RNA journalist wins SADC 2020 Award

Luanda - Angolan journalist Aristides Kito, of Rádio Nacional de Angola, won this Saturday the Radio category of the SADC Journalism Prize (main), 2020.

SADC journalism award winners

The professional competed with a report on the Cuito Cuanavale Statue, as a world heritage site in Angola, which, according to the jury, may "promote the integration and development of SADC", a regional organization in Southern Africa.

With this distinction, the journalist will receive a prize of USD 2,500 (two thousand and five hundred US dollars).

Besides the journalist, the prize was awarded to the photographer Santos Pedro, from Edições Novembro, in the second prize, in the category of Photography.

The photographer competed with photographs that highlight the regional unity during the celebration of the Southern Africa Liberation Day (23 March), being entitled to USD 1000 (one thousand US dollars).

Meanwhile, still in the main prize class, television category, the prize went to the Malawian journalist Ananiya Ponje, while the print one got the Zimbabwean Prosper Ndlovo, and the photography one with Godfrey Mpuse, from Botswana, all entitled to USD 2,500 (two thousand and five hundred US dollars).

In the second prize, the television category was won by the Zambian journalist Pennipher Vida Sikainda-Nyirenda.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Journalism Competition was established in 1996 in recognition of the journalistic work of professionals in the region.