The national awards ceremony hosted in Sandton was the culmination of a countrywide search for outstanding South African journalists by the annual Vodacom Journalist of the Year Competition.
Brett Horner, Chandre Prince and Ntando Makhubu from the Daily Dispatch are the overall winners of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2008, for their powerful story on the tragic death of babies at the Frere Hospital. Pictures by Lettie Ferreira