Intro

The annual Sanlam Awards for Community Press is aimed at encouraging excellence and rewarding meritorious work.

The competition is run by the Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ), under the auspices of the Print Media of South Africa (PMSA).

Full-time editors, journalists and photographers from all Southern African community newspapers, which are not published more than twice a week, qualify for the awards.

Sanlam took over the sponsorship of the community press (at the time, also referred to as country newspapers) from the KWV in 1991. 

The competition covers the 12 months ending on May 31 of the current year, e.g. June 1 op previous year to May 31 of current year.

Closing date

The closing date for the 2008 competition is 30 June 2008.

Contact details

Hugo Redelinghuys
Sanlam Group Marketing and Communications 
Tel: (021) 947-3393     
Fax: (021) 947-4889
Cell: 082 440 6331
email: hugo.redelinghuys@sanlam.co.za

André Coetzee
Project Assistant
Tel: (021) 947-2567
Fax: (021) 947-4889
Cell: 083 709 7065
email: andre.coetzee@sanlam.co.za