The Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2018 has announced the finalists in 13 of the 17 categories that exists and out of 350 entries received this year.
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The winners will be announced at the prize-giving function on 13 September 2018. Winners receive R15,000, a trophy and a certificate. All finalists receive certificates. Commendation Certificates are awarded at the judges’ discretion.
Categories 14 to 17 will only be announced on the evening. The categories are Category 14: SA Story of the year, Category 15: Upcoming/ rising star of the year, Category 16: Journalist of the year and Category 17: Allan Kirkland Soga Lifetime Achiever Award.
Judging took place on the 17 and 18 May 2018. The judging panel comprised Mathatha Tsedu, Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards Judging Panel Convener Judge, and Adjunct Professor in the Journalism Department of the University of the Witwatersrand and SABC Board member, Dinesh Balliah, Gus Silber, Henry Jeffreys, Mike Siluma, Tyrone August, Phil Mthimkhulu, Pippa Green, Liesl Louw-Vaudran, Thabo Leshilo, Mary Papayya, Ryland Fisher, Neo Ntsoma, Maud Motanyane and Lizeka Mda.
Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2018 finalists
Category 1: Hard news
| Name | Title | Company |
| Yolande Stander, Lee-Anne Butler, Angela Daniels, Gareth Wilson, Hendrick Mphande | “Knysna Burns” | The Herald |
| Iavan Pijoos | “Scenes of Shock, anguish play out as parents learn of horror crash” | News 24 |
| Sipho Masondo | “Captured” | City Press |
Category 2: Columns/editorial
| Name | Title | Company |
| Laura Lopez Gonzalez | “Does evil cast a long shadow” | M&G |
| Nathan Trantraal | “Body of work : “Moenie huis toe gaan vir Krismis nie”, “My writing is soese pit bull terrier oppe leash”, “Dis tough om ’n laitie te leer van sokker” | Rapport |
| Natasha Marrian | “The cat is after the cream in ANC race”, “EFF could ditch DA if Ramaphosa wins”, “Call for ANC unity a self-serving farce of work” | Business Live |
| Murray La Vita, Sue de Groot | “Middagete by die Spur” “Nothing but a beef thang”, “The Pedant Class is progressing”, “Money: It can get you into and out of hot water” | Die Burger Sunday Times |
Category 3: Enterprise news
| Name | Title | Company |
| Bongani Fuzile | “We found them” (Miners) | Saturday Dispatch |
| Sarah Wild | “Gauteng’s Unidentified” | M&G |
| Shanthini Naidoo | “Medical Mayhem: Our reporter’s 24-hour shift at a Joburg hospital” | Sunday Times |
| Bongekile Macupe | “No power to the pupils” -Soweto | M&G |
| Ellis Estelle | “Bay’s toll of hunger: a dying shame” | The Herald |
Category 4: Feature writing
| Name | Title | Company |
| Lucas Ledwaba | “The last people stand alone in the face of platinum’s bulldozers”, “A new Lady Selborne is rising from apartheid’s ashes”, “A township obliterates a rural life bulldozed by apartheid” | M&G |
| Lisa Steyn | “‘Diamond dreams turn to dust as miners eye one last scoop” | M&G |
| Simon Allison | “Central African Republic”, “Like it or not Rwanda is Africa’s future”, “Kenya: The politics of provocation” | M&G |
| Zaza Hlalethwa | “The gifts of imperfect everydays” | M&G |
Category 5: Investigative journalism
| Name | Title | Company |
| Antoinette Muller, Branko Brkic, Pauli van Wyk, Adriaan Basson, Richard Poplak, Adi Eyal, Micah Reddy, Susan Comrie, Angelique Serrao, Stefaans Brümmer, Marianne Thamm, Sam Sole, Tabelo Timse, Pieter-Louis Myburgh, Craig McKune, Lionel Faull, Rebecca Davis, Sally Evans, Lester Freamon. | Gupta leaks | Daily Maverick/Amabhungane/News24 |
| Graeme Hosken | “Ford: The Burning Issue” | The Times |
| Stephan Hofstatter | “The Gupta’s Genie” and “Denel’s smoking gun” | Financial Mail |
| Commendation: Bongani Fuzile | “The plastic bag corruption” | Saturday Dispatch |
Category 6: Editorial cartoons
| Name | Title | Company |
| Jonathan Shapiro | “Political business and business” | Sunday Times |
| Sifiso Yalo | “Marikana profits” | Sowetan |
| Themba Siwela | “The key to the big money” “Non-stop bailouts for SAA” “What name what mud?” “Grace get your cord ready”, “End of the four decades rule” | The Citizen |
| Commendation: Bongani Fuzile | “The plastic bag corruption” | Saturday Dispatch |
Category 7: Graphic journalism
| Name | Title | Company |
| Jaco Grobbelaar | “The life and times of OR Thambo” | Graphics 24 for City Press |
| John McCann | “Portfolio of infographics and Illustrations | M&G |
| Theuns Kruger | “The ABC’s of voting at the ANC elective conference” | Graphics 24 for City Press |
Category 8: Popular journalism
| Name | Title | Company |
| Angelique Serrao, Pieter du Toit | “Markus Joost, the blonde polo player and a room with a view” | “News 24, Huffington Post” |
| Batlile Phaladi | “How Mdu secretly took a second wife” | Sunday World |
| Aubrey Mthombeni | “Sexter flirted with Phosa, Masualle” | Sunday World |
| Norman Masungwini | “Nomvula, thirsty for Ben 10” | Sunday Sun |
| Patricia Snazo Noto | “Ben 10 and Faith in sex shock” | Sunday Sun |
Category 9: News journalism
| Name | Title | Company |
| Bongani Shilubane | “Scramble to register” | Pretoria News |
| Michel Bega | “Jozi @work violence” | The Citizen |
| Ayanda Ndamane | “Turmoil as protesting student and cops clash” | Cape Times |
| Phandulwazi Jikelo | “Zuma denies family’s hand in nuclear deal” | Cape Argus |
| Tebogo Letsie | “A playground no more” | City Press |
| Jacques Nelles | “War cry” | The Citizen |
Category 10: Feature photographs
| Name | Title | Company |
| Esa Alexander | “Drought and the big thirst” | The Times |
| Tracy Lee Stark | Backstage swans | The Citizen |
| Cindy Waxa | “School caters for children of immigrants” | Independent Newspapers |
| Jacques Nelles | “Mud, glorious mud” | The Citizen |
Category 11: Sports photographs
| Name | Title | Company |
| Ettienne van Rensburg | Half and half | Vaalweekblad |
| Ndlovu Sandile | “Fighter plans on turning pro” | Sowetan |
| Rosetta Msimango | “Putting a spin on it” | City Press |
| Simphiwe Nkwali | “Grannies that train as boxers to keep fit” | Sunday Times |
Category 12: Presentation
| Name | Title | Company |
| Theuns Kruger | “Kop aan kop | Graphics 24 for Beeld |
| Sarah Buitendach, Vuyo Singiswa and Shaun Uthum | “FM covers 2017” | Financial Mail |
Category 13: Multiplatform
| Name | Title | Company |
| Elsabe Brits, Rudi Louw, Le Roux Schoeman | “Chris Barnard: Die lewe nalatenskap van’n mediese pionier | Netwerk 24 |
| Laura Grant and Alastair Otter | “Hidden danger: Asbestos in Gauteng’s schools” | The Times and Passmark.org.za |
| Athandiwe Saba | “The only way was murder” | M&G |
| Mia Malan, DC Bush, Delwyn Verasamy, Darren Taylor, John McCann | “I will rape them personally those drunkard women in short dresses” | M&G |
| Commendation: Daily Maverick | State Capture | Daily Maverick |
