The CNN 2009 African Journalist of the Year Awards swung into action this week - things heat up for the showdown as from today (Friday, 17 July) and run through until Sunday (19 July).
The Awards are happening in Durban and the surrounding action features various talks and seminars by industry professionals.
The Award Ceremony and Gala evening take place on Saturday (18 July) at The International Convention Centre, where the winner will be announced.
The ceremony is being hosted by Isha Sesay, presenter of CNN's weekly programme Inside Africa and South African eNews Channel presenter Macfarlane Molele.
The ceremony will be broadcast on Inside Africa on CNN on Saturday, 25 July 2009 at 18h30 (for South African audiences). Please see schedules for broadcast times across Africa and repeats.
On Wednesday, 29 July 2009 it will be broadcast on M-Net at 23h05.
It will also be broadcast on e.tv on Sunday, 9 August at 15h00 and and on the eNews Channel (DStv channel 403) on Thursday, 13 August 2009 at 11h30.
For the 25 finalists, please see:
African Journalist Of The Year finalists.
For live blogs from the heart of the event, please see:
CNN"s African Journalist Of The Year site. (which went live on Wednesday, 15 July 2009)
CNN is on DStv Channel 401.