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#STGenNext 2019 Winners as voted for by some SA Youth

The 2019 Sunday Times "Generation Next Brand" Award took place at the Sandton Convention Centre on the 13th of June 2019.

If you've never heard of the #GenNext Awards- They have been going on for over 10 years now and they are presented by Sunday Times under Tiso Blackstar. The awards are voted for by some SA youths and they recognize the coolest brands in South Africa in all industries such as food, tech, motoring,entertainment and more.

The survey with which the awards were based on, were conducted by HDI Youth Consultancy, which polled more than 7 000 South African youths between the ages of eight and 23 on what they find on-trend and aspirational.
          

Nike and Metro FM are some of the longest tittle holders in their respective fields. 14 new categories were introduced this year, including Coolest Online Fashion Store (Superbalist), Coolest Campaign Targeted at Youth (LoveLife), Coolest Food Delivery App (Mr D Food), Coolest Entertainment Channel (Cartoon Network Dstv 301), Coolest Gaming Console (PlayStation 4 Pro), along with two personal brand categories: Coolest Politician (Nelson Mandela and Coolest Online Influencer (Bonang Matheba)


Each category has between five and 10 winners, with the number 1 being 1st place.See if your favorite brands made the list.
The 2019 categories and winners respectively are listed below:

Coolest Brand Overall 2019
1 Nike
2 Samsung
3 adidas
4 Apple
5 Gucci
6 Kappa
7 FILA
8 Vans
9 Coca-Cola
10 Jordan



Coolest Online Influencer 2019
1 Bonang Matheba
2 Somizi
3 Kim Kardashian
4 Lasizwe
5 Kefilwe Mabote

Coolest Brand Slogans 2019
1 Just do it (Nike)
2 I’m lovin it (McDonald’s)
3 All in (adidas)
4 Have a break. Have a KitKat
5 So Good (KFC)

Coolest Campaign Targeted at Youth 2019
1 LoveLife
2 Save the Rhino
3 Speak Out
4 Soul City
5 Soul Buddyz
6 YES4Youth
7 Community Work Programme
8 Harambee
9 NYDA
10 Aware.org

Coolest Entertainment Channel 2019
1 Cartoon Network (DStv 301)
2 Nickelodeon (DStv 305)
3 Disney Channel (DStv 303)
4 Mzansi Magic (DStv 161)
5 TRACE Urban (DStv 325)

Coolest Fast Food Places 2019
1 McDonald’s
2 KFC
3 Burger King
4 Steers
5 Nando’s

Coolest TV Music Channels 2019
1 TRACE Urban (DStv 325)
2 Channel O (DStv 320)
3 MTV Base (DStv 322)
4 MTV (DStv 130)
5 TRACE Africa (DStv 326)

Coolest Universities 2019
1 University of Cape Town (UCT)
2 University of Johannesburg (UJ)
3 UNISA
4 University of Pretoria (TUKS)
5 Durban University of Technology (DUT)

Coolest Banks 2019
1 FNB
2 Capitec Bank
3 Standard Bank
4 Absa
5 Nedbank

Coolest Clothing Stores 2019
1 Mr Price
2 Sportscene
3 TotalSPORTS
4 Edgars
5 Woolworths

Coolest Cellphones 2019
1 Samsung
2 Apple iPhone
3 Huawei
4 Hisense
5 Sony

Coolest Domestic Airlines 2019
1 SAA (South African Airways)
2 Mango
3 BA (British Airways)
4 Safair
5 Kulula.com

Coolest Clothing Brands 2019
1 Nike
2 adidas
3 Gucci
4 Kappa
5 Vans

Coolest Local Sportsperson 2019
1 Thuso Phala
2 AB de Villiers
3 Caster Semenya
4 Percy Tau
5 Simphiwe Tshabalala


Coolest Hotel Groups 2019
1 Protea Hotels
2 Sun International
3 Hilton Hotels & Resorts
4 City Lodge/Town Lodge/Road Lodge
5 Tsogo Sun

Coolest Shopping Malls 2019
1 Mall of Africa
2 Sandton City
3 Gateway Theatre of Shopping
4 Mall of the South
5 V&A Waterfront

Coolest Online Fashion store/app 2019
1 Superbalist
2 H&M
3 Zara
4 MRP
5 Zando

Coolest Companies to work for 2019
1 Apple
2 Mercedes-Benz
3 BMW
4 Samsung
5 Google


Coolest Telecomms Providers 2019
1 Vodacom
2 Telkom/Telkom Mobile
3 Cell C
4 MTN
5 Virgin Mobile

Coolest Local DJ (radio or club) 2019
1 Black Coffee
2 Prince Kaybee
3 DJ Fresh
4 DJ Tira
5 DJ Maphorisa

Coolest Local Male Celebrities 2019
1 Trevor Noah
2 Nasty C
3 AKA
4 Casper Novest
5 Kwesta

Congratulations to all the winners. The #STGenNext Awards are due to take place again next year; so keep your eye out for the moves our local brands will be making onwards so you know what and who to vote for when its #STGENNEXT2020

For a whole list of all the winners, visit : https://tisoblackstarevents.co.za/event-news/article?id=sa-s-youth-have-spoken-the-2019-sunday-times-gen-next-winners-announced

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