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SADC MEDIA AWARDS 2020

The 25thmeeting of the Regional Adjudication Committee on the SADC Media Awards was held via video
conference on 17 June 2020. It was attended by adjudicators from 10 SADC Member States -- Angola,
Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia
and Zimbabwe.
Launched in 1996, the main objective of the annual SADC Media Awards is to promote regional inte-
gration through information dissemination as well as to promote journalism excellence in the region.
The outgoing SADC Chairperson, President Dr John Pombe Joseph Magufuli of the United Republic of
Tanzania, will announce the award winners during the 40th summit of SADC Heads of State and Govern-
ment to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on 17 August 2020 in the categories of print, radio, television and
photo journalism.
The 2020 SADC Media Award winners will receive total prize money of US$3,500 per category. The
first prize winners in each category will receive US$2,500. The runners-up will each receive US$1,000
through their National Contact Points in their respective countries.

PRINT JOURNALISM CATEGORY TELEVISION JOURNALISM CATEGORY
Mr Prosper Ndlovu from Zimbabwe won the Mr Ananiya Alick Ponje from Malawi won
Print Category for his article on the power the award for the Television Category for
supply gap within the SADC region and how his entry on how Mozambicans who left
96 this impacted negatively on productive sectors their country because of civil disorder were
of Member States. welcomed in Malawi.

Mr Bento Venâncio Cuna from Mozambique Ms Pennipher Vida Sikainda-Nyirenda from
is runner-up for his entry which highlighted Zambia is runner-up for her entry titled
the need for investment in infrastructure for “SADC Seed Bank – The Silent Catalyst to
water collection and storage in the SADC re- Food Security”, which highlighted how Gene
gion, especially after Cyclone Idai, which af- Banks work and contribute to food security.
fected Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

RADIO JOURNALISM CATEGORY PHOTO JOURNALISM CATEGORY
Mr. Aristides Kito Afonso Jorge from Angola Mr. Godfrey Goitsemang Mpuse from
won the Radio Category for his entry which Botswana won the first prize for his photo
highlighted how Cuito Cuanavale in Angola, as entry on Botswana’s support to Mozam-
a world heritage site, can promote SADC re- bique following Cyclone Idai.to be the best
gional integration and development. among all entries.

Mr Mosotho Stone from South Africa is Mr Santos Makuntima Pedro from An-
runner-up for his entry on the elections that gola is runner-up for his entry on the
were held in eight SADC Member States in commemoration of the Southern Africa
2019. The entry analysed the electoral sys- Liberation Day.
tems that were used to run elections.