Robson Sharuko Wins Cosafa Castle Cup’s Award For Best Print Journalist
Congrats Robson

Reporting by The Nation and Herald

Veteran sports journo and editor Robson Sharuko has won this year’s COSAFA Castle Cup for best print journo, that will see the Herald House employee pocketing a cool R12 000.

The award, which is sponsored by the South African Breweries Limited also include a fully sponsored trips whenever the Warriors are playing away in the competition for the next three years.

Nation Publications Limited (NPL) award-winning sports journalist Garry Chirwa missed the Cosafa Castle to come out as second best to Sharuko.

Chirwa said while he would have loved to clinch the first position, he felt Sharuko deserved the award.
“I am not disappointed that I came second best, what matters is the recognition. It shows that the media experts appreciated my job. Sharuko deserved the award. He did a very good job, and being one of the sports journalists I admire, I am happy for him,” said Chirwa, who also has over 14 local and international awards to his name.
Sharuko has been with the Herald for 14 years.
Said Sharuko on his award:
"I believe this is the culmination of a very good year for us as a newspaper where we led the way with some of the stories that shook our football scene.
"I think after exposing the World Cup ticket scandal and the problems within the PSL that led to the resignation of chief executive Chris Sambo, you can probably say that we deserved some recognition….