This year the Awards gala was live streamed from the venue in sunny Durbanville, Cape Town.
Over 200 industry guests all dressed up and attended in person while thousands of others from across the country joined online, via YouTube.
Many offices invited their staff to dress up and join the fun. Some were nervous (as they were part of the Top 10 Nominees and were curious to find out if they had made Top 5 or even highest rated) and others were just having a great time celebrating their hard work. Some practices and companies even handed out their own awards on the day.
Some members of the Debtfree Magazine team were on hand to help out with the Awards.
The Venue
The venue this year was the D’Aria Wine farm situated in the lovely Durbanville Hills area.
The weather cooperated and the guests were able to enjoy the sunny weather as they arrived on the red carpet.
Here are a few shots of everyone all dressed up and looking glam.
Best Dressed?
We know that guests coming to the Awards know there is a chance they will end up on the cover of the Debtfree Magazine in October as we celebrate the Awards.
Everyone looked great but perhaps the best dressed for the day were Timte and David. These two amazing Alpacas were the stars of the show and helped everyone relax and have a good time.
Thanks to Digital Orchestrators and DebtPal for making it possible to have these very special guests at the event this year. They put a smile on everyone’s faces and were so well behaved and friendly.
Welcome Drinks & Gifts
Generous sponsors such as DC Partner PDA and DCCP were on hand to provide welcome drinks and gift bags for those who attended.
Its always nice to have a glass of something refreshing or sparkling in hand and the beautiful sunny day lent itself to taking a few moments to relax outside and chat to other guests.
Guests were also able to take a spin in the 360 Camera thanks to Datanamix. This resulted in some pretty crazy pics and videos with everything from Charlies Angles poses to karate kicks and more.
Vroom
Debt review is a fast paced industry with many twists and turns. Navigating these can be both challenging a rewarding.
Tying in with the fun activities of the day before iPDA gave guests the chance to take a spin around the virtual track and try beat the fastest time previously set by Antoinio of Debt Therapy. It turns out that Debt Counsellors and credit providers alike are pretty good behind the wheel.
Fastest Lap Times Thursday & Friday went to Antonio Don of Debt Therapy and Eddie Greef of DCCP.
Now you know who to call if you need to get somewhere in a hurry.
Snax & The FoodBank
Guests were also able to sample the delicious food from the new industry FoodBank.
Using the innovative South African FoodSock product, this recently registered NPO is able to help provide a healthy and filling meal for four people for only R45. That’s only R11.25 per person for a meal (and it stretches further if there are kids).
Sponsors like VHT and others have been generous in donating funds to the project. If your office likes to choose a project to support for charity work each year, why not consider this for your CSI or charity work in 2025?
Debt Counsellors who have clients who are going through a tough time and perhaps have sent credit providers a 17.3 are able to approach the FoodBank and ask for assistance.
By helping these clients cut down on their food costs for the month it may even free up a little funds to still make a small debt repayment for the month.
To talk to the FoodBank about your clients simply email:
Our Editor and the Founder of the Debt Review Awards project Mr Zak King sporting a beard this year. Always mixing it up.
Zak welcomed the hundreds of excited in person guests and the thousands of others watching online. Some offices had several hundred connected and were all watching together. Others had WhatsApp groups going so they could chat during the event.
Zak then got down with the young folk by explaining the debt review process in gen Alpha slang.
Other than confusing the older members of the audience he got a few laughs from those in the audience with younger kids and his presentation was 100% clutch and in no way sus fam.