Data collection no longer complicated
It has become easier for ordinary people to access data sets. (more…)
Fact-checking celebrated at Africa Check awards
Investigative Stories from Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa win at Africa Check awards.
Ethiopian speaker casts spotlight on press freedom at Carlos Cardoso lecture
Investigative journalism and democracy go hand in hand
Journalists-turned-authors explore organised crime
Anneliese Burgess and Mandy Weiner discuss the differences in their writing processes for their latest books.
German journalist lifts the lid on predatory science
Predatory journals endanger the credibility of science, the African Investigative Journalism Conference has been told, and journalists should investigate the issue.
Wits fostering entrepreneurship
New app to be used to anonymously report sexual harassment incidents
Final year electrical engineering students are showing support for their female colleagues.
Scepticism in the wake of the Job Summit
Almost 40% of South African youth are unemployed. (more…)
Auditor-General slates NSFAS for irregular expenditure
NSFAS has lost millions in irregular expenditure.
Transgender healthcare under the microscope
Hospitals can often be stigmatising and abusive spaces for transgender patients who seek out healthcare.
Rhodes University ‘needs sexual offences unit’
Rhodes University does not have a unit to deal with sexual offences.
Stop apologizing for being a woman of colour
In a book discussion on Dawjee’s Sorry, Not Sorry, the author speaks of her experiences as a Muslim, gay, Indian and enlightened feminist in a white South Africa.
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