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National Press Club honours Unisa for outstanding support
The University of South Africa (Unisa) was among a number of organisations that received a special acknowledgment award from the National Press Club (NPC) during its relaunch event held at the National Botanical Gardens, Pretoria, on the evening of 3 November 2022. The award, titled "Token of appreciation for outstanding support to the National Press Club over the years and beyond", serves as confirmation of the sound relationship between Unisa and the NPC.
Gilbert Mokwatedi, Acting Deputy Director: Department of Institutional Advancement (right), receives an acknowledgement award on behalf of Unisa presented by Rey Thakhuli (left) of the National Press Club. The award was presented in appreciation for outstanding support that Unisa has offered to the NPC over the years.
The NPC is an organisation whose members are journalists from mainstream and community media, journalism trainers and communication practitioners from the private and public sectors.
Unisa and the NPC have for the past few years jointly hosted the Percy Qoboza Memorial Lecture. The lecture is held each year in remembrance of 19 October 1977, when the apartheid government banned The World, Weekend World, and other publications and organisations in what came to be known as Black Wednesday. The lecture honours Percy Qoboza, the then editor of The World and a critic of the apartheid regime, and serves as a reflection on media freedom.
The two parties are also in the process of exploring other possibilities to reinforce their relationship.
Representatives of various organisations received acknowledgements awards from the National Press Club at a function held at the National Botanical Gardens in eastern Pretoria. Zizi Kodwa (third from the left), Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, also attended to offer message of support to the NPC. Gilbert Mokwatedi, on the right, received the award on behalf of Unisa.
Other organisations that received the award are the Government Communication and Information System, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, South African National Parks, North-West University, Court Classique Hotel and the Pretoria News.
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Publish date: 2022/11/04
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