ERIN CONWAY-SMITH, JOURNALIST
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Recent work

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The Economist - Household debt is hobbling the black middle class

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The Economist - South Africa is getting land reform wrong

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The Economist - Why South African women are opting for clandestine abortions 

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Los Angeles Times - Cyril Ramaphosa's election as ANC head means he'll probably be South Africa's next president 

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U.S. News & World Report - Ramaphosa's short honeymoon 

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The Economist - Cyril Ramaphosa could save South Africa, if he can reform his own party

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The Economist - Pictures of Robert Mugabe are being torn down all over Zimbabwe

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The Economist - Robert Mugabe, who bragged he would rule Zimbabwe until death, has resigned

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The Economist - Surviving under Mugabe: a ruined country is waiting for its elderly dictator to go

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Interview - CTV News, on Robert Mugabe's resignation

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The Economist - Robert Mugabe clings to his title, as crowds holler for him to go

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Interview - Radio New Zealand's Morning Report, on celebrations in Harare as Mugabe resigns

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Interview - Radio New Zealand's Morning Report, on impeachment proceedings against Mugabe

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Interview - BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra on celebrations as Mugabe steps down

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Interview - BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast on Robert Mugabe resigning

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Interview - Radio New Zealand's Morning Report, on Zimbabwe waiting for Mugabe to quit

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The Economist - A South African trader finds an artful way to protest about Jacob Zuma

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The Economist - Why McKinsey is under attack in South Africa

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The Economist - The loneliest plant on earth

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The Economist - South Africa's ruling party is at war with itself

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The Economist - The offspring of Africa's strongmen are living it up

Older work

(updated in fits and starts)​
Endangered species: To sell or not to sell? - The Economist. October 1, 2016
Johannesburg’s new mayor: Capitalist crusader - The Economist. September 24, 2016
Driving in Johannesburg: Bad robots - The Economist. September 10, 2016
Religion in Zimbabwe: Tithing troubles - The Economist. August 27, 2016
Goodbye, Party of Nelson Mandela. Hello, Rainbow Nation- Foreign Policy. August 10, 2016
South Africa: The Zuma effect - The Economist. August 6, 2016
Zimbabwe: Comrade Bob besieged - The Economist. July 30, 2016
South Africa's local elections: Young rivals - The Economist, July 30, 2016

In the struggle to save the rhino, dogs still beat drones - The Economist. February 10, 2016
After Zuma, another Zuma? - The Economist. January 9, 2016
South Africa starts 2016 with a big fight over racism - GlobalPost. January 6, 2016
South Africa's 'Native American' fetish is a very strange thing - GlobalPost. January 3, 2016
The Unraveling of Jacob Zuma - Foreign Policy. December 24, 2015
From Gucci Grace to President Mugabe? - Foreign Policy. December 21, 2015
Jacob Zuma: How South Africa turned on its President - The Independent. December 17, 2015
Inside L. Ron Hubbard's Johannesburg mansion, where Scientology's toughest test was born - GlobalPost. June 18, 2015​

Slavery in Mauritania: 
Rap is resistance in slave-owning Mauritania - GlobalPost. October 30, 2015
Campaigning against slavery can get you locked up in Mauritania - GlobalPost. October 22, 2015
'Slaves by the will of God': Why Mauritania has the highest percentage of slaves in the world - GlobalPost. October 19, 2015

Boko Haram:
These are the real victims of Boko Haram - GlobalPost. May 5, 2015
Food is running out in Nigeria's refugee settlements - GlobalPost. April 29, 2015
It takes 'boko' to fight Boko Haram​ - GlobalPost. April 29, 2015
Boko Haram 'burned our houses, they burned our food' - GlobalPost. April 14, 2015
In the wake of Boko Haram's assault, a humanitarian crisis unfolds - GlobalPost/NBC News. April 14, 2015

Power rangers: Botswana's all-electric safari - CNN Travel. December 2, 2014
Workers of South Africa, disunite! - The Economist. November 15, 2014
Botswana: Losing its sparkle - The Economist. October 30, 2014
Justice in South Africa: Equal and colour-blind? - The Economist. October 25, 2014
And the Oscar goes to jail - GlobalPost. October 21, 2014
Mozambique's got some of the best bad taxidermy you'll ever see - GlobalPost. October 17, 2014
Oscar Pistorius faced with ex-girlfriend who testified against him in court - The Telegraph. October 14, 2014
Oscar Pistorius: defence calls for three years' house arrest - The Telegraph. October 13, 2014
Mozambique's elections: Boom and ballot - The Economist. October 11, 2014
There's a new threat to endangered rhinos in South Africa - GlobalPost. October 8, 2014
This South African musical about police brutality has audiences cheering - GlobalPost. October 6, 2014
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