 The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the South African Human Rights Commission invited local community radio stations across South Africa to enter competition based on the theme, Stand Up for Someone Else's Rights. Community radio stations from the nine provinces in South Africa entered the competition to tell their stories of how they championed human rights issues within their communities. Ten finance radio stations traveled to Johannesburg to be at the Gallo Awards ceremony on 29 March 2017, to await announcement of the top winner. The winner is Mohori Community Radio Station. The winner is Aguvala Goudu. Mohori Community Radio Station The winner is Aguvala Goudu. Aguvala Goudu. So what was our judging criteria? We were a panel of three, and the judging criteria was based on, first of all, the issue. It was essential that a specific human right was violated as per the Constitution, the Supreme Law of this country. And then we looked at the message. We looked at the amount of detailed information provided, accuracy, and innovation in trying to assist. And then in this clip for the competition, we listened to whether a solution was being provided. You can't just say to a person, but we don't say this is the proposed solution. In the overall observance of rules, we had a length, of course, duration of the clip and the interpretation of the theme. And then we scored all radio stations out of ten on each of the above categories. And just some key findings from the judging local community radio stations were invited to champion human rights issues within their communities, and all of you did that. This initiative covered a wide range of human rights issues that are of primary concern to the community. What is stand up for someone's rights today? We affirm each other so we can raise our voices for decent values. We affirm each other so that we can join others to publicly lobby for better leadership, better laws, and greater respect for human dignity. We affirm each other so that whenever there is discrimination, we can step forward to help safeguard someone else's rights to live free from fear. We in the big cities obsess about Facebook and Twitter, we at the commission are profoundly aware of the fact that these social media platforms have very little utility to the rural isolated communities in our country. In these communities, radio is the most important means of communication. We commend all community radio stations that entered the competitions. The ultimate winners are the communities you stood for their rights. From Mohodi FM, or Mohodi Community Radio, the point was that they went over and above in actually resolving the person's concern. It was a vulnerable farm worker that got injured, needed an RAF claim to be settled, and they went to the extent of actually helping this person realize that. And so it became quite apparent to us that if we used mechanisms like community radio stations, we'd be getting the messaging across to communities far more accessibly. In languages, they understood through expression that was more acceptable and reaching really 5.8 million people on a daily and weekly basis. And that would be a remarkable achievement.