Newsmaker of the Year - Big Brother 1 Feb 20021 Feb 2002 WhatsappPrintPDFXLinked-inFacebookMore sharing optionsThe Pretoria Press Club has named the reality TV show Big Brother as its Newsmaker of the Year for 2001. Yusuf Abramjee, the club's chairperson, says that the show was the biggest media event ever in South Africa.