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JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s biggest music night, the 28th annual South Africa Music Awards (Samas) had some unexpected drama on Sunday evening, and it wasn’t just the surprising winner’s list.
The prestigious music event, which were hosted by Lawrence Maleka and Nandi Madida, took place at Sun City in North West.
It was a two-day event, starting on Saturday. The Sunday part was broadcast on SABC 1.
Some of the artistes who got to perform included Master KG, Khuli Chana, and Mobi Dixon.
Black Coffee was honoured with the International Achievement Award. The award comes after his Grammy win in April.
Joe Nina, Jimmy Dludlu, and McCoy Mrubata were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards .
The Princess of Africa, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, received the Chairman’s Award.
Consistently outperforming her peers, Makhadzi, currently is considered the best performer in the country.
The MaGear singer’s performance at Samas 28 had a few technical problems, however, she pushed through. But Makhadzi was not happy with how the award show’s held the sound problems and the standard of the live production.
Posting her frustrations on Twitter, and later deleting her posts, Makhadzi said people don’t think she fully understands English, but she knows the meaning of rehearsals.
“But to me, a rehearsal was to make me feel like I don’t deserve to be in the industry. And I don’t deserve the love I get from my fans. I remain the queen and I am proud of myself and my work,” she tweeted.
She would further explained on Monday what really went wrong with the performance.
“The problem started when I decline their choreography, (cause) I always want to perform with my own dancers. But the most important thing is how can you let me rehearse 5 minutes where others [were] given unlimited time. Rehearsing with a cellphone in front of the band.”
Makhadzi did win a Sama for Best Collaboration for “Ghamana” featuring Prince Benza.
Other big talking points included the surprising winners. Artist of The Year went to Haksul Muziq, with many commenting they had no clue who the artist was.
Sun El Musician and Nomfundo Moh won for Best Remix of The Year and Best Afro pop album respectively. — TheCitizen
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