MP News takes the honours at Sanlam

BOKSBURG – Your favourite newspaper, Mpumalanga News, received the highest honour on Friday evening when it was crowned as the Hultzer Trophy winner during the annual Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Sanlam awards at the Birchwood Hotel.

According to the judges’ remarks it was bestowed upon the publication because they were generally impressed with the entries in this category. It is clear that communities are served well by lively, informative and entertaining publications.

“The winning newspaper had a bold layout and made good use of photographs. The focus was on stories the community wanted to read about and the newspaper’s participation in charity events is commended.”

This judging panel comprised renowned journalists who included Mr Joe Thloloe, the director of the Press Council of South Africa, Mr Henry Jeffreys, founding editor-in-chief of The New Age, Fanie Groenewald, ex-journalist at Beeld and former teacher and lecturer at TUT, Mboneni Mulaudzi, managing director of Media Basics, Collin Nxumalo, former editor of Enterprise magazine, Ms Lindsay Clowes, associate professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of the western Cape, Ms Phindile Xaba, editor of The Teacher and a veteran journalist and Mr Mike Mzileni, a respected author and news photographer whose career spans back to the days of The World newspaper, golden City Press, Drum, rand Daily Mail, Post Transvaal and Sowetan.

“We’ve been judged by the best in the industry. All of this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our readers who have been loyal to us and continue to grow by the day.

Our dedicated team of journalists, our advertising representatives, layout designers, sub-editors, printers, distributors and everybody that is involved in the make-up of this publication, had a hand in our success.

“We’ve been motivated to offering you an even better product going forward. We shall forever give you what you want as our readers because we really care about you, our readers,” said editor, Mr Bongani Hlatshwayo.