Vodacom celebrates 20th journalist of the Year award

Vodacom celebrated 20 years of democracy and its 20th anniversary Journalist of the Year wins top award.
This year, the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards celebrated 20 years of democracy in South Africa, as well as the 20th anniversary of Vodacom keeping people connected in South Africa. The overall winner of the coveted Journalist of the Year Award, worth R100 000, was made at the national finals celebratory function at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Johannesburg on Friday October 31.
Maya Makanjee, Chief Officer for Corporate Affairs at Vodacom Group said, “We are thrilled that the number of entries was up this year from 2013, and that 967 journalists entered their work. Vodacom, along with journalism itself, has seen so many changes in how news is covered over the past 20 years.
2014 Journalist of the Year Award goes to two journalists from the Eastern Cape who covered the Mandela Funeral scandal unashamedly for the Daily Dispatch.
Vodacom is pleased to congratulate Bongani Fuzile and Mphumzi Zuzile of the Daily Dispatch, who between them will share the 2014 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, and the coveted prize of R100 000.