2021 South Africa Development Community (SADC) Media Awards Competition

Deadline: 28-Feb-21

The SADC Secretariat now is pleased to announce the 2021 SADC Media Awards Competition in the fields of Print Journalism, Radio Journalism, Television Journalism and Photo journalism.

Prospective entrants are invited to submit their entries accompanied by proof of their nationality to the National Adjudication Committee (NAC) in their respective Member States.

The Awards were established following a decision by the Council of Ministers in 1996 to establish a sector that deals with matters relating to amongst others, information, culture and sport. These awards serve as part of ensuring a link, coordination and synchronization between formal structures of SADC governments, civil society, academia, labor and the media.

To promote regional integration and cooperation (cross-border issues), the awards aim to recognize 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.

Award Details

The Awards will include Print, Radio, Television and Photo journalism. Each category carries a first prize of US$2,500;
The runner-ups in each category will receive a second prize of US$1000 and will receive the prize money and certificates in their respective countries through their National Contact Point;
The monetary prizes will be accompanied by a certificate signed by the SADC Chairperson;
The prizes will be paid directly to the winner. In the case of a winner being unable to attend the ceremony, SADC will make arrangements to give the prize in his/her home country;

Rules of the Competition

The entries should have been published/broadcast between January and December the year preceding the awards (2020) by a registered and/or authorized media house or agency or carried on a website of a registered and/or authorized media house or agency in any of the SADC Member States;
The themes of the entries to be submitted for the competition must be on issues and activities promoting Regional Integration in the SADC region, i.e. infrastructure, economy, water, culture, sports, agriculture, etc.
All media practitioners who are SADC nationals may enter the competition, except those in institutions contracted by SADC and the SADC Secretariat staff;
All works entering the competition should be in one of the SADC working languages, i.e. English, Portuguese, French and any national indigenous language of the SADC Region and should be submitted together with the transcript in one of the three SADC working languages, i.e. English, French and Portuguese. These should be published/broadcast (newspaper cutting, websites, magazines, audio CDs, USB and newsletters;
Entries are invited from the following categories:
1. Print Journalism: comprising features/articles published in newspapers, newsletters, websites, magazines;
2. Radio Journalism: comprising broadcast material;
3. Television Journalism: comprising televised material;
4. Photojournalism: comprising published pictures with a caption;