Food For Mzansi’s citizen journalism project bears fruit

Food for Mzansi names top citizen journos

Last week agri-news publisher Food For Mzansi hosted an award ceremony for the top performers from its WhatsApp-based citizen journalism initiative, Sinelizwi (isiXhosa for ‘we have the word’). The year-long program was supported by the Google News Initiative, and received the 2020 Africa Digital Media Award for best news literacy project. Read more.

Scrolla tracks the Adam Habib saga

Scrolla, a bilingual mobile-first news agency, was the first to cover the latest twist in the controversy around South African academic Adam Habib, who faces calls to be removed as head of a UK university over use of the “n-word”. Scrolla broke news of a statement by four South African intellectuals defending Habib, which has further stoked the controversy.

DM podcast continues its search for solutions

The latest episode of Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Daily Maverick’s flagship podcast, continues its pivot to solutions-focused journalism, with an exploration of how the debate around South Africa’s apartheid and colonial monuments can learn from other societies grappling with an ugly past.

 #SMWX on the need for new politics

The latest video from youth politics hub #SMWX featured political analyst Tessa Dooms to discuss former DA Leader Tony Leon’s reemergence in the party’s factional debates, and the need to imagine a political future beyond the ANC.

 gsport marks winners of women’s sports

Women’s sports outlet gsport spotlighted some of the champion athletes celebrated at the recent Recognition of Excellence in Sport Awards – including special mention for the Protea Women, who are climbing the international rankings for women’s cricket after a series of wins against New Zealand, Pakistan and India.

Hashtag our Stories is hiring

Hashtag our Stories is looking to fill ten permanent vacancies. The digital story-telling agency publishes videos about people positively changing their world using snapchat. For more information on the available position email them at work@hashtagourstories.com

New podcasts from Volume

Podcasting start-up Volume has released new episodes for a range of shows.

Power of the Streets, produced with Human Rights Watch, features an interview with an Ethiopian student leader struggling for women’s rights.

The weekly Afrikaans news wrap, Nuus met Spies, unpacked road death statistics from the Easter weekend and details of the country’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Finally, What’s Crap on WhatsApp, the hoax debunking podcast hosted with Africa Check, has a new co-host, with Volume’s Andisiwe May taking over from co-founder Paul McNally.