This Saturday, November 18th, the SAMAs (South African Music Awards) will give out their top honors for 2023. The ceremony, which was meant to be held in Kwazulu-Natal, will take place in Pretoria instead, after the local government pulled out of its hosting duties over an outcry about the budget it required and questions over who would be benefiting from it.
KwaZulu-Natal was meant to host the awards as part of a three-year partnership with the province’s Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs. There had…