Winners and runners up in the 2018 installment of the SAPOA Journalism Awards for Excellence were announced at the gala dinner and awards evening last night (21 June 2018) at the Durban International Convention Centre.
The accolades were awarded as follows:
Property News Website of the Year
Property News Website of the Year: Property Wheel
1st runner-up: eProperty News
2nd runner-up: South African Real Estate Investor
Young Property Journalist of the Year
Monique du Toit from South African Real Estate Investor
Property News Journalist of the Year
Property News Journalist of the Year: Alistair Anderson from Business Day
1st runner-up: Joan Muller from Financial Mail
2nd runner-up: Ray Mahlaka from Moneyweb
Property Feature Journalist of the Year
Property Feature Journalist of the Year: Ray Mahlaka from Moneyweb
1st runner-up: Mary Anne Constable from Earthworks.
2nd runner-up: Madeleine Truter from Asset Magazine
Property News Website of the Year
Property News Website of the Year: Property Wheel
1st runner-up: eProperty News
2nd runner-up: South African Real Estate Investor
Property Publication of the Year
Property Publication of the Year: Earthworks
1st runner-up: Architect & Builder
2nd runner-up: South African Real Estate Investor
During his address, Chairman of the Journalism Awards Committee, Brian Azizollahoff, said journalists play a pivotal role in ensuring that the public are kept well informed regarding issues affecting the property sector. “Your dedication and commitment to your craft has not gone unnoticed. The SAPOA Journalism Awards for Excellence serves to encourage you to continue striving to achieve the highest standards,” he said. At the helm of the Journalism Awards committee for the past six years, Azizollahoff said that “the calibre of these awards keeps growing from strength to strength.”
Sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield Excellerate, Chief Executive Officer of the JHI Group, Nomzamo Radebe, said that it was indeed a pleasure for the organisation to be partnering with SAPOA in hosting this year’s edition of the awards. “The importance of your role cannot be overstated, as we face ever more turbulent times. It’s thanks to the quality journalism that our press continues to uphold the principles that make any democracy – and, indeed, any society – function. In South Africa, this is more important than ever,” she said. “This is why it is a great honour for us at SAPOA to play a role in supporting the media. never lose sight of the value of your work, and how it is contributing to our society. We applaud you,” she concluded.