Download PDFAt a time when community news from places such as Venezuela, or the horrors faced by the people of Palestine, rarely sees the light of day, and when ordinary community stories are excluded from mainstream newsrooms, it becomes clear that working-class people must write and tell these stories themselves. Karibu! recognises the value of community narratives that are so often marginalised and is therefore inviting activists and individuals with potential to participate in the Forum for Activist Journalists (FAJ).
Karibu! is a newspaper written by community-embedded activist writers from working class communities across South Africa. The stories published in the paper are not accounts of the working class produced by mainstream media; rather, they are working-class stories written by working-class writers, for their own communities.
Through the FAJ programme, Karibu! seeks to build a new generation of critical community and activist journalists. We invite community organisations, social movements, trade unions, like-minded NGOs, and grassroots formations to take part in this initiative. By signing up, writers can help ensure that critical news, analysis, and community voices reach as many working-class communities as possible.
If you know of individuals with the potential to become community or activist journalists, we encourage you to get in touch with Khanya College or the Karibu! team using the contact details below. Your support will help us identify and develop writers who can contribute meaningfully to independent, people-centred media through the FAJ programme.
Contribute to building independent, working-class, people-centred media
It is our firm belief that working-class people must produce, support, and defend their own news outlets. Karibu! is one such platform rooted in struggle, accountability, and community knowledge.
Join us.
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Build people’s media.
Contacts:
• FAJ@khanyacollege.org.za
• Cde Siyabonga Mviko: 072 639 1070
• Cde Viwe Mazwana: 069 425 8026
• Cde Nosipho Mdletshe: 079 101 5880
This call was submitted on 25 January 2026. You may republish this article, so long as you credit the authors and Karibu! Online (www.Karibu.org.za), and do not change the text. Please include a link back to the original article.
