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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ELECTION WATCH: The Ballot Was National. The Ground Game Isn’t — And Now...
on August 17, 2026Before Zambia voted, MakanDay went through the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) nomination records and found a striking difference between 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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No toilet, no water: the crossroads hub the state forgot
on August 17, 2026Luve functions as a town-like trading hub without a town’s services: no public toilet, no piped water, no waste collection. A World Bank-funded […]
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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 […]
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THE UNTOUCHABLES
on August 17, 2026How a K500 million illegal Tampering with the Escom Power Facility left Limbe in darkness—and left the elite culprit unpunishedBY MILIMO […]
