Investigative journalists honoured

News24 journalists Jeff Wicks and Kyle Cowan were honoured at the national Vodacom Journalist of the Year awards last night. They received the national award in the innovation category for their investigation into the murder of an Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear, who was tracked down through the use of cellphone tracking technology and shot dead outside his home in Cape Town last year. A report on the News24 site notes that eNCA's Siphamandla Goge walked away with the overall 2021 Vodacom Journalist of the Year award for his story titled, The sun sets on Zulu kingdom. This year's judging panel convener, Ryland Fisher, applauded all journalists for the resilience in reporting throughout a pandemic and keeping the standard of journalism high. ‘The quality of entries in the Vodacom Journalist of the Year has shown once again that the industry is strong and up to the challenges presented by world events and, more importantly, by events in South Africa. The journalists have, through their determination and resilience, once again made us proud to be South African.’