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Broadcasting during the global pandemic

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ABOUT TESSA

During her studies at Stellenbosch University, Tessa managed the local campus radio station and then moved to Johannesburg where she joined SAFM as a producer. She left South Africa for New York to complete a postgraduate degree at Columbia University. Upon her return to Southern Africa, she freelanced for Voice of America, and then relocated to Cape Town.

Remember December 2019? Global news channels were broadcasting images of rapidly rising hospitals in parts of China amid the spread

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