Over 100 grants have been made since 2006, totalling nearly R10 million. These have gone to individuals, both employed and freelance, groups of journalists, editors for a newsroom project and for a training project with students. We have contributed to books, stories, series of stories, photographic essays, podcasts, data stories on subjects as wide as crime, corruption, rhino-poaching, the environment, family history, the Marikana massacre and Duncan Village massacre of 1961.
Our grantees work has been published in the Sunday Times, The Guardian of London, Daily Maverick, News24, The Continent, Sowetan, GroundUp, The Citizen, Africa Report, The Standard in Zimbabwe, New York Times, Daily Dispatch, The Herald, Moz24, Guardian Sun in Botswana, Herald of Zimbabwe, Muslim Views, EWN/Primeda+, inter alia.
Award-winning journalism – In 2025, six of our journalists were recognised with awards:
– Leonie Joubert won the Africa Science Journalism Awards News/Feature category for her Story Ark work.
– Garikai Mafirakureva won the Outstanding Human Rights Journalist Award at the Community Trailblazers Awards in Zimbabwe.
– Yolando Moyo won Female Journalist of the Year in the Zimbabwean National Journalism and Media Awards for her story Police complicity in cross-border cattle rustling.
– Pamenus Tuso was runner-up as Anti-Corruption Journalist of the Year for his story Where is Zim’s cyanide queen?
– Annie Zulu won the Golden Award Online at the Misa Zambia Platinum and Golden Awards in Zambia for her story about the trafficking of Zambian women to Pakistan.
– Kyle Finlay, Tabelo Timse and Aldu Cornellisen were regional winners in the 2025 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards for their three-part The election influence-for-hire-industry.
For the work coming out of our SA | AJP project, go here. | For Our City News see here.
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