WCJ News Articles
Citizen Justice Network helps police officer uncover R60,000 child maintenance error
The Citizen Justice Network (CJN), a community justice project of the Wits Centre for Journalism, has helped a South African police officer uncover and remedy a costly administrative error that had drained more than R60,000 from his salary in maintenance payments for...
Gambian journalist’s AIJY award-winning investigation leads to parliamentary inquiry indicting officials in sale of former dictator’s assets
Pictured: Mustapha K. Darboe (left) at the 2025 African Investigative Journalist of the Year awards; protests erupted in Banjul, Gambia following Darboe's investigation (right) - image: The Republic. Gambian journalist Mustapha K. Darboe’s meticulous investigation...
Wits Journalism and E-jicom host Africa-China relations workshop
Journalists from Senegal, Mali, Togo, DR Congo, Cameroon, Guinea-Conakry and Cote d’Ivoire joined an Africa-China workshop hosted by the Wits Centre for Journalism in Dakar, Senegal on 24-26 March. The workshop, Media and Africa–China Relations in a Shifting World...
Celebrating the very best of South African investigative journalism at the 2026 Taco Kuiper Awards
Jeff Wicks of News24 won the 2026 Taco Kuiper Award for his explosive book The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to die, an investigation into the assassination of whistleblower Deokaran that reveals a vast web of criminal syndicates and corrupt government...
Webinar launch – Breaking Barriers: A Study of People With Disabilities in the South African Media Industry
In a population of more than 56 million, 3.3 million people in South Africa identify as disabled or as living with a disability. On an individual level, the disabilities within this community fall across a spectrum which is as complex as the lives of everyone. Despite...
WCJ and partners seek Network Lead for Africa Investigative Journalism Network
The Wits Centre for Journalism, Fojo Media Institute, and the AKU Graduate School of Media and Communications seek a Network Lead - Africa Investigative Journalism Network (AIJN). Location: Nairobi, KenyaDuty station: Aga Khan UniversityContract: 50%...
AIJC Masterclass fellow Jack McBrams’ investigation featured in GIJN’s top stories of 2025
The Shadow Fleet, an investigation by Malawian journalist and 2025 AIJC Masterclass fellow Jack McBrams, has been recognised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network as one of the top investigative stories from Africa in 2025. McBrams says the investigation grew...
#AIJC2026 call for proposals now open
The WCJ's African Investigative Journalism Conference is now accepting session and speaker proposals for this year’s 22nd edition, taking place at the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 – 12 November 2026. To...
Entries open for 2026 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism
South African or SA-based journalists are invited to submit their best work published or broadcast between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2025 for this year's Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism. Celebrating its 20th edition in 2026, the annual awards recognise the very...
Prof Lesley Cowling retires after remarkable 25 years at Wits
The Wits Centre for Journalism bids a heartfelt farewell to Prof Lesley Cowling, who retires in 2025 after a remarkable 25 years at Wits University. As one of Wits Journalism’s founding leaders, Prof Cowling was instrumental in guiding the Centre to where it is today,...
WCJ releases findings of baseline survey into safety of African journalists
Earlier this year, the Wits Centre for Journalism conducted a baseline survey into the safety of local and community journalists in Southern and East Africa. Led by WCJ lecturer Dr Nechama Brodie with support from the Consortium on Human Rights and Media (CHARM) and...
VOW FM 88.1 enters new era under Wits Centre for Journalism management
The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) has assumed management of the VOW 88.1 community radio station from the Faculty of Humanities at Wits University. The move comes as part of the “VOW Reimagined” project which began in 2023 to realign the station with Wits...