The Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards are annual South African awards for journalism in a number of categories, awarded by Vodacom. [1]
| Year | Journalist | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sam Sole | Mail & Guardian | [2] |
| 2004 | Jacques Pauw | SABC | [2] |
| 2005 | Renee Bonorchis and Ann Crotty | Business Report | [2] |
| 2006 | Sam Sole, Stefaans Brümmer and Wisani wa ka Ngobeni | Mail & Guardian | [2] |
| Bruce Cameron | Personal Finance | ||
| 2007 | Hazel Friedman | SABC | [2] |
| 2008 | Brett Horner, Chandre Prince and Ntando Makhubu | Daily Dispatch | [2] |
| 2009 | Nomsa Maseko | Radio 702 | [2] |
| 2010 | Barbara Friedman | eTV | [2] |
| 2011 | Stephen Hoffstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika | [3] | |
| 2012 | No awards | [4] [5] | |
| 2013 | Stephen Hoffstatter, Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Rob Rose | [3] | |
| 2014 | Bongani Fuzile and Mphumzi Zuzile | [3] | |
| 2015 | James Oatway and Beauregard Tromp | [3] | |
| 2016 | David Ritchie | [3] | |
| 2017 | Branko Brkic, Pauli van Wyk, Lester Freamon, Adriaan Basson, Richard Poplak, Adi Eyal, Micah Reddy, Susan Comrie, Angelique Serrao, Stefaans Brümmer, Antoinette Muller, Marianne Thamm, Sam Sole, Tabelo Timse, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, Craig McKune, Lionel Faull, Rebecca Davis and Sally Evans | Daily Maverick , amaBhungane and News24 | [3] [6] |
| 2018 | Alastair Otter and Laura Grant | Media Hack | [7] |
| Bongani Fuzile | Daily Dispatch | ||
| 2019 | Tammy Petersen | News24 | [8] [9] |
| 2020 | Susan Comrie | amaBhungane | [10] |
| Dasen Thathiah | eNCA | ||
| 2021 | Siphamandla Goge | eNCA | [11] [12] |
| 2022 | Raymond Joseph | GroundUp | [13] |
| 2023 | Jeff Wicks | News24 | [14] [15] |
| Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons | GroundUp | ||