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South African Podcast Awards weekend is here!

All winners will be announced at the first annual South African Podcast Awards on Saturday 2 November 2024, premiering live on YouTube. Subscribe to the channel today and keep your eyes open for the stream at 18:30 SAST.

If you are in Cape Town, email [email protected] to grab a seat at the Latitude watch party.

If you missed the annoucement a few weeks ago, below is the full list of finalists in the genre and special catagories, plus links to their shows.

GENRE CATEGORY FINALISTS
These are the top-5 scorers in all Genre Categories, or all of the shows if the category has less than 5 entrants.

🏆 Arts & Literature

1. TGE’s Current Read - Visit Podcast

2. The Story Explorer - Visit Podcast

3. That’s write with Selwyn Milborrow -Visit Podcast

4. The Reading Room - Visit Podcast

5. HeArty Thursdays Podcast - Visit Podcast

🏆 Business

1. Humble Mind Podcast - Visit Podcast

2. Curse of the Creative – A Radio Promotions Podcast - Visit Podcast

3. On Change with Petro du Pisani - Visit Podcast

4. The Current - Visit Podcast

5. South African Digital Marketing - Visit Podcast

🏆 Comedy

1. GenC Podcast - Visit Podcast

2. Petty Crime South Africa - Visit Podcast

3. B4UWKND - Visit Podcast

4. Two Freaks Notice - Visit Podcast

5. TechComedyLife - Visit Podcast

6. Mevrou Mevrou - Visit Podcast

🏆 Music & Entertainment

1. That 80s Show SA - Visit Podcast

2. The Video Store - Visit Podcast

3. Sludge Underground Podcast - Visit Podcast

4. African Couch Potato - The Mash Up - Visit Podcast

5. Critical Arcade - Visit Podcast

🏆 Audio Fiction

There are no finalists in the Audio Fiction Category.

🏆 Food, Leisure, & Travel

1. A Table in the Corner - Visit Podcast

🏆 History

1. 30 Years Of Democracy - Visit Podcast

2. History of South Africa - Visit Podcast

🏆 Kids, Family, & Parenting

1. Life With Lebang - Visit Podcast

2. ZedAlpha with Dean McCoubrey - Visit Podcast

3. Elana Afrika's Parent & Baby Brunch - Visit Podcast

4. Who’s Your Amma - Visit Podcast

5. Solid Gold Story Time - Visit Podcast

6. The Great Equalizer - Visit Podcast

🏆 Knowledge, Science, & Tech

1. The Brain and Brand Show - Visit Podcast

2. Gift of Life - Visit Podcast

3. How Books Are Made - Visit Podcast

4. Become a Podmaster - Visit Podcast

5. Rotor Warriors - Visit Podcast

🏆 News

1. Taking The Rams by The Horns - Visit Podcast

2. Sunday Times Politics Weekly - Visit Podcast

3. 30 Years Of Democracy - Visit Podcast

4. The SL Cabinet - Visit Podcast

5. ITWeb TV - Visit Podcast

🏆 Sport

1. Spin Sessions - Visit Podcast

2. Working Title FC - Visit Podcast

3. Angler News SA - Visit Podcast

4. Tech Girl Talks - Visit Podcast

5. On The Bounce - Visit Podcast

🏆 Personal Growth & Spirituality

1. Listen To Your Footsteps - Visit Podcast

2. Something Shifted with Sean Loots - Visit Podcast

3. Gifted with Hlelo and Ntando - Visit Podcast

4. Time For Us - Visit Podcast

5. Gogo, Have I Been Scammed - Visit Podcast

🏆 Politics & Opinion

1. The So What - Visit Podcast

2. KLETS - Visit Podcast

🏆 Society & Culture

1. Epokothweni with Babalwa Nonkenge - Visit Podcast

2. Youth TELL All - Visit Podcast

3. The Gareth Cliff Show - Visit Podcast

4. The Shady PHodcast - Visit Podcast

5. Talking Transformation Podcast - Visit Podcast

🏆 True Crime

1. True Crime South Africa – die Afrikaanse weergawe - Visit Podcast

2. True Crime South Africa - Visit Podcast

3. Undercover Podcast with Bradley Steyn - Visit Podcast

4. It Happened Here - Visit Podcast

🏆 Wellness & Relationships

1. Don't hold back - Visit Podcast

2. Autistic As Fuck - Visit Podcast

3. The Uphill Podcast - Visit Podcast

4. The CVLT of you - Visit Podcast

5. Power of Sleep with Restonic - Visit Podcast

SPECIAL CATEGORY FINALISTS

Here are the top 5 shows in each special category.
These outstanding podcasts have excelled in areas of Production Quality, Content Quality, Hosting/Presenting, Innovation & Creativity, and Cover Art. Below are the finalists:

🏆 Best Production Quality

1. Something Shifted with Sean Loots - Visit Podcast

2. Solid Gold Story Time - Visit Podcast

3. The Current - Visit Podcast

4. The Video Store - Visit Podcast

5. TGE’s Current Read - Visit Podcast

6. The Great Equalizer - Visit Podcast

🏆 Best Content Quality

1. TGE’s Current Read - Visit Podcast

2. Gift of Life - Visit Podcast

3. Solid Gold Story Time - Visit Podcast

4. Tech Girl Talks - Visit Podcast

5. ZedAlpha with Dean McCoubrey - VisitPodcast

🏆 Best Hosting/Presenting

1. Elana Afrika's Parent & Baby Brunch - Visit Podcast

2. The Video Store - Visit Podcast

3. The Current - Visit Podcast

4. Sludge Underground Podcast - Visit Podcast

5. TGE’s Current Read - Visit Podcast

🏆 Best Innovation & Creativity

1. Solid Gold Story Time - Visit Podcast

2. ZedAlpha with Dean McCoubrey - Visit Podcast

3. The Video Store - Visit Podcast

4. The Muscle Growth Podcast - Visit Podcast

5. A Table in the Corner - Visit Podcast

🏆 Best Cover Art

1. Three’s a Crowd - Visit Podcast

2. Rotor Warriors - Visit Podcast

3. That 80s Show SA - Visit Podcast

4. Who’s Your Amma - Visit Podcast

5. Solid Gold Story Time - Visit Podcast

🏆 Podcast of the year.

This one is very hush hush. You’ll have to wait until awards night to even see the finalists.

I’ll be at the Cape Town event to celebrate an increible year of podcasting. I hope to see you there!

Best of luck to all the SAPA finalists as well as the SAPG team putting the final touches to what promises to be an outstanding display of local creativity.

Training Day

Workshops / events to help you up your podcasting game.

✏Do you want to Speak With Confidence?
Whether it be for the corporate environment, podcasting or delivering content to camera, click here for details on the 2025 Speak With Confidence workshop with Tracey Lange and Sean Loots.

✏Unpacking Podcasting is back!
Join the Live Q&A session on Instagram with podcast trainer & coach Gathoni Ngumba on Wednesday, 13th November. Send in your questions before hand here 

Keep creating.