SA Rocks

I know that I am probably making news out of a very old announcement but I just saw how many local acts have been nominated at this years MTV Africa awards… here’s the list:

BEST FEMALE
Zonke ( South Africa )

BEST MALE
DJ Cleo ( South Africa )
HHP ( South Africa )

BEST LIVE PERFORMER
Cassette ( South Africa )
Jozi ( South Africa )

BEST GROUP
Freshly Ground ( South Africa )
Jozi ( South Africa )
The Parlotones ( South Africa )

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Goldfish ( South Africa )
Seether ( South Africa )
The Parlotones ( South Africa )

BEST HIP-HOP
HHP ( South Africa )

BEST R&B
Loyiso ( South Africa )

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
HHP ( South Africa )
Seether ( South Africa )

BEST NEW ACT
Da L.E.S. ( South Africa )

BEST VIDEO
Freshlyground ( South Africa ) – Pot Belly
Pro Kid ( South Africa ) – Uthini Ngo Pro

Wow. What a line up, what an incredible year for SA music. Let’s keep fingers crossed that we pull in some statues!

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Believe it or not SA has initiated an awards ceremony much like the Emmy Awards in the States.

The first annual Stars of Mzansi is the South African answer to the American Emmy Awards and these awards would be bestowed to the men and women who have been role models in their communities and have helped to shape the history of this country.

I think this is a sterling idea. It’s about time that our celebrity culture stopped revolving around Brit, Paris, Lindsay and other rat-faced-ass-stupid-morons.

Even if some of our celebs are much the same, let’s rather get them in the focus than some American twit.

I digress. This is the very first of its kind in SA and I am proud to say that I support it 100%. Nominees have been laid out in various and diverse categories:

I hope that this awards ceremony is a great success and will become the Emmy’s of SA! To all involved and nominated I say congratulations and goodluck! To all those who don’t win anything, it’s always an honour to be nominated and there is always next year.

If you can get tickets (if there are on sale) then I suggest you do so. If you can’t then I suggest you vote and get involved in that way.

Visit the site here and learn more about the entire event.

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