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 ...

The annual Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism is a prestigious awards ceremony that celebrates and rewards excellence in investigative journalism in South Africa.

Following on from a successful 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC), the Wits Centre for Journalism is hosting a series of webinars in collaboration with the International Fund for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click here for twelve of the data classes. From how to use social media for your investigations, to mapping and visualisation to how to extract information from PDF’s and docs.

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 ...

Over seventy Taco Kuiper grants have been made between 2007 and 2017, with a total value of oR2.7m. These have gone to individuals, both employed and freelance, groups of journalists, editors for a ...

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 ...

South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, and a femicide rate that is more than five times the world average. In this book, Dr Nechama Brodie looks at the story of femicide in ...