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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Eskom paid hundreds of millions for diesel that ‘didn’t exist’
on August 21, 2026Last month, a group of investigators turned up at the gates of Burgan Terminal, a massive fuel import and storage depot in Cape Town harbour. They […]
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#MineAlert launches new Transition Minerals Tracker
on August 18, 2026The Oxpeckers #MineAlert project returns 10 years after the success of its pilot – this time focusing on transition minerals. Andiswa Matikinca […]
Makanday Center for Investigative Journalism
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Lost in January. Won in August
on August 27, 2026Peter Yuda, who lost the Kasama mayoral by-election in January 2026, has returned to the ballot box and won the mayoral seat — this time on the […]
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Why Angolan spoon-seller children keep returning to Windhoek
on August 17, 2026By Charlotte Nambadja | 18 August 2026 On the cold and windy evening of 16 June, about 10 Angolans huddle around a fire in Windhoek’s Okuryangava […]
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The King Wants E2Bn From Tourism: The Trash on the Tourist Road Says Otherwise
on August 26, 2026Eswatini is chasing two million visitors by 2027. In Mpaka, a trading hub on the corridor to its game parks and the Mozambican border, the garbage […]
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How Lesotho’s water export project left host villages struggling for water
on August 26, 2026A 1,485-metre Polihali TBM access tunnel, excavated beneath Tloha-Re-Bue village to facilitate construction of the transfer tunnel from Polihali Dam […]
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TERMINATOR: OMBUDSMAN PROBE ENDS 16 ‘ILLEGAL’ CONTRACTS
on August 28, 2026By Gregory GondweScores of officials at the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), including two of its former Director Generals, were […]
