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Tulani Ngwenya

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Southern Africa
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Covers:  Energy, Mining, Wildlife-Crimes, Climate, Conservation, Education, Governance
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Tulani Ngwenya’s Biography

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Journalist
Financial Mail
Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism
Southern Africa Accountability Journalism Project (SA | AJP) Fellow (2025)

Recent background:
Journalist, Henry Nxumalo Foundation – Mother Tongue Literacy Project (Sep–Nov 2025)

Investigative Journalist, Southern Africa Accountability Journalism Project (Feb–Jun 2025)

Contributor, BusinessLIVE Financial Mail (Jul 2025–Present)

Pretoria Bureau Chief, Africa News 24 (2023–Present)

News Editor, Highveld Chronicle (2021–…

Tulani Ngwenya’s Journalist Portfolio

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How deep are the cracks at ATNS?

How deep are the cracks at ATNS?

Attrition, suspended procedures, an outdated system and ministerial intervention. Should South Africans be wo…

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Sharing the rails

Sharing the rails

Private operators freight rail are being allowed on the state-owned network, a reform hailed by investors but…

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How South Africa's mineral wealth is wasted

How South Africa's mineral wealth is wasted

The country has the resources needed for clean energy, advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure. Wha…

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Radios Hold the Line at G20 - ProtectionWeb

Radios Hold the Line at G20 - ProtectionWeb

South Africa's first G20 Leaders' Summit was not only a test of diplomacy and security but also a proving gro…

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From panic to partnerships: New thinking on people and poaching

From panic to partnerships: New thinking on people and poaching

We must choose our words more carefully if we are to get to grips with the illegal wildlife trade and contrib…

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Pipes run dry as thirsty Joburg heads into water crisis

Pipes run dry as thirsty Joburg heads into water crisis

Communities shaped by apartheid-era neglect carry the heaviest burden, say water activists

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Articles

Africa | Big Brother Wildlife

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By Benon Herbert Oluka Verified, Sam Schramski, Tulani Ngwenya
| zammagazine.com
Surveillance technology designed to protect endangered species is being weaponised against communities living in natural areas across the African continent. Its repercussions range from harassment to physical violence. Modern wildlife conservation has, in effect, morphed into a video game with real-world consequences.
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Tunnel vision for sick rivers

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By Tulani Ngwenya
| BusinessLIVE Verified
Engineer Phil de Jager’s plan to rescue Gauteng’s polluted Hennops and Jukskei rivers involves those living close to the waterways, technology and even a tunnel from the Vaal Dam. The CEO of Archangel Special Projects says these rivers, once the lifeblood of Gauteng’s industrial heart, have turned into “open sewers running through residential areas”. But where most see an ecological write-off, he sees an economic opportunity.
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‘Waste Lords’ have turned Joburg’s old dumps into criminal havens

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By Nomazulu Moyo, Tulani Ngwenya
| ourcitynews.co.za
Armed criminal syndicates have taken control of a number of Joburg’s decommissioned landfills, selling access to them for illegal dumping, using them as a base for drug peddling and other illegal activities and burning the waste in ways that endanger adjacent communities. Despite being closed in 2010, the Kya Sands site has become a lucrative hub for “waste lords” who facilitate the illegal dumping of up to 200 truck-loads daily, including from commercial waste management companies.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Community news reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Reshaping news.