Some of the prominent awards received by our group companies.
ibibo
Star Youth Icon award at the third Global Youth Marketing Awards 2011 for contributing to youth.
Media24 Newspapers
National Press Club Editor of the year 2010: City Press editor-in-chief, Ferial Haffajee.
Media24 Magazines
Excellent performance at annual Pica Awards:
- SARIE– Michélle van Breda, editor of the year
- SARIE– consumer magazine of the year
- Woolworths TASTE – published by New Media Publishing and commissioned by Woolworths – client magazine of the year
Paarl Media
- First Africa member admitted to international WAN/IFRA Quality Club
- Acknowledged by Mondi and Sappi for printing work.
NB Publishers
- Hertzog prize for fiction – 30 Nagte in Amsterdamby Etienne van Heerden (Tafelberg)
- University of Johannesburg début prize for creative writing – Plaasmoordby Karin Brynard (Human & Rousseau)
- University of Johannesburg prize for creative writing – Reisigerby Elsa Joubert (Tafelbe)
- Alba Bouwer prize for children’s literature – In die nimmer-immer-bos by Linda Rode, illustrated by Fiona Moodie (Tafelberg)
- Commonwealth Writers’ Prize best book Africa region – The Double Crown by Marié Heese.
SuperSport
- Let’s Play judged South Africa’s best social responsibility in sport initiative at inaugural Virgin Active sport industry awards.
MultiChoice
- Orange Index Awards – first in telecommunication sector and fourth overall (evaluation of all companies providing customer services)
- Four Loerie Awards (evaluation of all creative media advertising adjudicated by an expert panel)
- First in FinWeek radio campaign of the year (evaluation of radio advertising by an expert panel)
- 21 Generation X Top Teas (research on all South African brands)
- 12 Africa Promax Awards (Africa on-air creative marketing)
- Four international Promax awards (international on-air creative marketing)
- First and joint second in Millward Brown (research company) ten most-loved South African television ads.
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