MDDA/SANLAM LOCAL AWARDS 2012 Sentech is a proud sponsor of the best community radio category of the Sanlam/MDDA Local Media Awards. Now in their third year, the local media awards are a collaborative effort to celebrate excellence in the local media industry of South Africa. The 2012 MDDA/SANLAM Local Media Awards include the inaugural Rantho/Letsebe Community Media Achievement Award and will be presented at a gala dinner at the Coastlands Umhlanga Hotel (329 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, Umhlanga), Durban on Friday, 18 May 2012, at 18h30. The Awards Gala Dinner will be attended by the Minister Collins Chabane (Minister in the Presidency), Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Tembisa Ndabeni, Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications Chair Skhumbuzo Eric Kholwane, captains of the industry and close to 300 editors, journalists, photographers, broadcasters and peers.