2020 Car Of The Year jury announced
Taking part in the prestigious 2020 AutoTrader South African Car Of The Year competition, The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists announced the jury.
In order to qualify as a jury member, the candidate needs to be an industry-recognised journalist and have attended vehicle launches and a South African Guild of Motoring Journalists member and in good standing with the organisation for the duration of five years and also participated in two years of jury training as a full member. With all of the above characteristics taken into consideration, all members of the SAGMJ vote for the eligible members to become the jurors.
The nomination of vehicle ranges considered for the 2020 AutoTrader South African Car Of The Year competition happens from 1 November 2018 up to 31 October 2019. The SAGMJ, custodian of the prestigious competition since 1986, will announce the finalist in November 2019 even though the jurors will only put the vehicles through tests on 8th, 9th and 10th of March 2020.
Herewith the 2020 South African Car Of The Year Jurors:
| 1.      Adam Ford |
| 2.      Bernard Hellberg Jr. |
| 3.      Carl Wepener 4.      Charlene Clarke |
| 5.      Colin Windell |
| 6.      Denis Droppa |
| 7.      Derek Watts |
| 8.      Dirk Gallowitz |
| 9.      Egmont Sippel |
| 10.   Ferdi de Vos |
| 11.   Francisco Nwamba |
| 12.   Hannes Visser |
| 13.   Janine-Lee van der Post |
| 14.   Jason Woosey |
| 15.   Jeanette Kok-Kritzinger |
| 16.   Johann van Tonder |
| 17.   Justus Visagie |
| 18.   Lawrence Smith |
| 19.   Mabuyane Kekana |
| 20.   Marnus Hattingh |
| 21.   Pritesh Ruthun |
| 22.   Ray Leathern
23.   Roger McCleery |
| 24.   Rubin van Niekerk |
| 25.   Sean Nurse |
| 26.   Stuart Johnston |
| 27.   Wynter Murdoch |
2020 South African Car Of The Year Trainee Jurors
| 1.      Brenwin Naidu (1st year) |
| 2.      Chris Wall (1st year) |
| 3.      Farzana Chaumoo (1st year) |
| 4.      Graham Erasmus (2nd year) |
| 5.      Melinda Ferguson (2nd year) |
| 6.      Richard Wiley (1st year) |
| 7.      Sisanda Mbete (2nd year) |
| 8.      Vuyi Mpofu (2nd year) |
| 9.      RESERVE: Hanjo Stier (1st Year) |
