squalor in and around major cities such as Johannesburg.
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
🧵“It is truly outrageous. There are Afrikaners in Ramaphosa’s cabinet. “This is not the behavior of a government that targets an ethnic minority for persecution. “I am an Afrikaner, I live in the community. We are better off than in 1994.”
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵“It is truly outrageous. There are Afrikaners in Ramaphosa’s cabinet. “This is not the behavior of a government that targets an ethnic minority for persecution. “I am an Afrikaner, I live in the community. We are better off than in 1994.”
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🧵In reality Afrikaners have mostly done well since the end of apartheid. Of 7 South African billionaires 5 are Afrikaner as are many CEOs and the farm sector that they dominate is booming
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵In reality Afrikaners have mostly done well since the end of apartheid. Of 7 South African billionaires 5 are Afrikaner as are many CEOs and the farm sector that they dominate is booming
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
tinyurl.com/2v57zz87
🧵Donald Trump has offered White Afrikaners in South Africa refugee status, saying they are suffering a genocide and their land is being seized. Both claims have been refuted.
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May 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵Donald Trump has offered White Afrikaners in South Africa refugee status, saying they are suffering a genocide and their land is being seized. Both claims have been refuted.
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🧵A letter he said he wrote detailing the alleged malfeasance to Hichilema drew no response from the president.
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April 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🧵A letter he said he wrote detailing the alleged malfeasance to Hichilema drew no response from the president.
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🧵Four years later the treatment of a finance ministry whistleblower appears to belie that commitment
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April 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🧵Four years later the treatment of a finance ministry whistleblower appears to belie that commitment
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🧵`It develops jobs and industries and productive, consuming individuals. There’s nothing wrong with that,'' - World Bank's Ajay Banga
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March 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🧵`It develops jobs and industries and productive, consuming individuals. There’s nothing wrong with that,'' - World Bank's Ajay Banga
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🧵“We’re in the inflection point, We’ve never had $30 billion allocated for energy access in Africa. We never even had $1 billion.”
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March 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🧵“We’re in the inflection point, We’ve never had $30 billion allocated for energy access in Africa. We never even had $1 billion.”
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🧵Plunging solar panel prices, more business-friendly regulation by African governments and international funding are now spurring a rapid rollout from Nigeria to Madagascar.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🧵Plunging solar panel prices, more business-friendly regulation by African governments and international funding are now spurring a rapid rollout from Nigeria to Madagascar.
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“Who were those among us who sold out the blood of our fathers?” Calata asks. “Who are the people inside the ANC that betrayed us, who allowed our fathers’ killers to die with peace when we sit without any justice?”
“Who were those among us who sold out the blood of our fathers?” Calata asks. “Who are the people inside the ANC that betrayed us, who allowed our fathers’ killers to die with peace when we sit without any justice?”
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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“Who were those among us who sold out the blood of our fathers?” Calata asks. “Who are the people inside the ANC that betrayed us, who allowed our fathers’ killers to die with peace when we sit without any justice?”
“Who were those among us who sold out the blood of our fathers?” Calata asks. “Who are the people inside the ANC that betrayed us, who allowed our fathers’ killers to die with peace when we sit without any justice?”
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When his father’s last remaining killer died in 2023, Calata had a panic attack that he mistook for the onset of cardiac arrest. His doctor reassured him that he was physically fine, but added that he “needed to heal the hole in my soul.”
When his father’s last remaining killer died in 2023, Calata had a panic attack that he mistook for the onset of cardiac arrest. His doctor reassured him that he was physically fine, but added that he “needed to heal the hole in my soul.”
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🧵https://tinyurl.com/yc2yw6un
When his father’s last remaining killer died in 2023, Calata had a panic attack that he mistook for the onset of cardiac arrest. His doctor reassured him that he was physically fine, but added that he “needed to heal the hole in my soul.”
When his father’s last remaining killer died in 2023, Calata had a panic attack that he mistook for the onset of cardiac arrest. His doctor reassured him that he was physically fine, but added that he “needed to heal the hole in my soul.”
🧵https://tinyurl.com/yc2yw6un
Dissatisfaction with politicians runs deep.
“What would they do if this was them and their kids were treated like us, being orphans of apartheid?” says Motasi. “They really forgot about us.”
Dissatisfaction with politicians runs deep.
“What would they do if this was them and their kids were treated like us, being orphans of apartheid?” says Motasi. “They really forgot about us.”
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🧵https://tinyurl.com/yc2yw6un
Dissatisfaction with politicians runs deep.
“What would they do if this was them and their kids were treated like us, being orphans of apartheid?” says Motasi. “They really forgot about us.”
Dissatisfaction with politicians runs deep.
“What would they do if this was them and their kids were treated like us, being orphans of apartheid?” says Motasi. “They really forgot about us.”
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March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🧵https://tinyurl.com/yc2yw6un
Three decades after the end of apartheid hundreds, if not thousands of crimes remain unpunished. With many of the perpetrators dead the families of the victims now want to know why and are taking legal action to press their case.
Three decades after the end of apartheid hundreds, if not thousands of crimes remain unpunished. With many of the perpetrators dead the families of the victims now want to know why and are taking legal action to press their case.
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🧵https://tinyurl.com/yc2yw6un
Three decades after the end of apartheid hundreds, if not thousands of crimes remain unpunished. With many of the perpetrators dead the families of the victims now want to know why and are taking legal action to press their case.
Three decades after the end of apartheid hundreds, if not thousands of crimes remain unpunished. With many of the perpetrators dead the families of the victims now want to know why and are taking legal action to press their case.