City Press was lauded for being at the forefront of arts coverage in South Africa. The weekly won the overall Gold Arts Organisation of the Year Award, including a scholarship for one of its journalists to enrol for the Cape Town International Jazz Festival Arts Journalism course next year.

City Press contributor Lwandile Fikeni won Arts Journalist of the Year.

The Media24 winners are:

  • Reviews Category Silver winner - Roger Young, City Press;
  • News Category Gold winner - Garreth van Niekerk, City Press;
  • Features Category Gold winners - Grethe Koen, City Press; Lwandile Fikeni, City Press;
  • Silver winner Gugulethu Mhlungu, City Press;
  • Still Photography Category Gold winner - Bertram Malgas, formerly of Netwerk24;
  • Organisational Award Gold winner - City Press; and
  • Arts Journalist of the Year - Lwandile Fikeni, City Press.

For more information about the awards and all the winners, visit www.nationalartsfestival.co.za. Alternatively, connect with them on Facebook or on Twitter.