Erin Conway-Smith

Johannesburg-based correspondent for @TheEconomist + bits for others. Previously in Beijing. Grew up in Thunder Bay.

[Erin Conway-Smith @ejcs]

@Ufrieda Sending DM 👍

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@Ufrieda You are too kind! And I'm an introverted dork 😅

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@EmmMacfarlane @maggiewrobel @paoloz5 @AaronWherry @andrea_chiu @cvardanis Thanks for the memory. Bloody long time ago now.

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@EmmMacfarlane @maggiewrobel @paoloz5 @AaronWherry @andrea_chiu Hi Emmett - I had a similar experience after I wrote my first news brief for @cvardanis

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@hockeyesque @benFsinger Sure thing

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Anti-foreigner violence has flared in South Africa, again. @ejcs explains to “The Intelligence” why migrants are a convenient scapegoat amid a troubled economy https://t.co/WekXTmzi2B

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@iainmarlow Thanks, Iain!

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@johnedwinmason Me now:

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@johnedwinmason 😂 Howzit, John! Good to hear from you - hope you’re well

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@WandileSihlobo Thank you! 🙏

[Podcasts from The Economist @EconomistPods]

Mozambique was hardest hit by Cyclone Idai last month. Our Johannesburg-based correspondent @ejcs pays a visit to see how people are surviving and starting to rebuild https://t.co/ttfZ5RhcQJ

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@Consol_Glass I own several but one is faulty - how can I get it fixed? Thanks

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@rachelmsavage The crib! Lol I saw him buying snacks at Woolworths in Hyde Park mall, Joburg a few months ago

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@rachelmsavage Battles

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@rachelmsavage EISH!

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This is what it was like to be the first African American woman reporter in a newsroom. #BlackHistoryMonth

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South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa must rescue a battered economy and quash endemic corruption in his party. Can he do it? We ask our Johannesburg-based correspondent @ejcs in today's "The Intelligence" https://t.co/bkuorDnSlZ

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@RobynDixon_LAT Robyn I am breaking my Twitter fast to like this!

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@WandileSihlobo 😂 that one wasn’t me! Sad.