The Ministry of Information has announced that the 2021 Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Media Awards are now open for entries.
In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry says the awards—in the categories of print, radio, television and photo journalism—were launched on October 30 2021 by Minister of Information Gospel Kazako.
Reads the statement in part: “The Sadc Media Awards are open to journalists from Sadc member States. The first prize winners will receive their prizes and certificates on the margins of the 41st Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government, which Malawi will host in August 2021.”
The statement further states that the competition is open to entries from Sadc nationals published between January 1 and December 31 2020.
According to the statement, entry forms can be obtained from www.ict.gov.mw or www.sadc.int and completed forms must be submitted by February 28 2021 to the National Adjudication Committee on the email sadcmediaawards@information.gov.mw.
The Sadc Media Awards were established in 1996 to recognise the best media work in disseminating information on Sadc to support the process of regional co-operation and integration in the areas of infrastructure, economy, water, culture, sports, agriculture, social, education and entertainment, among others.
The first prize winner in each category receives $2 500 while the runner-up gets $1 000. The monetary prizes will be accompanied by a certificate signed by the Sadc chairperson.
Previous Malawian winners of the award include Malawi Broadcasting Corporation’s Vincent Khonyongwa (radio category), Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS)’s Winstone Mwale and Times Group’s the late Bonex Julius for radio and photo categories, respectively, Times Group’s Alick Ponje and ZBS’s Mallick Mnela.
