| From our Projects |
| Wits Journalism hosts a number of projects that have a substantial impact on the South African media industry. |
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| WITS JUSTICE PROJECT: Getting it wrong — guilty until proven innocent |
Wrongful convictions are an uncomfortable fact of life, which in South Africa remains mostly unacknowledged, usually ignored and often denied. The establishment of a South African version of the US National Registry of Exonerations could well be an important step in the right direction. |
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| AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT: EXTRACT: Poacher. Confessions from the Abalone Underworld |
Poacher is an unprecedented inside view of South Africa’s illicit abalone trade, a lawless underwater treasure hunt for a marine snail prized as a delicacy in China. In the last 25 years poaching syndicates have harvested and smuggled more than 40,000 tons of the coveted shellfish, avoiding all attempts by authorities to shut the trade down. |
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| JAMLAB: A new way to monetise digital content — take it to the stage! |
The struggle for a viable business model continues to be a headache for most digital media — from independent bloggers to large media publishers. Too Early For Birds is a mix of straight-up scripted theatre, narration, poetry, music and dance that begun its life as a blog. This Kenyan blog Owaahh.com is now selling tickets.
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| AFRICA CHECK: Digging up the numbers on informal mining in Nigeria |
Nigeria’s artisanal and small-scale miners work without the help of machinery, but still – a minister says – manage to support 2 million people and produce 90% of the country’s minerals. Could this be true? |
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