Provincial/Local Bua Award 2004
 Winner: Cornelius Monama
Chief Director: Communication
North West Provincial Government
Background
Cornelius is the Chief Director: Communication in the Office of the Premier in the North West. He was nominated for his effective and innovative leadership during the transition to the new provincial government. From a communication point of view, it was critical to ensure effective communication on what this change meant and entailed. The provincial government was proactive and preempted any possible speculation that was not founded on facts. To sustain the positive mood generated by the elections, the new Executive Council took a series of Roadshows to districts to meet public servants and management. As the official spokesperson for the provincial government, Cornelius organized a highly successful conference between the North West Executive Council and Sanef, which resulted in media coverage of the provincial government and the Premier improving significantly as a result of an effective media management strategy.
 Finalist: Tsekiso Mofokeng
South African Police Service - SAPS (Gauteng)
Background
Sergeant Mofokeng is a communication officer at the Vosloorus South African Police Service in charge of coordinating social crime prevention. He has played a pivotal role in a number of campaigns, presentations and public outreach events aimed at encouraging, motivating and uplifting the standard of service delivery to the public. These programmes have managed to motivate the community to work hand-in-hand with the police in fighting crime and there has been a noticeable change in attitude. A special focus falls on Youth Projects and outreaches to schools such as J Dumane and Lethulwazi Comprehensive have been used to present the youth to organisations such as Gun Free South Africa, Love Life and the Red Cross.
 Finalist: Jabu Majola
Nketoana Local Municipality (Free State)
Background
Jabu is the manager for Corporate Service of the Nketoana Local Municipality in the Free State. She initiated a programme to enhance public participation in the municipal Integrated Development Plan review process after the realization that community participation was not up to standard. The programme was a huge success resulting in improved community understanding of the IDP and the services. She initiated the installation of a toll-free Telkom line for the community to view their concerns and show their support and started the first departmental newsletter to enhance communication and to keep the community informed of the developments in the municipality.
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