Die Burger’s Maygene de Wee was awarded the national prize in the
Print Feature category for her insightful articles on George ‘Geweld’ Thomas, leader of the 28-gang in Bishop Lavis who, together with other gang members, was sentenced to life in prison for several murders and other offences.
Kim Harrisberg of Code4SA was the
Online winner for
Living on the Edge for
News24. This multimedia series includes video, data journalism, photography, census visualisations and an interactive tool/calculator that allows employers to enter the daily or monthly salary they pay their domestic workers and estimate what percentage of domestic worker’s basic expenses are being met by this wages/salary.
De Wee and Harrisberg each won R10 000.
For more information about the awards and all the winners, visit
journalist.vodacom.co.za.