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A dispatch from Outremont
Aug 13, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
Impunity and evictions in South Africa
Who do you turn to when the government is the one breaking the law?
Aug 9, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin

July 2020

Leaving
Dispatches from Gauteng when I'm no longer in Gauteng
Jul 30, 2020 • 
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New slang
Our next door neighbour always starts braaing early on Saturday afternoon.
Jul 9, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
Secretly Canadian
Soccer, advertising, international trade and South Africa's favourite beer
Jul 2, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
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June 2020

Winter
Below zero below the Equator
Jun 18, 2020 • 
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The leaves change but nothing else
How do you write about travel when you can’t go anywhere?
Jun 4, 2020 • 
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April 2020

Day 28
Missing where you are
Apr 23, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
In the shadow of Caesar
Ancient cities in the modern world: part three
Apr 9, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
Life under lockdown in Johannesburg
A dispatch that's actually from Gauteng
Apr 3, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin

March 2020

When the new city is 500 years old
Ancient cities in the modern world: part two
Mar 26, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
It's Istanbul not Constantinople
Ancient cities in the modern world: part one
Mar 12, 2020 • 
Jacob Serebrin
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