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People of the Year

Community Champion of the Year runners-up: Thapelo Mohapi, Portia Marinana and Avril Andrews

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Community Champion of the Year runners-up: Thapelo Mohapi, Portia Marinana and Avril Andrews

By Suné Payne

Community Champion of the Year: Gift of the Givers’ Ali Sablay is the humanitarian you need in a crisis

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Community Champion of the Year: Gift of the Givers’ Ali Sablay is the humanitarian you need in a crisis

By Suné Payne

Businessperson of the Year runners-up: Neil Schreuder, Andy du Plessis and Stephen van Coller

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Businessperson of the Year runners-up: Neil Schreuder, Andy du Plessis and Stephen van Coller

By Ray Mahlaka

Businessperson of the Year: Ncumisa Ndelu teaches women financial literacy and strategic shopping

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Businessperson of the Year: Ncumisa Ndelu teaches women financial literacy and strategic shopping

By Onke Ngcuka

Sportsperson of the Year runners-up: Handré Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Kirsten Neuschäfer and Dricus du Plessis

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Sportsperson of the Year runners-up: Handré Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Kirsten Neuschäfer and Dricus du Plessis

By Keanan Hemmonsbey

Sportsperson of the Year: The coaching duo RasNaber

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Sportsperson of the Year: The coaching duo RasNaber

By Craig Ray

Sports Team of the Year runners-up: Banyana Banyana and Proteas Women

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Sports Team of the Year runners-up: Banyana Banyana and Proteas Women

By Yanga Sibembe

Sports Team of the Year: The Boks are the bold, gutsy conquerors of the world

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Sports Team of the Year: The Boks are the bold, gutsy conquerors of the world

By Craig Ray

Kant of the Year runners-up: Matthew Lani and Tom Curry

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Kant of the Year runners-up: Matthew Lani and Tom Curry

By Marianne Thamm

Kant of the Year: Busisiwe Mkhwebane comes back to rock Parliament with her EFF studs

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Kant of the Year: Busisiwe Mkhwebane comes back to rock Parliament with her EFF studs

By Marianne Thamm

Grinch of the Year: Julius Malema

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Grinch of the Year: Julius Malema

By Here Tic

Comedian of the Year runners-up: Coconut Kelz and Tums the Narrator

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Comedian of the Year runners-up: Coconut Kelz and Tums the Narrator

By Victoria O’Regan

Comedian of the Year: Schalk Bezuidenhout just wants to make people happy

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Comedian of the Year: Schalk Bezuidenhout just wants to make people happy

By Victoria O’Regan

Let’s do what the ancients exhort us to do: adopt a generosity of spirit towards each other

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Let’s do what the ancients exhort us to do: adopt a generosity of spirit towards each other

By Heather Robertson

Vote for Daily Maverick's People of the Year 2023

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Vote for Daily Maverick's People of the Year 2023

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Here comes the sun – why vitamin D is known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’

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Here comes the sun – why vitamin D is known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’

By Sarah Hoek

Focused Stormers secure inaugural United Rugby Championship title against all odds

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Focused Stormers secure inaugural United Rugby Championship title against all odds

By Craig Ray

Desiree Ellis for her crowning achievement of exorcising the ghosts of Wafcons past

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Desiree Ellis for her crowning achievement of exorcising the ghosts of Wafcons past

By Yanga Sibembe

Max Verstappen silenced his critics by dominating the F1 season

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Max Verstappen silenced his critics by dominating the F1 season

By Cody Hansen

eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda nearly tops the pile for sewage in our sea water

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eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda nearly tops the pile for sewage in our sea water

By Asive Mabula

Mandy Rambharos gives Eskom’s coal-driven Komati new life as a renewable power plant station

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Mandy Rambharos gives Eskom’s coal-driven Komati new life as a renewable power plant station

By Asive Mabula