DIB collects four awards 03 September, 2002

The Department of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday collected four awards at the Media Institute of Southern Africa annual gala dinner and national media awards in Gaborone. Radio Botswana's Morning Show producer Laona Segaetsho scooped the Radio Presenter of the year award while Botswana Television's Reginald Richardson got the Television Newsreader of the year award. The Investigative Reporter of the Year Award went to Botswana Television's Bakang Radithokwa. Bester Gabotlale of the Botswana Press Agency shared the third price for Journalist of the Year award with Sello Motseta of The Clarion. The awards, which have previously been dominated by the private media, and most of which are inaugural came as a first for the Department of Information and Broadcasting. The nascent Mokgosi newspaper stole the show as it scooped several awards, which have traditionally been the domain of much older newspapers. Mogakolodi Boikanyo of Mokgosi won the Journalist of the Year award with Nomsa Ndlovu of The Voice coming second. Mokgosi also won the Newspaper Graphic Design of the Year award and its photographer, Lefoko Mogapaesi, scooped the photographer of the year award. The Sport Reporter of the Year award went to Mpho Dibeela of the Guardian while Tholani Nyathi of the Mirror is the Business Reporter of Year. BOPA