The Wits Centre for Journalism Celebrates Alumni 

This year, Naledi Mashishi and Shandukani Mulaudzi were named in the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans – an honorary title given to young South Africans pioneers in their respective fields, while Onke Ngucka was honoured with the 2022 Sikuvile Award for upcoming/rising journalist of the year.
Naledi Mashishi (27)
Naledi Mashishi, a finalist in the Sunday Times 2022 Literary Awards completed her Journalism Honours Degree at Wits Journalism in 2018 and interned at Reuters the following year. She was recognised in the Arts and Entertainment category of the M&G200 Young South Africans for her work as a fact-checker at Africa Check especially during the Covid-19 pandemic when misinformation was rife.
She also effectively made use of Twitter thread to debunk common…