Winners of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year regional Awards in Northern Region

All the winners

2013 CSI/Sustainability winner

Sipho Kings, Mail & Guardian, Bio fuel plant backfires on community

2013 Financial/Economic winner

Jacques Pauw, Rapport/City Press, Nes van bedrog

2013 Online winner

Greg Marinovich, The Daily Maverick, The murder fields of Marikana

2013 Photography winners

Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters, Marikana; and

Herman Verwey, News24, Rise and fall of Oscar Pistorius

2013 Print Feature winner

Thanduxolo Jika, Andrew Trench, Athandiwe Saba, Leon Sadiki, Loyiso Sidimba, Lucas Ledwaba, Nicki Gules, Sipho Masondo, Sizwe Yende, Media24 Investigations/City Press/Graphics24, Faces of Marikana

2013 Print News winners

Rob Rose, Mzilikazi Wa Afrika, Stephan Hofstatter, Sunday Times, Dina Pule (body of work)

2013 Radio Feature winner

Melini Moses, SAFM, Lolly Lounges: Dens of iniquity

2013 Radio News winner

Gia Nicolaides, Talk Radio 702, Marikana

2013 Sport winner

Sameer Naik, Saturday Star, Team South Africa’s golden road to London

2013 Television Feature winners

Mpho Lakaje, Dzivhuluwani Ramabulana, Eurishka Nadesan, ETV, Against All Odds with Mpho Lakaje – Sheri Brynard

2013 Television News winner

Luxolo Xoli Mngambi, eNCA, Minutes before the Marikana massacre happened

2013 Editor’s choice winner

Herman Scholtz, Media24/Huisgenoot/You, Scholtz was nominated by Yvonne Beyers

Maya Makanjee from Vodacom says, “Congratulations to all the winners in the Northern region, and we look forward to welcoming you at the national finals, which will be a celebration of the best in journalism in South Africa.”

(Source - Vodacom)