Finalists are listed alphabetically within each category, not in winning order. Winners will be announced at the awards show.
| Best Host | ||
| Finalist | Host | Listen |
| Baby Brunch | The Parenting Series | Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp | Listen |
| Jane Dutton Talks Dirty | Jane Dutton | Listen |
| Listen To Your Footsteps | Kojo Baffoe | Listen |
| Love, Dating & Chaos | Philicity Reeken | Listen |
| Meet My Business | Baird Media | Listen |
| Pizza Sessions | Russel Wasserfall | Listen |
| Podcast Party | Phumi Mashigo | Listen |
| South African Digital Marketing Podcast | Terence Mentor | Listen |
| The Carmen Murray Show | Carmen Murray | Listen |
| The Comeback with Carol Ofori | Carol Ofori | Listen |
| Best Co-Hosts or Ensemble | ||
| Being You with Lisa Raleigh and Stafford Masie | Lisa Raleigh and Stafford Masie | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| More Good Days | Faf du Plessis, Dr Michael Mol and Sean Lunn | Listen |
| Ozempic Diaries | Jon Warncke and Charlene Armstrong | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| Table For Two | Russel Wasserfall and Jonathan Warncke | Listen |
| Best Interview | ||
| Good Things with Brent Lindeque | Brent Lindeque | Listen |
| Jane Dutton Talks Dirty | Jane Dutton | Listen |
| Love, Dating & Chaos | Philicity Reeken | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| Something Shifted | Stories of Indentity, Loss and Life Transistions | Sean Loots | Listen |
| The Joy Movement | Kate Thompson-Duwe | Listen |
| This Way Up | Terry Shakinovsly and Babette Gallard | Listen |
| Best Scripted Podcast | ||
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| Brake Like a Boss | Radio Workshop | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| The Lion of Lindanda - The Story of Harry Wolhuter, told by Harry Wolhuter | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa | Nicole Engelbrecht | Listen |
| Best Sound Design | ||
| African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe | Gcina Mhlophe and East Coast Radio | Listen |
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| The Lion of Lindanda - The Story of Harry Wolhuter, told by Harry Wolhuter | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| Best Editing | ||
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| More Good Days | Faf du Plessis, Dr Michael Mol and Sean Lunn | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| The Rest is Shifty | Shifty Records | Listen |
| Best Production | ||
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| More Good Days | Faf du Plessis, Dr Michael Mol and Sean Lunn | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| The Lion of Lindanda - The Story of Harry Wolhuter, told by Harry Wolhuter | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| Best Writing | ||
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| More Than A Story | Nic Moxham | Listen |
| Something Shifted | Stories of Indentity, Loss and Life Transistions | Sean Loots | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| The Lion of Lindanda - The Story of Harry Wolhuter, told by Harry Wolhuter | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa | Nicole Engelbrecht | Listen |
| Best Original Score or Music Use | ||
| n Sak Vol Stories | Melt Sieberhagen & Dan Dewes | Listen |
| African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe | Gcina Mhlophe and East Coast Radio | Listen |
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| From the Hip with Benjy Mudie | Benjy Mudie | Listen |
| More Than A Story | Nic Moxham | Listen |
| Best Design | ||
| African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe | Gcina Mhlophe and East Coast Radio | Listen |
| Mevrou Mevrou | Gerda de Sousa and Dianne Broodryk | Listen |
| More Good Days | Faf du Plessis, Dr Michael Mol and Sean Lunn | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| Something Shifted | Stories of Indentity, Loss and Life Transistions | Sean Loots | Listen |
| The African Imaginary | Georgia Black / Khangi Khoza | Listen |
| The Playdate by Ubongo | Blaque Nubon, Mama Olive, The Cuddle Blog, Tumelo Masilo (producer) | Listen |
| Best True Crime | ||
| Murder & Mystery Mzansi | Savannah | Listen |
| Profiler: True Crime Africa | Paul Llewellyn/ Gerard Labuschagne/ Amy Difford | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa | Nicole Engelbrecht | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe | Jacaranda FM / Gerda de Sousa (based on the English version by Nicole Engelbrecht) | Listen |
| Wicked Crimes | Jan Roodt | Listen |
| Best Business or Finance | ||
| Bruce Whitfield's Business Week | Bruce Whitfield | Listen |
| CEO Nights with Nyimpini | Nyimpini Mabunda | Listen |
| Insider Exchange | Jimmy Moyaha and Simon Brown. | Listen |
| Investec Focus Radio SA | Multiple hosts | Listen |
| The Entrepreneur's Narrative Podcast | Ato Paintsil, Michelle Mzee-Paintsil | Listen |
| Best News or Current Affairs | ||
| Agriskoops | Newskoop | Listen |
| Democracy Unplugged | Podcast Party | Listen |
| Jane Dutton Talks Dirty | Jane Dutton | Listen |
| The Covid Chronicles | Jacaranda FM Newswatch team | Listen |
| The Lead | Graeme Raubenheimer | Listen |
| Best Comedy | ||
| Mevrou Mevrou | Gerda de Sousa and Dianne Broodryk | Listen |
| The GenC Podcast | JP Jackson and Rizaan Rose | Listen |
| Two Freaks Notice | Andie Reeves and Sitaara Stodel | Listen |
| Best Sports | ||
| SoccerBeat | Lebohang "Cheeseboy" Mokoena | Listen |
| Sport for Dummies - The Winter Olympics edition | Pippa Hudson | Listen |
| The Active Hobo | David Jenkins | Listen |
| The Biggest Man in Cricket | David Brooke | Listen |
| Winning The Away Game | Flip van der Merwe and Justinus Adriaanse | Listen |
| Best Education | ||
| Become a Podmaster Season 3 | Ethan and Hendrik Baird | Listen |
| Curriculum Bootcamp | Pippa Hudson | Listen |
| Green Noise | CapeNature/Dan Corder | Listen |
| Hospitality Insight with The SilverFox | Stephen Hickmore | Listen |
| The Paws & Effect Podcast | Dr Carra | Listen |
| Best Health and Wellness | ||
| Being You with Lisa Raleigh and Stafford Masie | Lisa Raleigh and Stafford Masie | Listen |
| More Good Days | Faf du Plessis, Dr Michael Mol and Sean Lunn | Listen |
| Ozempic Diaries | Jon Warncke and Charlene Armstrong | Listen |
| The Endure Edge | Jacques Wijtman | Listen |
| What's Eating Us? | Zukiswa Pikoli | Listen |
| Best Kids or Family | ||
| n Sak Vol Stories | Melt Sieberhagen | Listen |
| African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe | Gcina Mhlophe and East Coast Radio | Listen |
| Baby Brunch | The Parenting Series | Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp | Listen |
| Solid Gold Story Time | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| The Playdate by Ubongo | Blaque Nubon, Mama Olive, The Cuddle Blog, Tumelo Masilo (producer) | Listen |
| Best Society and Culture | ||
| Amandla with Mpeo | Mpeo Nkosi | Listen |
| Good Things with Brent Lindeque | Brent Lindeque | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| Network - Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) | Women in Mining South Africa | Listen |
| This Way Up | Terry Shakinovsly and Babette Gallard | Listen |
| Best Fiction | ||
| Blood in the Dust: The Wolwefontein Murder | Baird Media | Listen |
| STRIPPED: An Audio Drama Podcast | Baird Media/StartLivingMy.Life | Listen |
| Best Technology | ||
| Let's Talk Data | Lebogang Langa | Listen |
| Local Logic by Altron | Altron | Listen |
| Tech Talk with Vodacom | Media 24 Advertising and Content Marketing | Listen |
| The Solutionists | Bronwyn Williams and Sharon Pearce | Listen |
| Best History | ||
| Ancient Egypt News - a Weekly Catch-up | Ted Loukes | Listen |
| Lank, lank gelede | Bun Booyens & Francois Haasbroek | Listen |
| More Than A Story | Nic Moxham | Listen |
| SA Rescue: Out Alive | Dineo Mphahlele and Natarah Nadesan | Listen |
| The Lion of Lindanda - The Story of Harry Wolhuter, told by Harry Wolhuter | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| Voices Through History | Leoni Roux | Listen |
| Best Arts and Entertainment | ||
| Critical Arcade | Nick Hendrix & Dave Edwards | Listen |
| From the Hip with Benjy Mudie | Benjy Mudie | Listen |
| Shotgun Story | Shotgun Tori | Listen |
| The Reading Room with Melanie Walker | Melanie Walker | Listen |
| The Video Store | Russell Grant | Listen |
| Best Food, Leisure & Travel | ||
| A Table in the Corner | Russel Wasserfall | Listen |
| Melanie Walker's Grounded | Melanie Walker | Listen |
| Pizza Sessions | Russel Wasserfall | Listen |
| SA Food Stories | Nicci Robertson | Listen |
| Table For Two | Russel Wasserfall and Jonathan Warncke | Listen |
| Best Politics & Opinion | ||
| Sharp Sharp | Rob Rose/Zukile Majova | Listen |
| This Is Politics | Justice Malala and Mondli Makhanya | Listen |
| Best Faith and Spirituality Podcast | ||
| Bybelstories in Afrikaans | Carin Conradie | Listen |
| Redeemed Media SA Podcast | Sipho Mbatha | Listen |
| The Soul Khaya | Mandy Trollip | Listen |
| Best Self-Help and Personal Development Podcast | ||
| Don’t Hold Back: Say it loud! | Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba | Listen |
| The Comeback with Carol Ofori | Carol Ofori | Listen |
| The Eminence Project | Briony Liber | Listen |
| The Joy Movement | Kate Thompson-Duwe | Listen |
| Time for Us, With Dani Wallace | Danielle Wallace | Listen |
| Wealthy-Her | Carrick Athena | Listen |
| Independent Podcast | ||
| Listen To Your Footsteps | Kojo Baffoe | Listen |
| More Than A Story | Nic Moxham | Listen |
| Something Shifted | Stories of Indentity, Loss and Life Transistions | Sean Loots | Listen |
| The Active Hobo | David Jenkins | Listen |
| This Way Up | Terry Shakinovsly and Babette Gallard | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa | Nicole Engelbrecht | Listen |
| Branded Podcast | ||
| Group One - AI and the Law | Gavin Rome SC | Listen |
| Investec Focus Radio SA | Multiple hosts | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| Network - Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) | Women in Mining South Africa | Listen |
| Pizza Sessions | Russel Wasserfall | Listen |
| Best Podcast Network | ||
| JacPod | Jacaranda FM | Listen |
| Netwerk24 Klankgolwe | Maryke Cumpsty | Listen |
| Podcast Party | Phumi Mashigo | Listen |
| Solid Gold Podcasts | Solid Gold Podcasts | Listen |
| The Miner Group Network | Mabushe Tsima | Listen |
| Community Builder Award | ||
| African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe | Gcina Mhlophe and East Coast Radio | Listen |
| Brake Like a Boss | Radio Workshop | Listen |
| Good Things with Brent Lindeque | Brent Lindeque | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| Network - Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) | Women in Mining South Africa | Listen |
| True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe | Jacaranda FM / Gerda de Sousa (based on the English version by Nicole Engelbrecht) | Listen |
| Social Good Award | ||
| Baby Brunch | The Parenting Series | Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp | Listen |
| Good Morning Angels | Martin Bester, Philicity Reeken & Xola Ntshinga | Listen |
| Good Things with Brent Lindeque | Brent Lindeque | Listen |
| Mindscaped Podcast | Shaheen Sha and Nazeer Jamal | Listen |
| The Playdate by Ubongo | Blaque Nubon, Mama Olive, The Cuddle Blog, Tumelo Masilo (producer) | Listen |
| Best Live Podcast Event | ||
| CEO Nights with Nyimpini | Nyimpini Mabunda | Listen |
| Democracy Unplugged Youth Month Panel | Siya Sangweni | Listen |
| The ONE Thing Guy | Stuart Hyslop | Listen |
| Best B2B Podcast | ||
| Carbon Compass | Brundtland | Listen |
| Group One - AI and the Law | Gavin Rome SC | Listen |
| Never Think Alone | Kyle Fraser | Listen |
| Podcast Cave | Janet Hancock, Carl Schultz and Richard Burgess | Listen |
| South African Digital Marketing Podcast | Terence Mentor | Listen |
| Best Corporate or Internal Podcast | ||
| #FerringPod | Ferring Pharmaceuticals | Listen |
| Fossils by Firelight - GSSA | Geological Society of South Africa | Listen |
| Local Logic by Altron | Altron | Listen |
| Network - Women in Mining South Africa (WiMSA) | Women in Mining South Africa | Listen |
| The Crucible - SAIMM | Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | Listen |
| Best International Show | ||
| High Net Purpose | Island Bridge | Listen |
| Self Help Show | Gina Margaret Tiger | Listen |
| Shine: Life Perspectives from a Bespoke Jeweler | Daniel Boettcher | Listen |
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