Peta Thornycroft

Peta Thornycroft received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women's Media Foundation in 2007 for her work in Zimbabwe. She now lives in Johannesburg and is a freelance writer who covers many African countries. Thornycroft calls herself “Africa’s longest serving full time freelancer.” She is working on a piece about the massive immigration of refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented residents in Johannesburg.

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