Independent Media journalist Lilita Gcwabe won the National Press Club-University of SA Journalist of the Year for Community Journalism, which is named after late radio journalist Aserie Ndlovu.
Cape Town-based Independent Media journalist Lilita Gcwabe walked away with the National Press Club (NPC)-University of SA (Unisa) Journalist of the Year for Community Journalism on Friday.
The award is referred to as the Aserie Ndlovu Award for Community Journalism for print or online news and a dozen journalists received it across various categories.
Gcwabe was awarded for her work at Elitsha News, which describes itself as a genuine and alternative community newspaper that reports on community, national and international issues, and news.
At the same ceremony in Tshwane, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi was named the 2025 NPC’s Newsmaker of the Year.
