A collection of finalists of the Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Reporting, this book illustrates the revival of hard-hitting investigative reporting in South Africa and highlights its important role. These exposes range from government corruption and white collar crime to environmental and social issues. With a comprehensive discussion on the state of South African journalism, these stories were originally published by the country's most reputable newspapers and make no qualms about covering the controversial: the horrors of Zimbabwe prisons, shifty politicians, and shoot-to-kill policemen.
Margaret Renn joined the Wits Jouranlism department in January 2009. She has worked for 25 years as an investigative journalist in the UK, with the celebrated British investigative journalist Paul Foot on his weekly column in the Daily Mirror; for Rough Justice, the BBC's flagship investigative television programme, dedicated to uncovering miscarriages of justice; as an independent radio producer for the BBC World Service and UK domestic stations. Before coming to South Africa she also ran the Centre for Investigation Journalism, based at City University, London, which provides training for investigative journalism
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