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Monday, 29 October 2018 - Sunday, 04 November 2018

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This year the conference presents more than 70 speakers in 60 different sessions, including winners of the Pulitzer, Taco Kuiper and Global Shining Light awards.

Participants will come from at least 36 countries. Keynote speakers include Pulitzer Prize-winner Clare Baldwin (for her work on the Philippine drug war); Head of Channel 4 News Ben Pears (who oversaw the Cambridge Analytica sting); Anas Anas (the Ghanaian undercover specialist); Ethiopian blogger Befeqadu Hailu Techie; and former South African Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela.

Other highlights include:

  • the people behind #GuptaLeaks, West Africa Leaks and DubaiLeaks explaining how they did it
  • the sharpest new digital and online tools for investigators
  • cutting edge data journalism and digital skills
  • a television workshop by the head of Channel 4 News, Ben de Pears
  • a half-day workshop on media sustainability, with case studies from around the world on what is working
  • a Master class in Following the Money - how to investigate financial fraud and corruption
  • a focus on how journalists should keep themselves and their work safe and secure
  • the best exposés from the best journalists talking about how they broke these stories

More information: http://journalism.co.za/aijc18/ 

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Ubuhle is a documentary film directed and produced by two young black female filmmakers, Pretty Mangena and Mbali Mashaba, that is centered around the politics of beauty. it focuses on beauty standards and the ideologies that have defined these in and around the black community and how they are often linked to history and politics of survival. It is also in the work of decolonizing beauty documentary focuses on colorism, pretty privilege, make up, hair, the male gaze, and how these concepts have influenced beauty in the past and the present. A huge emphasis is placed on how mass media is constantly reinforcing beauty ideals.
 
  • The documentary screening of Ubuhle will take place on Friday the 26th of October 2018 at The Biscope in Maboneng at 17:30 for 18:00, seats are limited at the official screening therefore please RSVP at prettymangenaprm@gmail.com or luciammashaba@gmail.com.
  • There will also be a screening at the Wits Main Theatre on the 29th of October 2018 at 16:30 for 17:00 which will be followed by a panel discussion in which you can engage with the film, filmmakers and a panel. 

 
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The narratives in this book, collected by researchers, journalists and writers, reflect the many facets of South Africa’s post-apartheid decades. They are the stories of South Africans, some Gauteng-born, others from neighbouring provinces, striving to realise the promises of democracy. They are also the stories of newcomers from neighbouring countries and from as far afield as Pakistan and Rwanda, seeking a secure future in those very promises.

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Drawing on her experience with health inequalities in prehistoric populations, Professor Schepartz presents how she pursues similar questions regarding the impact of gender and social roles on health in contemporary African societies. Her research employs a multidisciplinary perspective, incorporating data on dental growth and development, oral health and biocultural anthropology.

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This year the event includes the Africa-China Photo Exhibition in the Atrium, moderated by photographer and architect Justin Hui and featuring exhibition winner, Liu Yuyang along with the images of 12 other photographers. The forum will also feature eight investigative journalists discussing their ongoing Africa-China investigations; authors Mukuka Chipanta (A Casualty of Power, 2016) and Kimon de Greef (Poacher. Confessions from the Abalone Underworld, 2018); filmmaker Christiane Badgley (Guangzhou Dream Factory); China House Founder and Manager Huang Hongxiang; and Project Research Associate Wu Yu-Shan on the Project’s major lessons and experiences over the last decade. Full programme.

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Speakers include:

  • Prof.  Mbulungeni Madiba (Associate Professor and Co-ordinator of the Multilingualism Education Project at the University of Cape Town) 
  • Prof. Innocentia Mhlambi (Associate Professor of African Languages, School of Literature, Language and Media at the University of the Witwatersrand)     
  • Prof.  Leketi Makalela (Professor of Languages, Literacies and Literatures, Wits School of Education, and Director of the Hub for Multilingual Education and Literacies (HuMEL) Research and Development Centre)  
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Immigration, globalisation, Chinese factories and African dreams. Guangzhou Dream Factory is a documentary film that weaves stories of Africans chasing alluring, yet elusive, “Made in China” dreams into a compelling critique of 21st Century global capitalism. Featuring a cast of men and women from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, Guangzhou Dream Factory provides a rare glimpse of African aspirations in an age of endless outsourcing. A question and answer will follow after the film screening.

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The 14th annual African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2018), Africa’s premier gathering of investigative journalists.
Watch out for the two screenings on the 26 and 29 October at the Bioscope, Maboneng and Wits Theatre respectively.
This book is edited by Professor Loren Landau and Tanya Pampalone.
Professor Lynne Schepartz from the School of Anatomical Sciences will deliver her inaugural lecture.
The Africa-China Reporting Project at Wits will host this annual gathering of journalists and reporters discussing Africa-China investigation.
The seminar will discuss various aspects of university language policy implementation and the practice, pros and cons of multilingual teaching and research.
The Africa-China Reporting Project will host this film screening.