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Results: 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Sunday Times' Stephan Hofstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika win top honours at 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

Stephan Hofstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika of The Sunday Times were crowned the national winners of the 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards for their controversial story ‘Bheki Cele's R500m police rental deal'. Both winners were honoured tonight at a gala dinner held at Vodacom World in Midrand, Gauteng.

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Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2011

Entries Open 1 August 2011
Entries Close 26 August 2011

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Ruda Landman Ruda Landman
Along with Derek Watts, Ms Landman was one of the two faces of M-Net’s hard hitting investigative show ‘Carte Blanche’ for nearly 20 years. Having started working as a newspaper journalist in 1977, she also gained experience in radio, magazines and TV news reading before her first anchor role in the live actuality television programme ‘Netwerk’.
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Award categories

Television
- General News
- Feature
Television reaches more people, more often, in more parts of the world than any other type of media. Therefore, the importance of strong and unbiased journalism and hard-hitting investigative features on TV is more crucial than ever before. For this reason, awards will be handed out in this category for both the best General News and Feature stories. Maximum four minutes for General News.
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Setting the bar high for good journalism right from the outset, the inaugural Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award was presented to Mail & Guardian journalist Sam Sole. This was a thoroughly-deserved win, coming on the back of his breaking the story of the Scorpions investigating then Deputy President Jacob Zuma. Sole has consistently broken vital hard news stories. Spanning a career of more than 20 years, these include the circumstances surrounding the Goniwe murders and the existence of Dr Wouter Basson’s Chemical and Biological Warfare programme.

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