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Readers have only nine days left to submit nominations before the closure of this year’s Local Heroes Awards. With the awards gala event scheduled for October 26, readers can still nominate unsung heroes of their communities before nomination lines close on August 23. Selected finalists will be honoured during a gala evening at the ICC in East London on October 26.

From feeding schemes and education to sports, cancer care and the arts, Daily Dispatch has received and published touching stories of this year’s Local Heroes awards nominees.As more nominations continue to flood in, readers may book their seats to the official awards ceremony to be held on October 26 at the East London ICC.

This year the Local Hero gala event was a night of rose gold glamour in honour of 12 winners whose work helping their communities stood out from more than 50 nominees. In the first in-person event since 2019, the Daily Dispatch and Johnson & Johnson Local Heroes awarded the selected finalists with R20,000 and a professionally shot video of their projects.

This year the Local Hero gala event was a night of rose gold glamour in honour of 12 winners whose work helping their communities stood out from more than 50 nominees. In the first in-person event since 2019, the Daily Dispatch and Johnson & Johnson Local Heroes awarded the selected finalists with R20,000 and a professionally shot video of their projects.