Pulling my hair out-kinda-crazy

Has ANYONE applied (and gotten) a Bangladeshi visa from South Africa. I really need some help. Consulate doesn’t answer calls or mails. Visa agents won’t touch. Anyone??

The State Of The Nation is bleak. You heard it hear first.

I present to you: The definition of tone deaf.

What a great weekend in Cape Town’s wine lands. Great to see transformation **actually happening. Story by John Eligon nytimes.com/2023/02/15/tra…

Dear Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦, Today I am all over the place. A young vet, who started his new job at the SPCA the day before, was stabbed to death during load shedding when he went out and caught thieves stealing his car wheels. I thought you should know.

South African twitter is one large meme today. Not sure whether to laugh, cry or throw a tantrum.

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell

#IStandWithEvan Gershkovich, the American The Wall Street Journal journalist currently detained by Russian authorities. He’s not allowed contact with his family or access to an attorney provided by his outlet. Committee to Protect Journalists & the int’l press call for his immediate release: cpj.org/2023/03/cpj-me…

HBD @mediabilan

The traffic in Dhaka is so bad I literally just got a message from Uber (while in an Uber) to say we’ve been stationary for so long that is everything okay??

As a leaving gift my Bangladeshi colleagues bought me a fan to keep cool. “Because you have no electricity,” they said… 😳 Guess what I used within 2 hours of arrival in Cape Town…

My photo of ‘lil Champu just after he was rescued in Kathmandu a few years ago on Nat Geo’s newsletter…

Joberger’s - be kind to a Hadeda near you today.

Congrats!

I will say this again: holding major conferences, or sporting events, in countries that routinely - and inexplicably - deny visas to Africans is an act of discrimination.

The 27km Swartberg Pass is considered one of the finest mountain passes in the world and it sits on our doorstep here in South Africa. An untarred road that winds to the summit 1583 metres above sea level in steep zigzags and sudden switchbacks with breathtaking views at every

It’s Monday, November 27 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023. 243 days ago. His crime was practicing journalism in Russia. если бы Путин действительно был сильным и уверенным в себе лидером, он бы освободил его. #IStandWithEvan

Here’s a good example of exactly what art institutions SHOULDN’T be doing during this critical moment: ‘We have a moral responsibility to decide which side of history we will stand on,’ artists say as ‘Pro-Palestine artists cancelled across Europe’ aje.io/0628jn

Privileged to have met and travelled with Pio Smith in Bangladesh this week, and to have spent some time with Mamouni and her community. So much incredible courage in this room.