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Jozi Journo
http://jozijourno.blogspot.com/
I am a journalist for a daily newspaper in Johannesburg, so I pretty much have one of the coolest jobs on the planet. I am also a single mom - something I regard as far more difficult than crime reporting in Jozi!
- Added on: Feb 3rd, 2009
- Country: South Africa
- Language: English
- Author: jozijourno
- Listed in: Journalists Moms
- Tags: parenting south africa crime journalist johannesburg
Recent Posts
It\'s Sunday and time for work.
A newsroom duty shift at this time of year is agonising if there's no big news story on the go.It involves phoning the cops, emergency services and traffic authorities for news checks.Monitoring other media in case they know about something you don't...
Flying and the Tiger flag.
Christmas travel plans for people flying on British Airways were turned upside down this morning. It seems their cabin crew staff all voted to strike over the busiest, most chaotic time of year when airfares are THE most expensive. Not a bad move for...
Clutching out....
Survived the second day in a row at the office today. While people are winding down and looking forward to their holidays, I have drawn the short straw in the form of two Sunday shifts in a row PLUS the December 16 public holiday. In this climate of ...
Surviving the silly shopping season...
Early this morning a gang of armed robbers hit Hyde Park. Soon after that another gang hit a Pick 'n Pay in Soweto. The silly season is well and truly upon us. I came up with the idea of writing a survival guide to Christmas shopping in Jozi. It's no...
That time of year...
We're in the downward slide to the end of the year - that awful time when it takes effort and energy to blink, and everyone around seems to have cosmic fatique or whatever you call that lethargy pervading office spaces where people are hanging on and...
The jerk and the arrest threat.
So I almost got arrested today.I was sent to cover the launch of the festive season anti-crime campaign at Primedia House in Sandton. Off I went, directed by Gina, my Garmin, who decided the most direct route was the easiest. However, a Metro police ...
