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Call to enter SADC Media Awards competition

Call to enter SADC Media Awards competition

South African journalists are invited to submit their entries for the 2025 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition before the deadline next month.

The competition is open to journalists from the SADC Member States. 

“The SADC Media Awards were established in 1996 to recognise best media work in disseminating information on SADC to support the process of regional co-operation and integration in the region. 

“To promote regional integration and cooperation (cross-border issues), the awards aim to recognise excellence in journalism in the area of print, photo, television, radio as well as to encourage media practitioners in member states to cover issues pertaining to the region,” the Government Communications (GCIS) said on Tuesday.

The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government that will take place in August 2025.

The first prize winner in each category receives US$2,500 and the runner-up receives US$1000.

Journalists who wish to enter the competition can access more information about the competition from the www.gcis.gov.za website.

Entry forms can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADCEntryform2025.doc. 

Rules of the 2025 competition can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADC2025RulesCompetition.pdf.

Entries need to be posted or delivered to MDDA or any GCIS offices nationwide marked:

MDDA Offices                                               GCIS Offices

SADC Media Awards Entry                 or       SADC Media Awards Entry

GSM Building                                                Government Communications (GCIS)

SABC Auckland Park Campus                       1035 Francis Baard Street

Johannesburg                                                Hatfield, Pretoria

2006                                                               0028     

 All entries must be submitted no later than 28 February 2025. – SAnews.gov.za

 

 

 

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

South African journalists are invited to submit their entries for the 2025 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition before the deadline next month.

The competition is open to journalists from the SADC Member States. 

“The SADC Media Awards were established in 1996 to recognise best media work in disseminating information on SADC to support the process of regional co-operation and integration in the region. 

“To promote regional integration and cooperation (cross-border issues), the awards aim to recognise excellence in journalism in the area of print, photo, television, radio as well as to encourage media practitioners in member states to cover issues pertaining to the region,” the Government Communications (GCIS) said on Tuesday.

The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government that will take place in August 2025.

The first prize winner in each category receives US$2,500 and the runner-up receives US$1000.

Journalists who wish to enter the competition can access more information about the competition from the www.gcis.gov.za website.

Entry forms can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADCEntryform2025.doc. 

Rules of the 2025 competition can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADC2025RulesCompetition.pdf.

Entries need to be posted or delivered to MDDA or any GCIS offices nationwide marked:

MDDA Offices                                               GCIS Offices

SADC Media Awards Entry                 or       SADC Media Awards Entry

GSM Building                                                Government Communications (GCIS)

SABC Auckland Park Campus                       1035 Francis Baard Street

Johannesburg                                                Hatfield, Pretoria

2006                                                               0028     

 All entries must be submitted no later than 28 February 2025. – SAnews.gov.za

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