Tamsin Metelerkamp is a journalist based in South Africa, with a focus on local news and issues. She writes for Daily Maverick and her work has also been featured in AllAfrica Global Media and Bizcommunity.com. Tamsin covers a wide range of topics, including social justice, human rights, politics, and community stories.
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Tamsin Metelerkamp's articles predominantly focus on culture & society, government & politics, and education themes. Her coverage is centered around international events, humanitarian issues, South Africa-specific topics such as government accountability in addition to the Gaza-Israel conflict.
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By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Ford South Africa and its partners have donated 100 containerised maths and science laboratories to underprivileged schools over the past year.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
A 13-year-old boy was allegedly beaten by a police officer after being arrested on suspicion of theft in Lutzville, Western Cape. The child was held at the town's police station for two days after being assaulted, claims a local activist.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Speaking at the launch of the Social Security Review Volume 2 on Monday, the deputy minister of social development, Ganief Hendricks, noted that the Covid-19 pandemic made it possible for South Africa to open up a national discourse on social protection policy choices that were long overdue — including the possibility of a universal basic income grant.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
While food producer Tiger Brands’ liability for the listeriosis outbreak in 2017/18 has yet to be determined in court, the company is engaging with the legal team behind the class action lawsuit representing victims of the outbreak, with the aim of agreeing on relief for certain claimants with urgent medical needs.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Activists and local leaders in the Matzikama Municipality have raised concerns about the high rate of violence against vulnerable people – particularly children – in the rural region.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Parents of matrics using the KwaZulu-Natal-based online education provider Keystone Education have been left in a panic upon finding out that their children were not registered for the National Senior Certificate examinations – despite alleged assurances from the company's director that they would be. The case reveals a major regulation gap in South Africa's schooling landscape.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
The call coincides with the release of Open Secrets' new report, ‘For Sale: South Africa's Property Laundromat', which details how politically elite families from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Equatorial Guinea have bought South African property with the proceeds of corruption.
The controversial practice of heritable human genome editing remains illegal in South Africa, despite the addition of a research section on it in the South African Ethics in Health Research Guidelines 2024.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Activists have warned the Department of Human Settlements against the impact eviction law changes could have on the country's most vulnerable.
By: Tamsin Metelerkamp
Young doctors seeking to specialise have reported that there are ‘waiting lists to work for free' in South Africa's public health system, as accessing registrar training posts becomes increasingly difficult.
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