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: [email protected].
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: [email protected]
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.
SANEF Chairperson, Sbu Ngalwa and Standard Bank SA CEO, Lungisa Fuzile (right) hand over the Story of the Year award for Digital Vibes, to Daily Maverick’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh
Hosted by the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and sponsored by Standard Bank, the first live Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards since 2019, saw the Daily Maverick’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh winning Story of the Year for Digital Vibes.
Myburgh also won the Investigative Journalism category for ‘’Digital Vibes’’ in Daily Maverick. He was 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).
SANEF Chairperson, Sbu Ngalwa hands the Upcoming/ Rising Star of the Year award to Shonisani Tshikalange of the Sunday Times
The Upcoming/ Rising Star of the Year was shared by Shonisani Tshikalange of the Sunday Times and TimesLIVE and Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick. Ngcuka was a finalist in the Lifestyle category.
The Allan Kirkland Soga: Lifetime Achiever Award honoured Anthony Heard.
SANEF Chairperson Sbu Ngalwa and Standard Bank SA CEO, Lungisa Fuzile (right), hand over the Lifetime Achiever Award to Anthony Heard
All category winners received the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy, certificate and R15,000 prize money. All finalists also receive certificates.
The 2022 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards winners:
Category 1: Hard News
NAME TITLE COMPANY
Winner:
Team News 24
“July Unrest Breaking News”
News24
Commendation:
Mike Loewe
“35 Fuel Stations dump Shell”
Daily Dispatch
Category 3: Community Service Reporting
Winner:
Nomvuyo Ntanjana
“Tatum De Pearce”
SABC 2 And SABC News Channel 404
Commendation:
Khaya Koko
“Defenders of the last Complex standing”
Mail And Guardian
Commendation:
Don Pinnock
“The evicted residents of District Six were robbed of the golden threads of
Community”
Daily Maverick
Category 4: Investigative Journalism
Winner:
Pieter-Louis Myburgh
“Digital Vibes”
Daily Maverick
Category 5: Columns /Editorial
Winner:
Mia Malan
“The joke’s on us, South Africa”
Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism
Commendation:
Setumo Stone
“The EFF masterstroke”
City Press
Commendation:
Johanna Van Eeden
“Hoekom is ons so geskok?”
Beeld
Commendation:
Willemien Brümmer
“Dis hoekom ons moet leer om ook na Nzimande te luister”
The 2022 shortlist in the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards has been announced.
Selected from the 360 entries received this year, the ever-popular Features category boasted the most entries, followed by the Community Service Reporting, Columns/Editorial, Hard News, and Investigative Journalism categories.
Unfortunately, there are no shortlisted entries in the new category, Indigenous language reporting in community media (Category 2).
There were no shortlisted entries in Category 8: Popular Journalism, as none of the entries met the category criteria.
SIKUVILE JURY
The shortlist was determined by this year’s jury: Tyrone August, Melanie-Ann Feris, Ryland Fisher, Helen Grange, Pippa Green, Thabo Leshilo, Mapi Mhlangu, Lesley Mofokeng, Ruth Motau, Neo Ntsoma, Sue Olswang, Mary Papayya, Gus Silber, and Beauregard Tromp.
It is noted with much sadness that jury member Phindile Mary Xaba, passed away this Saturday (7 May) following a battle with cancer. SANEF, the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards team and the jury members send their condolences to the family.
LIVE EVENT
All category winners receive the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy, certificate and R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category). Finalists also receive certificates.
Hosted by the South African National Editors’ Forum, SANEF and sponsored by Standard Bank, the Awards will announce all the winners at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch, on 25 June 2022.
STANDARD BANK SIKUVILE JOURNALISM AWARDS 2022 SHORTLIST
Category 1: Hard News
NAME TITLE COMPANY
Norman Masungwini
Setumo Stone
“Bushiri escapes SA again”
City Press
Mike Loewe
“35 Fuel Stations dump Shell”
Daily Dispatch
Team News24
“July Unrest Breaking News”
News24
Category 3: Community Service Reporting
Boikhutso Ntsoko
Mia Lindeque
“10 years after Andries Tatane’s death, Ficksburg govt says Rome was not built in a day”
Eyewitness News
Don Pinnock
“The evicted residents of District Six were robbed of the golden threads of
Don Pinnock
Nomvuyo Ntanjana
“Tatum De Pearce”
SABC2 and SABC news channel 404
Khaya Koko
“Defenders of the last Complex standing”
Mail and Guardian
Category 4: Investigative Journalism
Daneel Knoetze
Body of work
News24, Daily Maverick, Viewfinder, GroundUp & Carte Blanche
Dewald van Rensburg
“The Cumex Files”
Amabhungane
Jeff Wicks
Rudi Louw
Chante Schatz
Nokuthula Manyathi
“Blood Brothers: A tobacco industry death squad exposed”
News24
Pieter-louis Myburgh
“Digital Vibes”
Daily Maverick
Susan Comrie
Sam Sole
“State Capture: The case against Nedbank”
Amabhungane
Tiara Walters
“Using Cape Town as a launchpad”
Daily Maverick
Category 5: Columns / Editorial
Chris Roper
“Unmasking the IRR’s Bogeyman”
Financial Mail
Willemien Brümmer
“Dis hoekom ons moet leer om ook na Nzimande te luister”
A reminder to all editors and journalists that the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards close today, Monday, 11 April at midnight.
Please note that all categories can be entered in any of the country’s 11 languages.
“As the entries close, we call on our journalists and photographers to enter. We have seen a sizeable number of entries and would like to see more,” explains the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) chairman, Sbu Ngalwa.
Ngalwa says these Awards rank among those that showcase the richness of the country’s journalism. He further says the category that allows entries in indigenous language reporting in community media is welcomed, as he called on entrants to enter it.
All category winners receive the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy, certificate and R15,000 prize money (to be shared if there is more than one winner in a category). Finalists also receive certificates.
Hosted by SANEF and sponsored by Standard Bank, the Awards will announce all the winners at a live event at The Venue, Melrose Arch, on 25 June 2022.
To enter the awards: www.sikuvile.org. Please find the entry kit attached.
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