Resource Investigations

Who is doing what to whom – and why? 1. Introduction to resource politics in Africa / sub-Saharan Africa – A brief history of primary resource exploitation –  The usual suspects: Multi-nationals and their role in resource exploitation –...

Eight step review of listed company's annual report

   1)Do a review on directors, with an emphasis on the balance of non-executive and executive directors. The majority of non-executive directors should be independent. How long have the individual directors been on the board? Beware of cross directorships...

Handbooks on Covering War Crimes & Politics

Handbooks on covering war crimes and politics are available on the The International Journalists' Network (IJNet) website.  Here Journalists interested in improving their coverage of war crimes or politics can download two new handbooks. IJNet is an online...

Company Search Tools

http://www.sacompany.co.za/ This is a comprehensive online database on business in South Africa. Company information, director information, auditor information and a full history of a business can be found on this site. To conduct a search you can either pay to be a...

Database Library

Search Engines Government database collection Stanford University's collection of Internet resources on Africa  Basic Tools (maps, dictionaries, encyclopaedias) Experts