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Sikuvile Journalism awards winners were unveiled at the glittering ceremony

THE 2023 Standard Bank, the Sikuvile Journalism Awards winners are out.

Phandulwazi Jikelo of the Cape Times is the 2023 Journalist of the Year.  

The awards were held at Melrose Arch, Joburg on Saturday.

As the winner of the News photographs category, Jikelo is the first photojournalist to be named Journalist of the Year for many years, as the Journalist of the Year has generally come out of the Investigative or Hard news category.

Michelle Banda from Daily Maverick was named the Juby Mayet Rising Star of the Year.

Justin Langeveld of News24 and Netwerk24 was named Manager/Publisher of the Year.

The Allan Soga/Standard Bank Chairman’s Lifetime Achievement went to Eusebius McKaiser, who recently passed away.

All category winners received the coveted Sikuvile Journalism Award Trophy, certificate, and R15,000 prize money.

All finalists receive certificates.

 Winners and Commendations 2023

CATEGORY 1:   Hard News

Winner    Norman Masungwini “R480 Million Bill for Idle State Cars” “2024 National Elections under threat”    City Press

CATEGORY 2: Indigenous Language Reporting in Community Media  

Winner   Cleopatra Jones   “Not Just a Body Number”  “Inkolelo Engaziwa”SABC  

CATEGORY 3:  Community Service Reporting

WinnerMalibongwe Dayimani Kayleen Morgan“Enyobeni tavern tragedy”News24
CommendationSune Payne“Heartache of forced removals lingers as claimants prepare to make ‘history’ and move back to District Six”Daily Maverick
CommendationLiezl Human “Plan to create ‘Khoisan Orania’ in Grabouw”Ground up
CommendationZikhona Tshona Njabulo Cele“Siyabonga”Newzroom Afrika

CATEGORY 4:   Popular Journalism

NO WINNER

 CATEGORY 5:   Investigative Journalism

WinnerJeff Wicks“Silenced: Why Babita Deokaran was murdered”News24

CATEGORY 6:   Business Journalism

WinnerAnn Crotty“Spar: Has the friendly store lost its way”Financial Mail
CommendationCarol Paton“From AK-47s to business forums: This is how SA’s ‘construction mafia’ is winning”News24
CommendationLisa Steyn“Will Transnet be the next Eskom? Industry warns rail is in free fall in SA”News24
CommendationDewald van Rensburg“The ANC’s Manganese ‘Gold Mine”  AmaBhungane
CommendationDewald van Rensburg Sam Sole Micah Reddy“Gold ‘scam’ robs SA of billions, says SARS”AmaBhungane
Commendation  Antoinette Slabbert  “Einde van die pad”Rapport

 CATEGORY 7:  Features

WinnerMEDIA HACK TEAM. Laura Grant Leonie Joubert Alastair Otter Tanya Pampalone Gemma Ritchie Gemma Gatticchi Paul Botes   “A Perfect Storm”Media Hack-TheOutlier.co.za
 WinnerNEWS24 TEAM. Nokuthula Manyathi Sharlene Rood Chante Schatz Kayleen Morgan Amy Gibbings Aljoscha Kohlstock“When the rains came”News24
CommendationWillemien Brümmer“‘n Reeks oor haweloses” (two-part series)Netwerk24

CATEGORY 8:   Lifestyle

WinnerNomvuyo Ntanjana“Carving Out Hope”SABC

CATEGORY 9:   Columns/ Editorial

WinnerHamilton 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
CommendationSibusiso Mjikeliso “With adequate help, Nkosi’s story can have a different ending to Tyibilika”News24  
CommendationJohanna van Eeden“Wat is SA se atarimae?”Beeld
CommendationKgaugelo Masweneng“Faku was right: ‘Where there is fire, there is politics'”Timeslive

CATEGORY 10:   Visual Journalism

Winner  Rikus Ferreira “Wakers en Makers van belofte  “SA kinders sukkel”  “Die soet druppels van oorreding”  Taalgenoot

CATEGORY 11:   News photographs

Winner    Phandulwazi Jikelo  “Parly Fire Flares as Questions Mount”  Cape Times-Weekend Argus
CommendationSiphiwe Sibeko “Mohlakeng descends into chaos as community burns Zama Zama homes and belongings”Reuters- Timeslive

CATEGORY 12:  Feature Photographs

Winner    Sandile Ndlovu “Fallen Reed”  Sunday Times

CATEGORY 13:   Sports Photographs

WinnerLefty Shivambu“Coach likens himself to Biblical Noah and Moses”Sowetan

Image (Norman Masungwini from City Press won the Hard News category).

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