{"id":103403,"date":"2015-10-29T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103403\/the-best-of-ekurhuleni-readers-choice-awards-winners-announced-at-emperors\/"},"modified":"2015-10-29T20:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:57:24","slug":"the-best-of-ekurhuleni-readers-choice-awards-winners-announced-at-emperors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/10\/29\/the-best-of-ekurhuleni-readers-choice-awards-winners-announced-at-emperors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards winners announced at Emperors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was the first ever annual <a href=\"https:\/\/bestofekurhuleni.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">BOE<\/a> awards, and all the winners in the 99 voting categories were announced at a glittering cocktail party at Emperors Palace on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Champagne was popped and wine was flowing with all the winners celebrating their awards.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Guests from Ekurhuleni and further afield reveled in the great atmosphere of the event and everyone was encouraged to help grow the EMM.<\/p>\n<p>What is the <a href=\"http:\/\/viewer.zmags.com\/publication\/4373dae9#\/4373dae9\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Best of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards<\/a>?<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Best of Ekurhuleni Reader\u2019s Choice Awards was established to inspire the residents of Ekurhuleni to celebrate the best of the best and to inspire growth and prosperity in local business and organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Voters came from nine towns and 17 townships within the EMM.<\/p>\n<p>Caxton East\/South Local Newspapers and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality joined forces this year to bring the residents of Ekurhuleni the Best of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards 2015.<\/p>\n<p>There were five main categories to vote from and voting took place in August this year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glam It Up (All the places you go to for shopping, feel good and to look hot for a fun night out with your friends).<\/li>\n<li>Eat Drink and Be Merry (Feeling hungry or in a party mood, let us help you find the perfect spots).<\/li>\n<li>Lifestyle (All your needs from banking, housing, investments, education and cars).<\/li>\n<li>Living in Ekurhuleni (The best places to buy a home, enjoy a game of golf or have a day out with the family).<\/li>\n<li>Dining out (Fine dining and delectable food is what we do when we have a little more to spend from our budgets, these are the best places to feed you in style).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Caxton Local Newspapers congratulates all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Best-of-Ekurhuleni-1385626335098145\/?ref=bookmarks\" target=\"_blank\">BOE<\/a> winners and we also thank all those who participated in the event and the awards.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestofekurhuleni.co.za\">www.bestofekurhuleni.co.za<\/a>\u00a0 to view photos from the awards show, or to read our special winners publication online with all the winners inside.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all our sponsors and entertainers. See you in 2016 with the Best of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103434\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_4450-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-246837\" src=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_4450-Large-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"One of the night biggest winners at the Best Of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards was (Antonella Turner, from Boksburg, who won a trip to Thailand for two. She is seen here standing with Kirsty Hutchinson (left) and Kristen Feeley from Reynolds Travel Centre. The trip was sponsored by Reynolds Travel Centre.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the night biggest winners at the Best Of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards was (Antonella Turner, from Boksburg, who won a trip to Thailand for two. She is seen here standing with Kirsty Hutchinson (left) and Kristen Feeley (right)from Reynolds Travel Centre. The trip was sponsored by Reynolds Travel Centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103433\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_0091-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-246838 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_0091-Large-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0091 (Large)\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moments before the awards kick off: Karen Watts: General Manager for Caxton East and South and Clyde Meela: Digital Manager for Caxton East and South take a moment for a photo, at the Best OF Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, at Emperors Palace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103432\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_0156-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-246839\" src=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/10\/IMG_0156-Large-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"The official Spokesperson of the City OF Ekurhuleni Themba Gadebe addresses the guests at the Best OF Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards at Emperors Palace on October 28.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The official Spokesperson of the City OF Ekurhuleni, Themba Gadebe, \u00a0speaks to the guests at the Best OF Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, at Emperors Palace on the night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best of Ekurhuleni\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_JP96yw6WM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='763b5a116fa42925865de8d33fc3ebe4'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28 saw the inaugural Best of Ekurhuleni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, proudly brought to you by Caxton local newspapers in partnership with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1700,"featured_media":103436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[8847,7747,8848],"class_list":["post-103403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-best-of-ekurhueni-readers-choice-awards","tag-best-of-ekurhuleni","tag-boe"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Best of Ekurhueni Readers\u2019 Choice Awards.","Best OF Ekurhuleni","boe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}