Serving Investigative Journalism
We build investigative journalism in the SADC region of Southern Africa in the service of a free, capable media and open, accountable democracy.
Member Centres
We currently have seven member investigative journalism centres – in Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa.
They are the leading independent, non-profit investigative newsrooms in each of their countries. Some may be small, but collectively they punch well above their weight.
Stakeholder Transparency
Investigative journalists demand accountability and transparency from those they report on. Expect it of us too.
See our annual narrative and financial
reports, who funds us, and more.
News Feed
Read the latest investigative stories from our member centres.
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Online gambling: Look who’s knocking at the door
on August 14, 2026In February this year a regulator, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board (WCGRB), announced the planned sale of a bookmaker license to a newly […]
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Future disconnect: The digital divide in SA’s energy minerals boom
on August 12, 2026The minerals keeping the world's digital infrastructure running are extracted from communities where young people struggle to access reliable […]
Makanday Center for Investigative Journalism
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OPINION | What Do Zambians Want?
on August 15, 2026“What do Zambians want?” We have been told that President Hakainde Hichilema has repeatedly asked this question within his inner circle ahead of […]
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The Love Scam Empire
on July 19, 2026Young Namibians recruited to pretend to be rich, using fake social media accounts and scamming older men online By Tracy Tafirenyika | 17 July 2026 […]
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How the absence of a drug-testing facility is gambling with the lives of...
on August 6, 2026All pictures: Ministry of Health Facebook BY INHLASE REPORTER A decade after Eswatini passed a law to establish an autonomous Medicines Regulatory […]
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Community battles for fresh air as Polihali quarry dust engulfs their village
on August 13, 2026Dust from Polihali Dam construction and quarry sites regularly engulfs the nearby village of Tsekong. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi. “It looks like […]
