The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards remind us of the important role that journalism plays in South Africa’s democracy.
The Awards are a benchmark of the best journalists, their stories and the concerns that they write for.
And while locally, and across the globe, the journalism profession has been under pressure from budgets to model changes as well as threats to journalists not only in war zones but in all societies, the industry continues to raise the issues and expose the corrupt pertinent to their countries.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), which hosted the Awards for the first time in 2021, with sponsor Standard Bank, will acknowledge and honour the bravery of journalists and their stories at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch this Saturday, 24 June.
Standard Bank CEO, Lungisa Fuzile, and various media stakeholders and journalists were all in attendance.
Last year SANEF Chairperson, Sbu Ngalwa, said, “We are now seeing green shoots and can build.”
Also at the event last year, Standard Bank CEO, Lungisa Fuzile Fuzile said that the pandemic robbed the country of some of the best journalists in this country as he paid tribute to he industry.
Veteran editor Anthony Heard was honoured with the Allan Kirkland Soga: Lifetime Achiever Award, in 2021. He said that very few other institutions in society have the capacity to effect major change like the journalism industry can.
Further information:
SANEF:
Reggy Moalusi- Executive Director 071 682 3695 -reggy@sanef.org.za
The shortlist for this year’s edition of the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards, brought to you by South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), has been announced.
The winners will be announced at an event on Saturday, 24 June at The Venue, Melrose Arch, Gauteng.
All category winners receive the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy as well as R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category).
SHORTLIST
CATEGORY 1: HARD NEWS
NAME TITLE COMPANY
Myles Illidge
“Department of Justice ransomware attack”
MyBroadband
Norman Masungwini
“R480 Million Bill for Idle State Cars”
“2024 National Elections under threat”
City Press
Noxolo Sibiya
“How many more must die?”
Sowetan
CATEGORY 2: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REPORTING IN COMMUNITY MEDIA
Cleopatra Jones
“Not Just a Body Number”
“Inkolelo Engaziwa”
SABC
Vukosi Mathonsi
“Carjacking”
“Drugs”
“Miss SA 2022 Profile”
SABC
CATEGORY 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORTING
Liezl Human
“Plan to create ‘Khoisan Orania’ in Grabouw”
Ground up
Malibongwe Dayimani
Kayleen Morgan
“Enyobeni tavern tragedy”
News24
Nomvuyo Ntanjana
“Left off the grid”
SABC
Sune Payne
“Heartache of forced removals lingers as claimants prepare to make ‘history’ and move back to District Six”
Daily Maverick
Zikhona Tshona
“Siyabonga”
Newzroom Afrika
CATEGORY 4: POPULAR JOURNALISM
NO FINALISTS
CATEGORY 5: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Dewald van Rensburg
“The Laundry”
AmaBhungane – Daily Maverick
Jeff Wicks
“Silenced: Why Babita Deokaran was murdered”
News24
Raymond Joseph
“Gaming the Lottery”
GroundUp
Tankiso Maketha
Graeme Hosken
Aron Hyman
“Zama Zama Investigation”
TimesLIVE
CATEGORY 6: BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Ann Crotty
“Spar: Has the friendly store lost its way”
Financial Mail
Antoinette Slabbert
“Einde van die pad”
Rapport
Carol Paton
“From AK-47s to business forums: This is how SA’s ‘construction mafia’ is winning”
News24
Dewald van Rensburg
“The ANC’s Manganese ‘Gold Mine”
“Gold ‘scam’ robs SA of billions, says SARS”
AmaBhungane
Lisa Steyn
“Will Transnet be the next Eskom? Industry warns rail is in free fall in SA”
News24
Thanduxolo Jika
Philani Nombembe
Lwazi Hlangu
“Extortion mafias hold SA hostage”
Sunday Times
William Horne
“Hier is die amper 100 munisipaliteite wat Eskom R50 mjd. Skuld”
Netwerk24
CATEGORY 7: FEATURES
Franny Rabkin
“Still Searching for the Truth/The Woman in the Blue Dress”
Sunday Times
Jorisna Bonthuys
“Mother of asthmatic children fights for air in dirty shadow of coal power stations”
“The moral question that hangs over ‘more bang for your buck’”
Daily Dispatch
Mariëtte Olwagen
“Die lokomotief met die kruishoedjie”
Die Burger
Mia Lindeque
Abigail Javier
“The Homeless Graduate – Gibson’s Nzimande’s story”
Eyewitness News
Murray La Vita
“Nonconformers to hetero-normative values”
Netwerk24
Nomvuyo Ntanjana
“Carving Out Hope”
SABC
Phemelo Motene
“Forced Sterilisation” “Understanding the realities of raising a child living with Autism”
Kaya 959
Toast Coetzer
“Dierbare Woestyn”
Taalgenoot
Willemien Brümmer
“Biblioteke: Is daar ‘n toekoms?”
Netwerk24
CATEGORY 9: COLUMNS/ EDITORIAL
Hamilton Wende
“The first casualty of the war is truth – and humanity is close behind”
“Adriaan Vlok – the old man and the dark shadow of the past”
Daily Maverick
Johanna van Eeden
“Wat is SA se atarimae?”
Beeld
Kgaugelo Masweneng
“Faku was right: ‘Where there is fire, there is politics”
TimesLIVE
Mpumelelo Mkhabela
“Babita Deokaran faced politically connected procurement terrorists and lost”
News24
Sibusiso Mjikeliso
“With adequate help, Nkosi’s story can have a different ending to Tyibilika”
News24
CATEGORY 10: VISUAL JOURNALISM
Financial Mail
Sarah Buitendach,
Shaun Uthum
Vuyo Singiswa
“FM Covers 2022”
Financial Mail
Isabella Maake
“Paniekaanvalle aan die toeneem in SA”
Netwerk24
Johnn-Grant Munro
Queen Elizabeth 70 years of history”
Die Burger
Nolo Moima
“Where’s the Justice?”
Sunday Times
Rikus Ferreira
“Wakers en Makers van belofte
“SA kinders sukkel”
“Die soet druppels van oorreding”
Taalgenoot
Theuns Kruger
“Beeld F1-voorblad”
Beeld
Thulani Ntsong
“Phala Phala”, “Junkee for coal” and “Koko”
City Press
Vernon Janse van Rensburg
“Koning Charles III”
Beeld
Wilson Mgobhozi
Body of work
“How Did We Get Here?”
City Press
CATEGORY 11: NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Ashraf Hendricks
“Huge fire destroys Langa homes”
GroundUp
Ashraf Hendricks
“Taxi drivers burn streets of Hout Bay”
GroundUp
Kayleen Morgan
“KZN floods: KwaNdengezi father carries son’s body for 10km, joins sea of families desperate for help”
News24
Phandulwazi Jikelo
“Parly Fire Flares as Questions Mount”
Cape Times
Siphiwe Sibeko
“Mohlakeng descends into chaos as community burns zama zama homes and belongings”
Reuters- Timeslive
CATEGORY 12: FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
André Badenhorst
“Lank leef die konings!”
Taalgenoot
André Badenhorst
“Ouskool in Lalaland”
Taalgenoot
Felix Dlangamandla
“No Sanitation”
Daily Maverick
Sandile Ndlovu
“Fallen Reed”
Sunday Times
Thulani Mbele
“A Muddy Story”
Sowetan
CATEGORY 13: SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Ashraf Hendricks
“Gugulethu goes gaga for go-karts”
GroundUp
André Badenhorst
“Elke Tutu het ‘n storie”
Taalgenoot
André Badenhorst
“Hoe ry die boere sit-sit so”
Taalgenoot
Deaan Vivier
”Reekssege nog nie in sakkie”
Netwerk24
Lefty Shivambu
“Coach likens himself to Biblical Noah and Moses”
Sowetan
Categories 14 Manager/Publisher of the Year Award, 15. Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year, 16. Journalist of the Year and 17. The Allan Kirkland Soga / Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award (previously the Allan Kirkland Soga: Achievement Award) will be announced at the awards event.
The jury that judged the entries included: Kim Cloete, Tyrone August, Melanie-Ann Feris, Ryland Fisher
The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards (Sikuvile Awards) 2023, brought to you by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), closed with 400 entries, more than the number of entries received in 2022.
The top five categories with the most entries are Lifestyle, Hard News, Business Journalism, Community Service, and then Sports Photographs.
The popular Features category was in sixth place and Investigative Journalism in seventh place.
In this year’s edition, there has been a drop in the entries in Features and Investigative Journalism which speaks to the disturbing trend of shrinking newsrooms.
The finalists will be announced shortly, and the winners revealed on the 24th of June, in Johannesburg.
All category winners receive the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy as well as R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category).
Journalist of the Year and Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year are selected from the entries in the categories by the judges.
The Allan Kirkland Soga / Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award (previously the Allan Kirkland Soga: Achievement Award) recognises a sustained and extraordinary contribution to journalism on the part of an individual and the winner will have demonstrated impeccable ethics and craft excellence.
The entry deadline for the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards (Sikuvile Awards), brought to you by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), is around the corner as 25 May nears.
There is no deadline extension this year and with 14 categories to choose from this year, all journalists, from the hard news, investigative, community (including Indigenous language reporting), lifestyle, popular, business features, visual journalism, columns/editorial to photography (sports, news, and features) media are encouraged to enter.
All category winners receive the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy as well as R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category).
Journalist of the Year and Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year are selected from the entries in the categories by the jury.
The Allan Kirkland Soga / Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award (previously the Allan Kirkland Soga: Achievement Award) recognises a sustained and extraordinary contribution to newspaper journalism on the part of an individual and the winner will have demonstrated impeccable ethics and craft excellence.
This year the Awards theme is “Journalism: In the Face of Public LIE ability. When seeing is believing, when does the ability to lie end, and the liability begin?”
This year winners will be announced at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch, on 24 June 2023.
This year is 30 years since the United Nations marked World Press Freedom Day, which came as a recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference.
Since then, on 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.
“After 30 years, the historic connection made between the freedom to seek, impart and receive information and the public good remains as relevant as it was at the time of its signing,” says the UN.
Here at home, South African journalists continue to face a barrage of intimidation, threats, and cyberbullying, among other violations of media freedom.
Yet, journalists in SA continue to be brave as they continue to work around the clock delivering the best journalism, exposing the rot, and telling untold stories.
It is in this light that the South African National Editors’ Forum’s (SANEF) Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards (Sikuvile Awards) once again delivers this year’s edition of the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards.
The Awards, which opened last week are a highlight of the important work that journalists do in this country in guarding its democracy and is testimony to the importance of press freedom.
The Awards close on 25 May. There is no deadline extension this year. The Awards’ winners will be announced at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch, on 24 June 2023.
Winners are rewarded with the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy as well as R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category).
There are 14 categories to choose from this year, including the new category for the Manager/Publisher of the Year Award that rewards managers/publishers for their work. The entry for this is a motivation letter or proof of activities by peers in the industry.
Journalist of the Year and Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year are selected from the entries in the categories by the jury, while the jury nominates The Allan Kirkland Soga / Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award (previously the Allan Kirkland Soga: Achievement Award).
This Award recognises a sustained and extraordinary contribution to newspaper journalism on the part of an individual and the winner will have demonstrated impeccable ethics and craft excellence.
Entries for this year’s edition of the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards, brought to you by South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), are now open.
The Awards will close for entries on 25 May, with no extension and winners will be announced at an event on Saturday, 24 June at The Venue, Melrose Arch, Gauteng.
This is the second year SANEF is organising the awards. They were previously organised by PDMSA, now the Publishers’ Support Services.
The theme of the Awards this year is “Journalism: In the Face of Public LIE ability. When seeing is believing, when does the ability to lie end, and the liability begin?”
Open to all print, online/digital, broadcast (radio and TV) journalists, the Awards are a highlight on the journalistic calendar rewarding the exceptional work done by the country’s journalists in categories from investigative journalism to feature writing and lifestyle as well as a digital category that continues to grow.
The Awards reflect the importance of accurate and reliable as well as verified reporting in a world where fake news is a massive issue. They are also proof of the important role that the Fourth Estate plays in the country’s democracy.
Award Categories
The awards are open to all print, online/digital, and broadcast (radio and TV) journalists.
Manager/Publisher of the Year Award: Last year the Awards found a new home with SANEF which saw the launch of some new and exciting categories. This year a new and exciting category, The Manager/Publisher of the Year Award, rewards managers/publishers for their work. The entry for this is a motivation letter or proof of activities by peers in the industry.
Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year (Selected from the entries in the categories by the jury.)
Journalist of the Year (Selected from the entries in the categories by the jury.)
The Allan Kirkland Soga / Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement Award (previously the Allan Kirkland Soga: Achievement Award): Recognises a sustained and extraordinary contribution to newspaper journalism on the part of an individual and the winner will have demonstrated impeccable ethics and craft excellence.
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) hereby invites event management companies and individuals to bid to manage the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards processes up to the awards gala event on Saturday 24 June 2023. This would be SANEF’s second year of managing the awards since they were established in 2012.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: close of business, Friday 17 March 2023
SANEF is the most influential media freedom advocacy grouping in South Africa. Our members are veteran founding editors, current title editors, senior editors and journalists working in print, broadcasting, and digital mainstream at national, regional and community media levels. It also serves media trainers and academics from major journalism departments and training institutions across the country.
SANEF’s vision is to promote quality and ethical journalism across all media platforms, while reflecting SA’s diversity, and to champion freedom of expression. The awards are planned to be the national flagship of ethical and credible journalism awards across the media platforms which is Print, Digital, Radio and TV.
The awards see the best of the best across various journalistic platforms being benchmarked against their peers by a panel of top quality and highly reputable and credible judges.
Over the years, the Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards have become one of the key highlights in journalism awards that encourages and recognises excellent journalistic work in the country.
Previously called the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards (MSNA), in recent years the awards have become known as the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards. The awards sponsor Standard Bank has contracted SANEF to oversee the organisation of the awards.
The Awards event will be attended by SANEF leadership and members, Standard Bank’s executives, senior journalists, editors, publishers, executives from the advertising, PR/marketing, and media agencies as well as clients and service providers to the entire news media industry.
Awards and Event Management Services
SANEF is seeking bidders to help it proudly bring the awards by:
Managing the process and deliver within strict timelines a fair and transparent awards process from the invitation for applications across various categories in April to the closing date, the commencement of judging and completion, sourcing of trophies and certificates to the organising and staging of the gala dinner.
It also involves the innovative processes of the conceptualisation of a theme, the promotion of the theme and the awards throughout the planned phases to the broader media fraternity without prejudice to any media platform.
Bidder must demonstrate capability to use social media and access media platforms for the promotion of the awards process throughout the phases.
Running a judging secretariat ensuring all the entries are sorted, recorded, doing qualification checks, and checking that information is complete. They should arrange packages for the judges to access information easily and quickly.
Work closely with the SANEF office in ensuring the judging process is resourced, efficient and smoothly run.
Facilitate the communication with shortlisted candidates.
Source trophies and certificates.
Plan to reach a wide audience using short video clips, snippets of nominees, finalists, and winners.
Awards Event Management
The proposal must carefully outline how the company/individual would creatively approach the Sikuvile Journalism Award Gala dinner event.
The event concept/theme should reflect highlights of SANEF activities and priorities for the year, i.e.: media freedom, journalism sustainability, journalism wellness and safety, training of journalists, etc, as reflected on the Sanef website
Present proposed venues, menus, entertainment and decorations.
Tender documents
The tender documentation must contain the following and bidders will be scored accordingly:
Name of bidder and contact details.
Company registration details, company profile and diversity information.
Information on the bidder’s experience in running awards related events – please provide examples and information of journalism or other media related awards processes and events organised in the recent past, including contact details for reference purposes.
Names and ID numbers of project team leaders, and their relevant experience in running such events.
The bidder must outline how they would approach the project by providing concrete proposals on the following:
Managing the judging process, including the processes and systems for applications and judging to facilitate a fair and transparent adjudication, supporting the judging process, facilitating compensation of the judges and related assistance.
Staging the awards ceremony, including the awards production, proposed theme, entertainment and decorations.
Publicity, marketing and communications plan to popularise and stimulate interest in entering the awards and the awards event.
Proposed venues and menus appropriate for the stature of the event.
An itemised budget covering all the activities listed in the proposal.
Shortlisted bidders will be asked to compile a slide deck for presentation to the SANEF Management team.
Date for submission: close of business, Friday 17 March 2023
Submit your tender(s) to SANEF Administrator Ms Dzudzie Netshisaulu email: sanef@sanef.org.za.
Please note the decision of the SANEF Management Committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into with unsuccessful bidders.
CALL FOR TENDER: ORGANISING STANDARD BANK SIKUVILE JOURNALISM AWARDS AND EVENT MANAGEMENT’ PROJECT
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) hereby invites event management companies and individuals to bid to manage the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards processes up to the awards gala event on Saturday 24th June 2023. This would be SANEF’s second year of managing the awards since they were established and staged in 2012.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: close of business, Tuesday 28 February 2023
Introduction
SANEF is the most influential media freedom advocacy grouping in South Africa. Our members are veteran founding editors, current title editors, senior editors and journalists working in print, broadcasting, and digital mainstream at national, regional and community media levels. It also serves media trainers and academics from major journalism departments and training institutions across the country.
SANEF’s vision is to promote quality and ethical journalism across all media platforms, while reflecting SA’s diversity, and to champion freedom of expression. The awards are planned to be the national flagship of ethical and credible journalism awards across the media platforms which is Print, Digital, Radio and TV.
The awards see the best of the best across various journalistic platforms being benchmarked against their peers by a panel of top quality and highly reputable and credible judges.
Over the years, the Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards have become one of the key highlights in journalism awards that encourages and recognises excellent journalistic work in the country.
Previously called the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards (MSNA), in recent years the awards have become known as the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards. The awards sponsor Standard Bank has contracted SANEF to oversee the organisation of the awards for the second year in the row.
The Awards event will be attended by SANEF leadership and members, Standard Bank’s executives, senior journalists, editors, publishers, executives from the advertising, PR/marketing, and media agencies as well as clients and service providers to the entire newspaper industry.
Awards and Event Management Services
SANEF is seeking bidders to help it proudly bring the awards by:
Management the process and deliver within strict timelines a fair and transparent awards process from the invitation for applications across various categories in February to the closing, the commencement of judging and completion, sourcing of trophies and certificates to the organising and staging of the gala dinner.
It also involves the innovative processes of the conceptualisation of a theme, The promotion of the theme and the awards throughout the planned phases to the broader media fraternity without prejudice to any media platform.
Bidder must demonstrate capability to use social media and access media platforms for the promotion of the awards process throughout the phases. It should thoroughly promote the event’s pre and post awards with vigor.
Be instrumental in the secretariat from ensuring all the entries are sorted, recorded, and ensure they are qualifying, and that information is complete. They should arrange packages for the judges to access information easily and quickly.
Work closely with the SANEF office in ensuring the judging process is resourced, efficient and smoothly run.
Facilitate the communication with shortlisted candidates. Source trophies and certificates
plan to reach wider audience by short video clips, snippets of nominees, finalists, and winners.
Awards Event Management
The proposal must carefully and outline how the company/individual would creatively approach the Sikuvile Journalism Award Gala dinner event.
Visibility of Event concept/theme reflecting highlights of SANEF priorities for the year, i.e.: journalism sustainability, Safety and training of journalists
Present proposed venues and menus plans for event’s entertainment and decorations,
detailed budget and present a marketing strategy to promote and publicise the awards. Details would be available at the SANEF Office.
Prospective companies and individuals should submit documents that contain the following:
Name of company/individual and contact details including company registration and ID numbers of representatives.
Profile and references
Bidders can apply with proposals that detail:
all proposed processes/systems for applications to facilitate a fair and transparent adjudication.
Facilitate compensation of judges’ stipend and related assistance
the format envisaged for the awards event.
a timeframe for producing a world-class awards event, amid lingering Covid-19 restrictions.
Presents a total cost with budget heads indicated.
Shortlisted bidders will be asked to prepare a presentation to the SANEF tender management team.
Send your proposal in writing to Dzudzie Netshisaulu by email: sanef@sanef.org.za
Note to Editors:The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists, and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. We are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ethics, and diversity in the South African media. We promote excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research and education and training programmes. SANEF is not a union.
The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2022 are a reminder of the important role that journalism plays in South Africa’s democracy.
Hosted by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) for the first time, the Awards honoured the best journalists and their stories at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch last Saturday.
While newspapers might be under pressure, the standard of local journalism is still high, as the winners of the Awards prove.
All the winning articles raised important issues in South Africa showing just why journalism is critically important to the country. The Awards themselves are significant as they set a benchmark for excellence in journalism, a profession that has been under attack and undermined worldwide.
SANEF office bearers, including Sbu Ngalwa, SANEF Chairperson, and sponsors Standard Bank’s representatives and Standard Bank CEO, Lungisa Fuzile, and various media stakeholders and journalists were all in attendance.
Heroes and Heroines
Ngalwa says that while the industry has been through a tough time over the past two years, with the industry affected by journalists losing their lives due to COVID-19 and a jobs bloodbath, exacerbated by various media titles closing, , the Awards show that South African journalism is thriving. “We are now seeing green shoots and can build.”
Fuzile says that the pandemic robbed the country of some of the best journalists in this country.
He paid tribute to the industry. “You are a great service to our relatively young democracy. I will make a bold statement and say that without you our democracy would fail. Every one of you here in this room and watching online is a hero and heroine. We are eternally grateful to you and proud of what you have achieved over the past two years.”
Never give up!
At the Awards, veteran editor Anthony Heard was honoured with the Allan Kirkland Soga: Lifetime Achiever Award. Heard, who was a shining light in the dark days of Apartheid, gave the audience the thumbs up and shouted, “Never give up!” after receiving his award.
Heard says that now, more than ever the media is vulnerable and in need of patrons. “The media, and journalists, must be supported. The enlightened corporations and institutions know that. They need to invest in the media as it is an investment in their future.”
He says that journalists are not invincible but some of their actions can lead to major change. “Very few other institutions in society have that capacity.”
The value of the industry
Daily Maverick’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh expressed surprise at winning Story of the Year for Digital Vibes. But says he is thrilled.
Myburgh also won the Investigative Journalism category for ‘’Digital Vibes’’, published by Daily Maverick, and is one of several journalists who won the Investigative Journalism category in 2018 for the collaborative body of work “Gupta Leaks”. He is also the author of the book: Gangster State (Penguin Random House).
He says the Sikuvile Awards give journalists a moment to bask a bit in the recognition of their work. “Because in between there are many challenging and difficult moments.”
Lifestyle category winner, Graham Wood, from Financial Mail says the Awards are important because journalism is under fire. “It is good for the industry to remind itself of its value from time to time.”
More young people into the industry
The Upcoming/ Rising Star of the Year was shared by Shonisani Tshikalange of the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE and Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick. Ngcuka, who was also a finalist in the Lifestyle category, says it is important for young people to enter the profession. “We need as many people as we can to hold our leaders accountable to the work they are supposed to be doing.”
The Awards also acknowledged the role of jury member Phindile Mary Xaba, who passed away shortly after the jury session.
This was the first live awards event in two years and the first awards since 2020.
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