Villagers wait to board an overcrowded boat in Lambara village, Sokoto state, north-west Nigeria. The state has been affected ...

The land is disappearing at an alarming rate. Ghana’s coastal erosion causes the sea to progress inland at an average rate of ...

A special and exciting programme to develop a new generation of investigative reporters, a partnership between Wits Journalism, Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies and the Open Society ...

Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons of GroundUp took top honours at the 18th Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism for their explosive exposé of Thabo Bester’s escape from prison, a saga which ...

Taco Kuiper Grants are made to encourage investigate journalism in South African print media. A fund of up to R350 000 is available annually. Grants are available for print journalists or print ...

African and international speakers share the best investigative stories of the year. And check out our trainers who will make you better investigative journalists: from data journalism to trainer in ...

In April 2024, unusually heavy rain in south-western Burundi caused a landslide that flattened nearly 500 homes in the village of Gabaniro, Rumonge province. A young child was killed, 2,500 people ...

Over seventy Taco Kuiper grants have been made between 2007 and 2017, with a total value of oR2.7m. These have gone to individuals, both employed and freelance, groups of journalists, editors for a ...

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