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  • Youth novel wins prestigious international award

    The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the 2013 winners of their regional awards and Neil Malherbe won the Africa region's Crystal Kite Award for his debut novel, The Magyar Conspiracy. The suspenseful book centres around Sandy, the son of a Hungarian father and a South African mother. Sandy excels at sport, especially water polo, but when his father dies in a mountain climbing accident he searches for answers about his father's mysterious death. The Magyar Conspiracy also won the Silver Prize in the English Category at last year's Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature and is published by Tafelberg, an imprint of NB publishers. Malherbe is the headmaster of Penryn Preparatory School near Nelspruit. Click here to see the book trailer.

  • Hot off the press

    Nie van hoorsê nie, Here by Frits Gaum
    Death becomes a reality for Frits Gaum when he's told he's suffering from a potentially fatal illness.
    Suddenly everyday concerns are replaced by questions and doubts.
    Using stories from the Bible about Job, Elijah, John and Jesus, and the experiences of personal acquaintances, Gaum surveys his lot in life and realises it's okay to feel despair - and still expect miracles of God. This popular author won the Andrew Murray prize in 2012.

  • New beauty editor for Grazia SA

    Mbali Soga has been appointed as Grazia SA's beauty editor. Formerly the magazine's fashion editor, she honed her writing skills as fashion editor at True Love Babe, True Love and Cosmopolitan and has been with Grazia SA since its launch. "I joined the team as the fashion editor, but I've slowly gravitated towards the beauty section. I see huge potential for this section of the magazine, especially because South Africa has such diverse beauty," she says. "We're delighted with Mbali's appointment," Grazia SA editor Danielle Weakley says. "She has that hard-to-find mix of style and words, making her a great choice to take Grazia into its second year. Readers and advertisers can expect an exacting attention to detail and all things new."

  • Bumper birthday issue for Grazia SA

    One of South Africa's hottest celebrities graces the cover of Grazia SA's first birthday issue. Ultra-stylish Bonang Matheba, the queen of local social media, TV and radio, talks to Grazia's Mokgadi Seabi about her reinvention in the special 50th issue of the magazine. The bumper birthday issue is one of only two perfect-bound collector's issues Grazia will publish this year. The fashion and news weekly has also unveiled a new website and an online shop aimed at its globally savvy thirtysomething urban readers. "We believe in the power of Grazia as a 360-degree brand and with the online shop the magazine is not only in line with our brand ethos, but also appeals to our fashion-smart, digitally savvy readers," Grazia SA editor Danielle Weakley says.

  • Weslander supports runners

    Weslander staffers had an early start to man the newspaper's water table for the recent West Coast Marathon. The Langebaan Country Estate West Coast marathon is held annually in the West Coast National Park. This year there were more than 2 700 runners. Sityhilo Diko of the Nedbank Athletics Club won the 42,2-km event in a record time of 2:28:32, while Helga Mathee of the Nedbank SWD Athletics Club won the women's event in 3:05:54.

  • More great reads at the same price

    The Daily Sun has been given a makeover in time for winter. Readers now get much more, but still pay the same for their daily read. Changes include a new detailed TV guide and more on celebrations, artists, music and movies. New features include Pastor Daniel's spiritual guidance column on Mondays and on Tuesdays MizzB answers tough questions about life. Tell Me returns on Wednesdays, while more space is devoted to fighting for readers' rights in Sundefender on Thursdays. All this for only R2,90. The new-look Daily Sun is on sale now.

  • Touchies tournament a winner

    Weslander recently hosted a successful touch rugby event as part of the Langebaan Lagoon Celebration. Nine teams competed for the trophy and prize money. The Sand Warriors of Doringbaai were named winners of the Weslander Touchies tournament.

  • Die Burger and Son honour their winners

    The top achievers in Die Burger and Son's circulation and advertising divisions were recently rewarded for their hard work at the Towerkop awards. Aptly named after the highest mountain peak in the Western Cape, the event honours those who rise above their challenges. The winners are:
              
    Circulation         
    Marketer of the year - Craig van Reenen
    Innovation and excellence - Warren Arendse
    Product manager of the year - Christo van Niekerk
    Service excellence - Anwar Daniels
              
    Advertising         
    Marketer of the year - Karin van Niekerk (1st), Michelle Schultz (2nd), Llewaynne Niekerk (3rd)
    Southern Cape: Marketer of the year - Lindie Reyneke
    Retail representative of the year - Karin van Niekerk
    Niche representative of the year - Jannet Brink
    Promotion representative of the year - Michelle Schultz
    Son salesperson of the year - Shameema Samsodien
              
    Classifieds         
    Overall winner - Michelle van Schalkwyk (1st), Colette Vletter (2nd), Charmaine Smal (3rd)
    Marketer of the year - Llewaynne Niekerk
    Sales manager of the year - Tammy van Zyl

  • Media24's newspapers excel at journalism awards

    South Africa's top journalists were honoured at the recent Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards in Johannesburg. Media24's newspapers emerged as overall winners of the 2013 Frewin, McCall and Joel Mervis awards. This is the first time that newspapers from one media owner are the winners in all three categories. The awards, presented by Print & Digital Media SA (PDMSA), recognise newspaper excellence in advertising, printing and production, layout and typography, and the balanced use of pictures and graphics.

    Media24's winners are:

    Frewin Award for urban daily newspapers with a circulation of 50 000 or more – Beeld
    McCall Award for urban daily newspapers with a circulation of 50 000 or less – Volksblad (fourth year running)
    Joel Mervis Award for urban weekly newspapers irrespective of their circulation – City Press (second year running)
    Feature Writing – Lucas Ledwaba for "Marikana: the aftermath" in City Press
    Investigative Journalism – Adriaan Basson and Paddy Harper for "Nkandlagate" in City Press
    Graphic Journalism – Jaco Grobbelaar for "HMS Titanic" in City Press and Rapport
    Popular Journalism – Glacier Tsakane Nkhwashu for "We bust the rapists!" in Daily Sun
    Feature Photographs – Felix Dlangamandla for "Mourning" in Beeld
    Sports Photographs – Deaan Vivier for "Springbok Rugby" on Foto24
    Presentation (layout and design) – Johnn-Grant Munro for "Ongelooflik" in Die Burger
    Multimedia – Liezel Els for "Pippie Kruger" in Beeld
    SA Story of the Year – City Press newsroom team for "The Tragedy of Marikana: Photography entries, feature story coverage including Faces of Marikana" in City Press
    Newspaper Journalist of the Year – Adriaan Basson and Paddy Harper for "Nkandlagate"  in City Press.

  • Media24 retains Level 4 BEE Scorecard status

    Media24 has retained its Level 4 status and 125% recognition level for the Media24 2013 BEE Scorecard. It more than tripled its skills development rating by scoring 9,38 (up from 2,91). Other highlights include full marks for the elements of ownership, enterprise development and socioeconomic development, with an increase in black ownership (up from 35,77% to 44,74%) and black female ownership (up from 16,66% to 21,22%). To view the Media24 2013 BEE Scorecard click here.