Ugandan reporter takes top honours

Investigative reporter for the Weekly Observer in Uganda, Richard Kavuma outstripped more than 1500 other African journalists to lift CNN's/Multichoice's African Journalist of the Year in Cape Town at the weekend.

Cape Town - Kavuma was recognised for his work on Uganda's progress towards the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Kavuma started his career as a freelance journalist with The Monitor newspaper in 1996. He has since graduated to a senior staff writer on the Weekly Observer concentrating his efforts on investigative work, peace, conflict and human rights reporting. He is a graduate of Makerere University.

Other winners were:

Radio general news: Mandy Wiener Talk Radio 702 for a body of work including Khensani Mitileni and Makgabo Matlala
Arts and Culture: Diana Lucas, Carte Blanche, Soweto Gospel Choir
Health and Medical: Adri Kotze and Anna-Maria Lombard , A2 Media Productions, Carte Blanche Maternity Ward Mayhem
Television general news and features: Nicola de Chaud and Odette Schwegler, Backyard Productions for Carte Blanche, Angel of Soweto
Print Media, Magazine Feature: Kaizer Ngwenya, for Drum, Mad McGyvers on the Metroline
Tourism: Mary Corrigall of the Sunday Independent, Body of Work Little India and a Slice of China.

There were 23 finalists.