The South African Music Awards was brought in from the cold after its primary sponsor, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs was instructed by President Cyril Ramaphosa last month to cancel its three-year contract and pull R28-million in questionable funding for this year’s event. In an eleventh-hour save, the SAMAs partnered with Africa Fest to host the ceremony on 18 November, at Sunbet Arena in Tshwane.
It is an indication either of how irrelevant the awards have become over the past…
