2002 Caxton Excellence Awards - Winners

Best Sold Newspaper with circulation of 8 000 and more
Top Five: Lowvelder, Northern Review, Newcastle Advertiser, South Coast Herald, Zululand Observer.
WINNER: ZULULAND OBSERVER - David Savides (Editor).

Best Sold Newspaper with circulation of less than 8 000

Top Five: Ladysmith Gazette, Mid South Coast Mail, Northern Natal Courier, Randfontein Herald, Umlozi Wezindaba.
WINNER: Ladysmith Gazette - Wiseman Mthiyane (Editor).

Best Free Newspaper with pagination 24 and more

Top Five: Pretoria Rekord East, Randburg Sun, Sandton Chronicle, South Coast Sun, Southern Courier.
WINNER: South Coast Sun - Heather Butler (Editor)

Best Free Newspaper with pagination of less than 24

Top Five: Germiston City News, Krugersdorp News, Northcliff Melville Times, Pretoria Rekord Sentraal, Pretoria Rekord Mamelodi.

Best Overall Promotion of a Newspaper

Highly commended: Alberton Record, Krugersdorp News, Newcastle Advertiser, Zululand Observer.
WINNER: Lowvelder.

Journalist of the Year

Top Twelve: Jacci Babich (Sandton Chronicle), Rordon Cowley (Midrand Reporter), Judi Davis (South Coast Herald), Irma Green (Lowvelder), Mary Mulke (Sandton Chronicle), David Rush (South Coast Herald), Dave Savides (Zululand Observer), Hennie Smit (Northern Review), Wilma Stassen (Roodepoort Record), Erika van Zyl (Germiston City News), Buks Viljoen (Lowvelder), Samantha Wade (Newcastle Advertiser).
WINNER: Dave Savides (Zululand Observer).

Best Regular Column

Top Seven: Jacci Babich (Sandton Chronicle), Cliff Buchler (Roodepoort Rekord), John Carnegie (Vryheid Herald), Alex Eliseev (Sandton Chronicle), Nico Prinsloo (Northern Review), Hettie Rezeman (Zululand Observer), Erica van Zyl (Germiston City News).
WINNER: Nico Prinsloo (Northern Review) - Haartjies in my Neus.

Best Investigative Reporting

Top Six: Irma Green (Lowvelder), Shella Park (South Coast Herald), Hennie Smit (Northern Review), Denise Manack (Lowvelder), Buks Viljoen (Lowvelder), Samantha Wade (Newcastle Advertiser).
WINNER: Samantha Wade (Newcastle Advertiser) - Dubious Dealings.

Best Sports Writing

Top Four: Karin du Plessis (Lowvelder), David Knowles (Highways Mail), David Rush (South Coast Herald), Tallie Taljard (Rustenburg Herald).
WINNER: David Knowles (Highway Mail).

The Citizen/Caxton News Service, Best Contribution

WINNER: Erika van Zyl (Vryheid Herald).