By Ugandan journalist Christopher Kiwawulo, first published in New Vision. Several Chinese investors have lost billions of shillings in well planned dubious moves orchestrated by well connected crafty Ugandan mafias, New Vision has established. In some of the cases, the mafias… Continue Reading
Wits University and the Africa-China Reporting Project invite you to: Belt & Road Conference 23 November 2018, 08:30-14:00 including lunch Exam Hall at Linder Auditorium, Wits Education Campus, 27 St Andrews Road, Parktown Parking is available throughout the Education Campus. Please… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Journalists Forum & Photo Exhibition took place at Wits University on 1 November. The Photo Exhibition featured 20 images taken by 14 photographers; at the Forum Justin Hui, Hong Kong-based photographer and architect, led a discussion of all… Continue Reading
A Casualty of Power by Mukuka Chipanta (Weaver Press, October 2016) is a fast-paced contemporary fictional tale about a young man, Hamoonga Moya, who grows up in a small Zambian copper mining town, Kitwe. He leaves behind his familiar surroundings in pursuit… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project presents: Film screening of GUANGZHOU DREAM FACTORY and Q&A with director Christiane Badgley in conversation with Cobus van Staden Friday 2 November 2018, 16:30 – 18:30 eMakhaya Theatre, University Corner Building, 19th floor University of the Witwatersrand,… Continue Reading
Poacher. Confessions from the Abalone Underworld by Kimon de Greef and Shuhood Abader (Kwela, September 2018) is an unprecedented inside view of South Africa’s illicit abalone trade, a lawless underwater treasure hunt for a marine snail prized as a delicacy in… Continue Reading
The Chinese in Africa-Africans in China (CAAC) Research Network held its 5th Research Network Conference entitled China-Africa in Global Comparative Perspective, at the Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels on 27-29 June 2018. The 3-day conference gathered over 120 international speakers… Continue Reading
China House has undertaken wildlife conservation activities among Chinese communities in Africa for four years now. While our task has not been easy, we have learned some valuable lessons from our activities in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project, the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, and the African Centre for the Study of the United States at the University of the Witwatersrand invite you to: Open Forum: UNGA 73 – The UN and Global… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Journalists Forum & Photo Exhibition, the Project’s annual gathering of journalists and reporters discussing their Africa-China investigations, will take place at Wits University on 1 November 2018. This year’s event will be a unique occasion as it will… Continue Reading