Welcome to This Week in Podcasting where we bring you the top stories in the podcasting world from this week. Here are our top stories:
1. SASMA Announces 2024 Nominees
The Annual South African Social Media Awards are back with their fourth instalment and this year’s nominees have been announced! The awards aim to celebrate the use of social media by brands and companies, as well as social media personalities from South Africa and Africa at large. There are various categories such as Best Social Media Use by a Radio Show, African Social Media Star of The Year and Podcast of The Year.
The nominees for ‘Podcast of The Year’ are:
- Open Chats Podcast
- Podcast and Chill with MacG
- Wisdom & Wellness with Mpoomy Ledwaba
- L’tido Podcast
- Spreading Humours Podcast
- Wide Awake Podcast with Joshua Rubin
- The Penuel Show
Voting lines are now open and the full list of nominees as well as information on how to vote are available on the SASMA website. The award ceremony will be taking place on Saturday, November 23rd.
2. Careers & Things will host Professional Branding Workshop
If you are looking to begin your career in the digital world, make a career change, or improve your skills, the Careers & Things Personal Branding for Digital Careers workshop is the perfect thing to give you insight into doing just that.
The workshop will be taking place on Saturday, October 5th, in Johannesburg and the registration link is available.
3. DRUM Magazine Announces Women Power List of 2024
Throughout the month of August, DRUM Magazine has honoured women through the DRUM Women Power List of 2024. This list celebrates South African women in various industries who have made a name for themselves and women as a whole.
Legends such as Abigail Kubeka and Yvonne Chak Chaka, radio personalities such as Relebogile Mabotja and Nandi Madida as well as podcasters and entrepreneurs, such as Liz Lesoalo all grace this list with their presence.
As Women’s month comes to an end, we take this time to celebrate, not only these amazing women on this list, but all the phenomenal women of the world.
The full DRUM Women Power List of 2024 is available on the DRUM website.
4. Afripods brings back ‘Behind The Mic’ series
With the APVA Awards fast approaching, Afripods is bringing back the ‘Behind The Mic’ series, which is a series of conversations where the nominated podcasters will (virtually) sit down and converse as we count down the days to the APVA Awards.
The first two episodes will be taking place on the 26th and 28th of August, respectively, on X Spaces, with the rest of the episodes unfolding as we draw nearer to the award ceremony.
Various podcasters will be part of the conversation, so head over to Afripods and/or APVA‘s social media pages to keep up with the full schedule and times.
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