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AIJC2025 Call for Proposals Now Open
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 professionals, trainers and academics to submit proposals around speakers, panels, themes or training that would elevate this year’s event.
WCJ welcomes Dr Thandi Bombi to the academic team
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.
Gold standard of South African investigative reporting honoured at 2025 Taco Kuiper Awards
Sikonathi Mantshantsha of News24 takes top honours at the 2025 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism with his powerful series “Waste Land”, while Dewald van Rensburg of amaBhungane received the runner-up prize for his meticulous investigative series, “The #Laundry”.
Call for Participation: Baseline Survey on Journalist Safety
The Wits Centre for Journalism invites all community journalists and media workers (including volunteers and freelancers across print, radio and digital) from Southern and East Africa to participate in a benchmark survey into safety among community journalists and media workers in these regions.
Green Media Accelerator (GMA) gives African climate justice projects major boost
Five innovative media startups from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe have received funding to launch climate justice media projects through the inaugural Green Media Accelerator (GMA) bootcamp.
ACRP supports 10 young journalists to attend the 2024 African Investigative Journalism Conference
The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP), a project of the Wits Centre for Journalism, supported ten keen journalists under the age of 30 to attend the 2024 African Investigative Journalism Conference at Wits University in Johannesburg.
