Call for proposals for journalists to investigate service delivery failures in the City of Johannesburg
It has been well documented that the City of Johannesburg, the hub of the national economy, has faced severe challenges in delivering basic services such as water, roads, and electricity. To tackle these challenges, we need to understand and expose what lies behind them: poor policies, structural issues, corruption, incompetence …? We need the information to hold City management to account and – particularly in the build-up to the local elections in November – re-establish a culture of answerability in City structures.
HNF and its Our City News Project are offering grants to journalists to investigate specific cases of service delivery failures and their causes and consequences. We want to know who or what is responsible and what needs to be done to address these problems. Find out more
We’re hiring journalists
The Education Desk will be an independent virtual newsroom hosted by the Henry Nxumalo Foundation. The Desk will be journalist-led, solution-driven and dedicated to indepth, quality journalism. We will publish through a wide range of established outlets, as well as on our own platforms. We call on qualified journalists who believe in integrity, transparency and active citizenship to apply to join this team. If you’re driven by the idea of making real change in our country’s education system and participating in an exciting and innovative media venture, and have the skills to back it up, we want to hear from you.
Calling Investigative Reporters from SADCC
The Henry Nxumalo Foundation has teamed up with Viewfinder, Oxpeckers, INK Investigative Journalism Centre in Botswana and the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism to launch the Southern Africa Accountability Journalism Project, with backing from the European Union and USAID. We will be launching a call for proposals for investigative projects by SADC journalists soon. To make sure you see it, get yourself onto our mailing list by emailing henrynxumalofund@gmail.com.
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