The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) on 20th of September 2025, honoured outstanding examples of journalistic bravery at the 2025 Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism, hosted at a gala dinner in Johannesburg and proudly sponsored by Sanlam. The overall winner of the 2025 Nat Nakasa Award for Courageous Journalism was Khaya Koko, for his fearless investigative series, Power Connect, which exposed systemic corruption within Johannesburg’s City Power. Koko was nominated by at least four eminent journalists, including two past recipients of the Nat Nakasa Award. On the Nat Nakasa Community Media Award, the judges presented the 2025 Nat Nakasa Community Media Award to Shirley Govender, publisher of Globe Post, Orange Farm News, and Walkerville & Savanna City Times. Known for his integrity and courage, Nakasa died in exile in New York at just 28 years old.