Multi-Marketing Book Awards 2025
BEST BOOK 2025
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1. 1. Frontline Legends by Goolam Suleman
2. 2. Multi-Marketing Anthology 2025 by Multiple Authors
3. 3. The Realm: A Mask Of Secrets by Lauren B Maduray
4. 4. The Final Stanza by Elia Mpatha
5. 5. Inspirations by Hesta Du Plessis
6. 6. Peaches & Smeets by Ashti Juggath
7. 7. Death of a Shaman by Karl Mrazek
BEST AUTHOR 2025
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1. 1. Lauren B Maduray
2. 2. Goolam Suleman
3. 3. Caz Johst-Saayman
4. 4. Elia Mpatha
5. 5. Hesta Du Plessis
6. 6. Heidi Hahn
7. 7. Sindi Msibi
8. 8. Sakhile Msweli
9. 9. Varshnee Joseph
1. 10. Desiree Machete
2. 11. Mmagauta Kumbi
3. 12. Pauline Serite
4. 13. Dikeledi Ledwaba
5. 14. Makgwale Mogaladi
6. 15. Sthuthukile Mkhize
7. 16. Shaka Mabena
8. 17. Ashti Juggath
9. 18. Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
1. 19. Johara Shaik
2. 20. Karl Mrazek
3. 21. Yonela Qomoyi
BEST FICTION WORK 2025
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1. 1. The Old Woman by Dikeledi Ledwaba
2. 2. The Realm: A Mask Of Secrets by Lauren B Maduray
3. 3. Death of a Shaman by Karl Mrazek
1. 4. Peaches & Smeets by Ashti Juggath
2. 5. The Last Letter by Varshnee Joseph
3. 6. Memories by Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
4. 7. Drink of Life by Caz Johst-Saayman
5. 8. True Love by Caz Johst-Saayman
6. 9. Matilda The Farm Girl by Desiree Machete
7. 10. The Night Vigil by Dikeledi Ledwaba
8. 11. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder by Heidi Hahn
1. 12. The Princess and The Little Blue Bird by Johara Shaik
2. 13. Homework Now! by Johara Shaik
3. 14. Star Chef by Johara Shaik
4. 15. Broken Crayons can still write by Mmagauta Kumbi
5. 16. Love Gone Wrong by Pauline Serite
BEST NON-FICTION WORK 2025
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1. 1. Frontline Legends by Goolam Suleman
2. 2. Inspirations by Hesta Du Plessis
3. 3. The Final Stanza by Elia Mpatha
BEST POEM 2025
1. 1. A View From A Window by Dikeledi Ledwaba
2. 2. Thought-Full by Heidi Hahn
3. 3. Nhlinziyo yami lalela by Sindi Msibi
4. 4. Inkomo kaBaba by Sakhile Msweli
5. 5. Inkomo kaMama by Sakhile Msweli
6. 6. Inkomo Yokufihla by Sakhile Msweli
7. 7. Dancers by by Sakhile Msweli
8. 8. Ithole by Sakhile Msweli
1. 9. Inkomo Yokugezwa Komuzi by Sakhile Msweli
2. 10. The Lone Wolf by Heidi Hahn
3. 11. Each Pause by Elia Mpatha
4. 12. Echoes of my Heart by Elia Mpatha
5. 13. Yamukelwa isuqu sami by Sindi Msibi
6. 14. Asibeni nemfudumalo by Sindi Msibi
7. 15. Isoka lamanyala by Sindi Msibi
8. 16. Wawuthi Wenzani by Sindi Msibi
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1. 17. Ukubonga kwami akwanele by Sindi Msibi
2. 18. Ungethembile Nkosi by Sindi Msibi
3. 19. Kwala yena usomanda by Sindi Msibi
4. 20. Elinya ithuba by Sindi Msibi
5. 21. Ngeke kuhlale kunje by Sindi Msibi
6. 22. So Near Yet So Far by Dikeledi Ledwaba
7. 23. A fractured heart by Shaka Mabena
8. 24. Lilac Dawn by Shaka Mabena
1. 25. The space you left behind by Shaka Mabena
2. 26. Before he became a man by Sakhile Msweli
3. 27. Gods and the Monsters that worshipped them by Sakhile Msweli
4. 28. Under Attack by Dikeledi Ledwaba
5. 29. The Wealthy Beggar by Heidi Hahn
1. 30. Resource-Full by Heidi Hahn
2. 31. Challenging Times by Heidi Hahn
3. 32. Rock Solid by Heidi Hahn
4. 33. Forgive To Forget by Heidi Hahn
5. 34. Suffer For Beauty by Heidi Hahn
6. 35. Uprising by Heidi Hahn
7. 36. In Pursuit Of Life by Heidi Hahn
8. 37. What Am I by Dikeledi Ledwaba
9. 38. I Ask Myself by Dikeledi Ledwaba
1. 39. The Schoolgirl by Dikeledi Ledwaba
2. 40. Life Expectations by Dikeledi Ledwaba
3. 41. The Me I Am by Dikeledi Ledwaba
4. 42. Chains Of Life by Dikeledi Ledwaba
5. 43. She is beautiful, alright by Dikeledi Ledwaba
6. 44. Halloween by Johara Shaik
7. 45. True Love by Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
8. 46. Less Words by Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
1. 47. A typical school day by Johara Shaik
2. 48. The Nerd by Johara Shaik
3. 49. Summer’s Bummer’s by Johara Shaik
1. 50. My Mum by Johara Shaik
2. 51. Deep One’s by Lauren B Maduray
3. 52. Listen if you can by Lauren B Maduray
4. 53. Raised by Legend by Makgwale Mogaladi
5. 54. Heart of gold are rare to find by Makgwale Mogaladi
6. 55. I never knew by Mmagauta Kumbi
7. 56. Mother by Mmagauta Kumbi
8. 57. Do not look for a shoulder, look for a floor by Mmagauta Kumbi
1. 58. Dear Self by Mmagauta Kumbi
2. 59. There’s a secret behind brokenness by Mmagauta Kumbi
1. 60. Know who God says you are by Mmagauta Kumbi
2. 61. You are the one I prayed for by Mmagauta Kumbi
3. 62. Hey, it is me again by Mmagauta Kumbi
4. 63. God-shaped hole by Mmagauta Kumbi
5. 64. A table where love is served by Mmagauta Kumbi
6. 65. Our Heroes Must Fail Us by Sthuthukile Mkhize
7. 66. In My Mother’s Parlour by Sthuthukile Mkhize
8. 67. My Mother’s Daughter by Sthuthukile Mkhize
1. 68. A strange blue by Sthuthukile Mkhize
2. 69. Why did I get married by Yonela Qomoyi
3. 70. Rainbow by Yonela Qomoyi
BEST POET 2025
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1. 1. Sindi Msibi
2. 2. Heidi Hahn
3. 3. Yonela Qomoyi
4. 4. Elia Mpatha
5. 5. Sakhile Msweli
6. 6. Shaka Mabena
7. 7. Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
8. 8. Dikeledi Ledwaba
1. 9. Makgwale Mogaladi
2. 10. Mmagauta Kumbi
3. 11. Johara Shaik
4. 12. Sthuthukile Mkhize
1. 13. Lauren B Maduray
BEST SHORT STORY 2025
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1. 1. True Love by Caz Johst-Saayman
2. 2. The Last Letter by Varshnee Joseph
3. 3. Drink of Life by Caz Johst-Saayman
4. 4. The Old Woman by Dikeledi Ledwaba
5. 5. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder by Heidi Hahn
6. 6. Love Gone Wrong by Pauline Serite
7. 7. Memories by Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
8. 8. Matilda The Farm Girl by Desiree Machete
9. 9. The Night Vigil by Dikeledi Ledwaba
1. 10. The Princess and The Little Blue Bird by Johara Shaik
2. 11. Homework Now by Johara Shaik
3. 12. Star Chef by Johara Shaik
4. 13. Broken Crayons can still write by Mmagauta Kumbi
BEST SHORT STORY WRITER 2025
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1. 1. Caz Johst-Saayman
2. 2. Varshnee Joseph
3. 3. Dikeledi Ledwaba
4. 4. Heidi Hahn
5. 5. Desiree Machete
6. 6. Mmagauta Kumbi
7. 7. Pauline Serite
8. 8. Aubrey Mmakoma Tlomatsana
9. 9. Johara Shaik