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Our consumer financial journalist Maya Fisher-French once again won the prestigious Sanlam financial journalism award for consumer financial education. It is the eighth time that Maya has been named the winner in this category.
This highlights the significant impact her personal finance column has on the lives of our readers, particularly the work she does for the Absa/City Press Money Makeover Challenge.
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Established by Sanlam in 1974, the awards recognise exceptional financial journalism on the African continent. This year the judging panel received a total of 155 entries from journalists from across the African continent, compared with the 89 received last year.
Richard Gregory and Elle Oosthuizen, the producers of the effective video story Steinheist on Showmax, are the winners of the Sanlam Group financial journalist of the year for last year, becoming the first TV journalists to win the esteemed prize in nearly a decade.
The duo also won the broadcast: TV and video category award.
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The best newcomer award went to Damilola Olufemi of Punch newspaper in Nigeria. Olufemi demonstrated creativity and insight in his financial reportage, according to the independent judging panel.
The lifetime achievement award was bestowed on Thami Mazwai, former editor of the Sowetan, founding member of the South African National Editors’ Forum and an advocate for grassroots entrepreneurship.
