Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

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The Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards are annual South African awards for journalism in a number of categories, awarded by Vodacom. [1]

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List of national winners

YearJournalistPublisherRef.
2003 Sam Sole Mail & Guardian [2]
2004 Jacques Pauw SABC [2]
2005Renee Bonorchis and Ann Crotty Business Report [2]
2006 Sam Sole, Stefaans Brümmer and Wisani wa ka Ngobeni Mail & Guardian [2]
Bruce CameronPersonal Finance
2007Hazel Friedman SABC [2]
2008Brett Horner, Chandre Prince and Ntando Makhubu Daily Dispatch [2]
2009Nomsa Maseko Radio 702 [2]
2010Barbara Friedman eTV [2]
2011Stephen Hoffstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika [3]
2012No awards [4] [5]
2013Stephen Hoffstatter, Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Rob Rose [3]
2014Bongani Fuzile and Mphumzi Zuzile [3]
2015James Oatway and Beauregard Tromp [3]
2016David Ritchie [3]
2017Branko 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]
2018Alastair Otter and Laura GrantMedia Hack [7]
Bongani Fuzile Daily Dispatch
2019Tammy Petersen News24 [8] [9]
2020Susan Comrie amaBhungane [10]
Dasen Thathiah eNCA
2021Siphamandla Goge eNCA [11] [12]
2022Raymond Joseph GroundUp [13]
2023Jeff Wicks News24 [14] [15]
Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons GroundUp

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