The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) returns to Wits University from 5 to 7 November 2025 for its 21st edition. The Wits Centre for Journalism invites journalists, media ...

Sikonathi Mantshantsha of News24 takes top honours at the 2025 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism with his powerful series “Waste Land”, exposing the dismal state of municipal sewage and ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism is pleased to welcome Dr Thandi Bombi, who joins the academic team as a lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies. Bombi, who completed her master’s and PhD research ...

A special and exciting programme to develop a new generation of investigative reporters, a partnership between Wits Journalism, Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies and the Open Society ...

There is a long tradition of investigative journalism in South Africa. Back in the 1950s Drum magazine was busy investigating prison and farm labour conditions; exposes of government corruption ...

Two permanent judges represent out funders the Valley Trust, Wits Centre for Journalism and the international media. They are assisted by judges appointed each year. Tom Cloete is a Judge of the ...

Agnes Rube is a journalist turned graphic designer. She is passionate about the power of visual communication and mentors journalists on how best to use graphics in data story telling. She is part of ...

Over three hundred and fifty people attended the tenth Power Reporting conference held in early November 2014 at Wits University, Johannesburg. African delegates, South African journalism students, ...

Siyabonga Africa is a digital media specialist at the SABC and executive chair of the Johannesburg chapter of Hacks/Hackers. He has a curiosity about the future of journalism and an interest in data ...

Taco Kuiper Grants are made to encourage investigate journalism in South African print media. A fund of up to R350 000 is available annually. Grants are available for print journalists or print ...

We gather to honour the best of South African journalism and to highlight once again how important and valuable is the work of our investigative reporters. But you will see from the entrants that we ...

Research title: Reimagining Sol Plaatje: Investigating the contribution of the pioneering newspaperman to the history of journalism in South Africa. Research description: The study seeks to locate Sol ...