Journalism for Justice and Change

The Canon Collins Trust was deeply honoured to receive donations in memory of Sylvester Stein following his funeral in early 2016, and we used them to set up an award scheme as a lasting memorial to the man who championed racial justice, freedom of speech and investigative journalism in South Africa.

The Fellowship supports and strengthens investigative journalists and reportage across southern Africa. We seek to structure investigations so that it also supports and champions the ongoing social justice work of Canon Collins alumni and scholars working in human rights, advocacy and activism.

Since 2016, we have awarded a Fellowship every year to the following outstanding individuals and organisations :

Our other civil society partners help to empower some of southern Africa’s most marginalised communities. From campaigning for better school facilities in the Eastern Cape to running workshops in townships on the right to housing, these organisations share our commitment to community engagement and using education as a means of achieving social justice.

We value our partnerships with civil society organisations in South Africa extremely highly, as a mutually beneficial relationship of solidarity, and a partnership of equals.  Any funding we manage to raise for our partners’ work does not change this dynamic.  We remain accountable to each other, promising transparency and fairness in our dealings with each other, and learning from each other’s work.