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Call to enter SADC Media Awards competition

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Call to enter SADC Media Awards competition:

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

South African journalists are invited to submit their entries for the 2025 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards competition before the deadline next month.

The competition is open to journalists from the SADC Member States. 

“The SADC Media Awards were established in 1996 to recognise best media work in disseminating information on SADC to support the process of regional co-operation and integration in the region. 

“To promote regional integration and cooperation (cross-border issues), the awards aim to recognise 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,” the Government Communications (GCIS) said on Tuesday.

The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government that will take place in August 2025.

The first prize winner in each category receives US$ 2,500 and the runner-up receives US$ 1000.

Journalists who wish to enter the competition can access more information about the competition from the www.gcis.gov.za website.

Entry forms can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADCEntryform2025.doc. 

Rules of the 2025 competition can be accessed at https://www.gcis.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/SADC2025RulesCompetition.pdf.

Entries need to be posted or delivered to MDDA or any GCIS offices nationwide marked:

MDDA Offices                                               GCIS Offices

SADC Media Awards Entry                 or       SADC Media Awards Entry

GSM Building                                                Government Communications (GCIS)

SABC Auckland Park Campus                       1035 Francis Baard Street

Johannesburg                                                Hatfield, Pretoria

2006                                                               0028     

 All entries must be submitted no later than 28 February 2025. – SAnews.gov.za

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The Wilds: Rebirth

The “rebirth” of The Wilds is one of the most heartening community success stories in modern Johannesburg history. It was spearheaded by local artist James Delaney and a dedicated group of volunteers starting around 2013. Delaney began by simply clearing dead wood and trimming overgrown paths on his own, but the project soon evolved into a massive public-private partnership. The most iconic addition to the park during this revival was the installation of over 100 laser-cut steel sculptures of animals. These brightly colored owls, giraffes, antelopes, and monkeys are perched in the trees and tucked behind rocks, turning a walk through the reserve into a scavenger hunt for “industrial wildlife.”

Today, The Wilds is a thriving, safe, and dog-friendly space that hosts yoga classes, art exhibitions, and thousands of visitors every weekend. It has become a symbol of “active citizenship”—the idea that the residents of Johannesburg don’t have to wait for the government to fix their city; they can take ownership of their own neighborhoods. The park is also a critical ecological corridor; in a city that is increasingly paved over, The Wilds provides a habitat for indigenous birdlife and insects that would otherwise struggle to survive in the “concrete jungle.”