The new head of the Investigative Directorate at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Hermione Cronje, says journalists have played a key role in exposing widespread corruption in South Africa, and have helped enhance democracy with their work.
Cronje was speaking on Saturday evening, at the Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg.
She has urged journalists to make sure they keep the interests of all South Africans, including the disempowered in mind, while doing their work.
She says brave journalists have played a key role in exposing malpractice in South Africa.
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Meanwhile – SABC Digital News Editor and Sanef member Izak Minaar was awarded the Sanef-Wrottesley Award.
The Sanef-Wrottesley Award is given to a Sanef member for excellent service to the organisation.
Stephen Wrottesley, a former chief of staff for Independent Newspapers, was the former news editor of the Cape Argus and had achieved renown as a top crime reporter with that newspaper. He was instrumental in the formation of the SA National Editors’ Forum and was a member of its executive committee for a number of years.
Previous winners have been Joe Thloloe, Raymond Louw, Mary Papayya and Mathatha Tsedu.
