News24 | Mantshantsha's exposé on Mogale City sewage scandal shines at Taco Kuiper awards

News24 | Mantshantsha's exposé on Mogale City sewage scandal shines at Taco Kuiper awards

Raw sewage being pumped into rivers, homes engulfed in foul-smelling water, and dead fish floating on lifeless water bodies - these were some of the horrors exposed by journalist Sikonathi Mantshantsha in a powerful investigative series published by News24.

Gold standard of South African investigative reporting honoured at 2025 Taco Kuiper Awards

Sikonathi Mantshantsha of News24 takes top honours at the 2025 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism with his powerful series “Waste Land”, exposing the dismal state of municipal sewage and sanitation infrastructure in the Mogale City Local Municipality and the indignity suffered by people living in the area. Judges said the series is an example of the best in investigative journalism, and cited the exemplary storytelling, tangible exam…