#MineAlert tackles threats to water resources
New Water Threats map layers provide a birds’-eye view of mining risks to SA's ground and surface water reserves...
28 March, 2018
Oxpeckers Blogs
Pioneering multimedia tech for climate change
Lessons we learnt from experimenting with savvy storytelling tech to tell visually strong and impactful multimedia investigations...
10 November, 2017
Mine closure investigations win top award
Pioneering data journalism project on financial provisions for mine closures and rehabilitation is rewarded with top environmental media award...
25 October, 2017
Progress through partnerships
#MineAlert's Tholakele Nene discusses the importance of building trusted partnerships when creating tools for transparency and accountability...
18 September, 2017
Firing up my career in data journalism
A lot of tools and skill go into creating a cutting-edge multimedia investigation, as Tricia Govindasamy discovered when covering our Fire Factories feature...
15 September, 2017
#MineAlert: A year of digging dirt
Want to find out how many uranium mines there are in SA, given the focus on nuclear build? This kind of information is available on our #MineAlert map...
04 April, 2017
ClimaTracker: Can you afford to eat?
What does climate change mean for the average household? Our new ClimaTracker Food Basket Calculator shows the costs in real terms...
01 March, 2017
Mozambique associate wins environment award
Estacio Valoi, an Oxpeckers Associate based in Mozambique, won the environmental journalism award at the 15th anniversary celebrations of the Worldwide Fund for Nature...
30 January, 2017
Oxpeckers wins CNN Multichoice African Journalist Award
'Swashbuckling tale' of poaching links from Namibia to China won Oxpeckers a prestigious CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award...
10 October, 2016
The double-edged sword of mining
Communities affected by mining in South Africa live under a double-edged sword. Geojournalism helps them to participate in governance and compliance monitoring...
26 August, 2016