ANN7 announces 2016 South African of the Year Awards

ANN7 today announced the launch of the channel's 2016 South African of the Year Awards campaign, with the theme of 'Reflection and Progression.'

Going against tradition of holding the event around the time of the channel's birthday, this yeard edition will be held in November again at the Ticketpro Dome.

The SATY awards categories have been tweaked a bit for 2016 and are as follows:
Music Artist of the Year
Personality of the Year ( TV/Radio/ Film)
Business Innovator of the Year
Sportsperson of the Year
Conservationist of the Year
Youth Leader of the Year
South African of the Year
A Lifetime Achievement award will also be made

Public nominations will be open from 13 July 2016- 05 August 2016. A group of panellists will shortlist 5 finalists from all the nominees in each of the categories. Viewers will have an opportunity to vote for the finalists within the respective categories and the winners will be announced on the evening of the awards.

The Awards' companion show, I Am South African, will also return from August through November (probably to avoid clashing with SA Decides, which shares its timeslot). No host has been announced yet.

Nominees for ANN7's South African Of the Year Awards Revealed (Includes Full List)

ANN7 yesterday announced the nominees for the second annual South African of the Year Awards, which is set to take place at the TicketPro Dome in Johannesburg on October 17th.

Below is the full list of nominees for the awards show slated to be hosted by Maps Maponyane. All in all, there are 9 categories with 63 nominees in total (or 62, considering that DJ Sbu is technically nominated in two categories, the first time someone got nominated in more than one category at the SATY Awards):

Campaign of the Year

• Afreakan Dream
• Africa Against Ebola (MTN)
• Crime Line
• Kagiso Shanduka Trust
• Ke Yona [Nedbank]; 
• MoFaya [DJ Sbu]
• ProteaFire [Cricket SA]

Spirit of Humanity 

•  Creseldah Ndlovu [Mother Teresa of Bushbuckridge]
•  Jordan vd Walt [Just One Bag Campaign]
•  Lead SA
• Ntenga Foundation [Donate School shoes camapign]
• Sibusiso Leope Education Foundation [DJ Sbu]
• Dr Thandeka Mazibuko [Cancer awareness in Africa]
• Vodacom e-school initiative. 

Business Leader of the Year 

• Christo Van Der Rheede
• Herman Mashab
• Jabu Mabuza
• John Michael Judin
• Mervyn King
• Shameel Joosub.  

Entrepreneur of the Year

•  Adri Kruger
• Gil Oved and Ran Neu-Ner [The Creative Council]
• Ismail Hassen [CSR-Africa]
• Marthie Jansen van Rensburg [Trans-Caledon Tunnel]
• Thabo Molefe [DJ Tbo Touch]
• Theresa Cupido [ATN Group]
• Tommy Makhatho [Bibi Cash & Carry].

Young Person of the Year

• Foki Molemane [Tosman Entertainment Rockers]
• Kagiso Rabada [cricketer]
• Kgomotso Pooe [Soweto Outdoor Adventures]
• Malibongwe Xaba [One Young World Ambassador]
• Mbongeni Msomi [Carwash Supreme]
• Simon Molekwa [Life4U]
•  Vuyani Masuku [Park & Blue Pools Primary Co-op]

Conservationist of the Year 

• Craig Spencer [Wildlife research and conservation]
• Div de Villiers [Green Scorpions]
• Fundisile Mketeni [CEO SA National Parks]
• Karen Trendler [founder, Wildcare Africa]
•  Mark Boucher [SAB-Boucher Conservation]
•  Sinegugu Zukulu [Endangered Wildlife Trust]
• Yolan Friedmann [Global Cheetah Forum]. 

Trendsetting Celebrity of the Year

• AKA
• Cassper Nyovest
• Terry Pheto
• Nomzamo Mbatha
• Nandi Mngoma 
• Jonathan Boyton-Lee
• The Soil

Sports Person of the Year

• AB de Villiers
• Duane Vermeulen
• Gift Kelehe
• Janine van Wyk
• Schalk Burger
• Tefu Mashamaite
• Teko Modise

South African of the Year

• Bonang Matheba 
• Brian Molefe
• Ephraim Shakes Mashaba
• Imtiaz Sooliman
• Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
• Rolene Strauss 
• Prof Salim S Abdool Karim

You can vote at the South African of the Year Awards website, which you can find here.

Thus far, AKA, The Soil & ChianoSky have been confirmed to perform at the awards ceremony, with more artists, including international artists, to be confirmed at a later date. 

I Am South African Starts, Adds Avashnee Vandiar as Co Host, Causes ANN7 Lineup Tweak

The second season of ANN7's I Am South African started today, July 20th, at 6pm.

With the launch of I AM South African in the 6pm hour, GameOn! with Mahreen Chenia moves an hour earlier to 5:30pm, and its late night repeat also moves an hour earlier to 9:30pm, replacing the repeat of Buzz@ANN7.

With all the hype around the launch of I Am South African and that Maps Maponyane will be hosting, one thing ANN7 (seemingly conveniently) forgot to mention is that Maps would have a cohost on the show in Avashnee Vandiar. Avashnee is not a stranger to ANN7 viewers, having previously anchored the entertainment bulletin in Chantal Rutter Dros' version of ANN7 Prime and also having a role in a recent local movie.

ANN7 also added a new set just for the show (see above) which seems like someone's living room. Those unnecessarily big graphic are back as well (sighs).

Maps Maponyane replaces Hulisani Ravele as host of I Am South African, set to Host South African of the Year Awards

ANN7 has revealed that South African celebrity/actor/model/reality tv star Maps Maponyane will be hosting the second season of the channel's I Am South African chat show.

Maponyane said that he chose to host the show because he "thought it would be remarkable to be a part of something that celebrates ordinary South Africans doing extraordinary things."

When asked how season 2 of I Am South African will be different from season 1, which was hosted by Hulisani Ravele, Maponyane stated that it would be more intimate this time around and will try to get the guests to expose emotions they would not have otherwise exposed.

On his interview style, Maponyane stated that he was more observational and will help his guests get more comfortable on screen, though he does not have any experience in a talks show or similar format.

Season 2 of I Am South African starts on Monday the 13th of July at 6pm and will air Monday to Saturday for an hour every day(believe it or not airring six days a week is a day shorter than the first season which aired seven days a week).

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South African celebrity Maps Maponyane has been announced to host ANN7's second annual South African of the Year Awards.

The inaugural edition of the surprisingly well done Awards was cohosted by Bonang Matheba and Chantal Rutter Dros.

The South African of the Year Awards premieres live on ANN7 (DStv 405) on October 17th.

ANN7 Announces 2015 South African of the Year Awards

ANN7 (DStv 405) yesterday launched their South African of the Year Awards campaign for 2015.

This follows the unexpected major success of the inaugural edition of the awards, held last year during September to coincide with the channel's first anniversary on the air.

The Awards has a theme for this year as well, "Unity in Diversity," which will celebrate the rich heritage, history and diversity of South Africa.

The channel's SATY daily companion show, I Am South African, will also return in July in the buildup to the awards. It is slated to air daily at 5pm. At this stage it is unknown whether Hulisani Ravele will return to host the show or if it would be hosted by someone within the channel's ranks (It is also unknown how the addition of the show will impact shows currently airring in that hour, like Rands & Sense with Nastassia Arendse, for example).

I Am South African will be telling the story of everyday South Africans and South Africa itself as it tries to weave a narrative on the history of the country in the buildup to the awards show.


The SATY 2015 Categories are as follows:
1. Trendsetting Celebrity of the Year
2. Campaign of the Year
3. Sportsperson of the Year
4. Entrepreneur of the Year
5. Spirit of Humanity Award
6. Young ANN7 South African of the Year
7. ANN7 South African of the Year

Like last time, viewers can make nominations through SMS or email, the details which can be found on ANN7's website (Deadline is 30 April). 

The South African of the Year Awards premieres live on ANN7 (DStv 405, www.ann7.com/livetv) on the evening of September 26th, 2015.

Details can be found at ann7.com/saty

ANALYSIS: ANN7's South African of the Year Awards

ANN7's South African of the Year Awards 2014

Britsh singer Ella Henderson's voice welcomed viewers to ANN7's inaugural South African of the Year Awards. She, along with Nicole Sherizinger, joined a star studded South African lineup of performers for the event that was broadcast live on ANN7, DStv 405, www.ann7.com/livetv

The only major on air error at the Awards was when the presentation of blazers to all nominees, something not meant to be broadcast on television, ended up being broadcast 

The event went was overall a resounding success and it is now safe to say that these awards now set the benchmark in terms of quality when it comes to South African, and African awards shows. Many may argue that the MTV Africa Music Awards were much better produced, but then one has to remember that those awards were NOT even produced by people from Africa, rather the people that produce the MTV European Music Awards.

Hosts

Bonang Matheba and Chantal Rutter-Dros served as co hosts at the inaugural South African of the year Awards, that was broadcast live on ANN7

Bonang Matheba at #SATY2014

The hosts for the evening were ANN7's Chantal Rutter-Dros, and Bonang Matheba, who, after watching last nights awards, can do no wrong in my eyes. When it was announced Bonang would be hosting the awards, I thought the channel had made a mistake in choosing her for the event as Hulisani Ravele, who hosted the Awards' companion show, I Am South African, should have been chosen. After Bonang's  performance I knew why they opted to go with her: she is a safe bet. During the frequent technical errors, though nothing major and even when the usually perfect Chantal Rutter Dros made a mistake every now and then (the silliest was calling Men in Black 3 "Men in 3 Black," even though she was reading off a teleprompter), Bonang would be that consistent reassuring on screen presence that was basically the glue that kept everything together.

Cameras at the South African of the Year Awards occasionlly cut to crowd shots during on stage presentations. The above shot was shown several times throughout the broadcast and was one commented on by many Twitter users

Prizes
They announced the prizes for the various awards. The winner in each category would receive a Acer laptop, courtesy of Sahara Computers. Each of the five Lifetime Achievement Awards Recipients would receive R25 000, while the South African of the Year would receive R100 000. All the cash prizes were sponsored by ANN7. I think it was rather inappropriate to announce the prizes at the event.

Production Values

UK singer Ella Henderson opened the inaugural South African of the Year Awards on ANN7

The production values of the show blew everyone away. Yes there were moments when the sound experienced errors, but the overall broadcast went completely smooth when one considers the amount of errors usually seen on a live South African awards show. While watching the presenters seamlessly reading their script off the teleprompter, I struggled to believe that this was the same channel that just a year ago could barely operate a teleprompter.

Section of the stage at the SOuth African of the Year Awards during one of a few performances highlighting South African heritage.

The stage was perfect for the evening with its 4 presentation points. Nothing too extravagant like a music awards show, but not dull either. One could also see that attention was paid to detail when you consider the appropriateness of the background pictures on the major curved screen: an amazing picture of the National Stadium for the Sports Award, or the Johannesburg skyline during speeches.

Dance, Dance
One thing that stood out for me, and many tweeters as well, was the excessive dance items, which were just too long. The show could have done with less, and shorter dance items and should also have tried to have more South African and current songs.

When the first award of the evening, the Young Person of the Year Award finally took place, the channel made a very safe bet by having just Bonang and Chantal doing the introductions while the actual presenter of the awards just announced the winner. The wait until Dr Sandile Kubheka finally went up to receive the first award of the evening was just too long.

Zahara performing at the inaugural ANN7 South African of the Year Awards. She performed at the nominations announcement event as well

Fikile Mbalula, the entertainer
By far the best presenter of an award for thee evening was the presenter of the Sportsperson of the Year Award, Minister of Sports Fikile Mbalula who really worked the usually dead crowd as if he was a professional entertainer.

The wait between awards were just too long as it made the show less about the actual work of the nominees and seemingly more about the musical performances. Some performances were more appropriate than others, Lira's comes to mind as being perfect for the evening.

Host of ANN7's Between the Lines, Asanda Magaqa presented an award at #SATY2014

Top of the tweets
Though I may not have enjoyed the excessive musical performances, those performances fulfilled their role prefectly of attracting a young audience to the event. Throughout the event, #SATY2014 was the number one Twitter trend for South Africa, beating out X Factor SA that ws broadcast on
SABC1, a channel with viewership much higher than ANN7's.

When it comes to intergrating Twitter, the Awards must have done something right. There was really minimal mention of the social network, but the awards somehow managed to stay on top in the Twittersphere. How did they do it? They marketed the awards to the Twitter audience in the perfect way: on Twitter and not on television. If someone wants to Tweet about something, they would already be on Twitter, so in order to get people to tweet about the event, the channel's official handle, and many personalities, including nearly all celebrity nominees tweeted about the event.

International Superstar
Nicole Scherizinger's performances was somewhere in the middle of the show, which is the perfect place to put a hyped performance so as to keep the closing performace for someone that actually is South African. Her medley lasted over 15 minutes and included some of her hits, old and new, and some songs by other artists as well. Having singers sing more than just one song adds a certain dynamic to a television event not usually present when it is an overproduced single song. Her performance at the SATY's was by far the best one I had ever seen from her.

Nicole Scherizinger was the headline performer at the inaiugural South African of the Year Awards

South African of the Year
The main award of the evening (the one that was unnecessarily disclosed to be worth R100 000), the South African of the Year Award, went to the Public Prosecutor, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, who was loudly applauded at the announcement and subsequently made a wonderful speech on our country.

Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela was awarded the South African of the Year Award at the #SATY2014 Awards hosted by ANN7

This was followed by a wonderful closing song by the South African artists and then a short goodbye from the hosts, Chantal and Bonang.

No adverts!!!!
The awards show did what so few South African awards shows, and even other live events rarely does: end on time. And it did this by doing what every awards show, and even a live event like the Idols finale, on DStv should do, and that is to completely drop adverts. It was only after watching the show for a full hour and then asking myself why I, a usual channel hopper had not checked what is on other channels yet, and then I realised that there were not any commercial breaks during the show.
However, not having commercial breaks does create a greater sense of risk because usually when a live production experiences a technical error, they get to correct these during a commercial break when viewers aren't watching. However, the total absence of commercials meant that the SATY Awards did not have that benefit, and it was a gamble that ultimately worked out well when it came to the flow of the program as commercials tend to interrupt the pace of an awards show.

Overall, it was a much better than expected awards show. Everything ran smoothly, it just felt special, the calibre of performers, who are A-Listers, and Presenters, who include current and former Members of Cabinet, gave a brand new awards show much needed credibility as it tries to establish itself as the premier national awards show.

One could really see that the channel spared no expense when it came to the awards show and that the awards gave the channel some much needed exposure. it is now up to ANN7 to properly capitlise upon that exposure.

ANN7's South African of the Year 2014 Red Carpet

Title card for ANN7's SOuth African of the Year Awards 2014 Red Carpet Special

It has been an event months in the making and last night, September 6th 2014, ANN7's inaugural South African of the Year Awards took place.

The first event in the buildup to the awards show was the highlights of the prior evening's nominee's dinner, which was also attended by president Jacob Zuma. Though the programme was originally slated for a 6pm start time (shown on the DStv programming guide as such and also by various ANN7 personalities on their respective Twitter accounts on the actual day), the special aired at 5pm, meaning many who expected it to air at pm would have missed out

Liezle Wilson, Clement Manyathela and Avumile Qongqa hosted ANN7's South African of the Year Awards' red carpet special that aired 30 minutes before the start of the actual #SATY2014 Awards

The red carpet show went on air at 7pm with Buzz ANN7 anchor Liezle Wilson, Clement Manyathela, and Avumile Qongqa welcomed viewers to the Sandton Convention Centre. It is evident from the beginning that the red carpet special is not live, instead comprising of smaller segments recorded throughout the early evening with various guests, which is not necessarily bad considering the amount of interviews included in the special.
 

Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss, talks to Clement Manyathela on the Red Carpet at ANN7's SATY 2014

The first guest on the Red Carpet Special was none other than reigning Miss South Africa, Rolene Strauss, who also appeared on the main show

As interviews were being conducted on the red cart of ANN7's South African of the Year Awards, the camera would cut to pictures of guests arriving at the Sandton Convention Centre for the Awards.

The exterior of the Sandton Convention Centre was all decked out for ANN7's South African of the Year Awards

 

9 Year old Afeefah Patel and her family speaking on the red carpet of ANN7's Inaugural South African of the Year Awards. Her parents stated they were very proud of their daughter. Afeefa said it was amazing meeting President Zuma at the prior evening's nominees dinner, a prime example of how these awards not only recognises people for their contribution to society but also motivates them to work harder.

At this point the fact that the show was not live had become a problem: people that had spoken on the red carpet before entering the actual theatre were then shown getting out of their car on the outside of the venue before entering the red carpet section

ANN7 Prime anchor, and co host for the evening, Chantal Rutter-Dros (In a David Johan Dress) along with her husband speaking to Clement on the South African of the  Year Red Carpet. Says her on stage dresses are by Black Coffee and that she feels "beautiful" in those dresses

A view of the ANN7 South African of the Year Awards Red Carpet at the Sandton Convention Centre

One thing the special lacked and could do with was to have tags for the guests they are speaking to as viewers would be unfamiliar with many of the nominees if they wanted to, say, follow them on social media or so to find out more about their work.

ANN7 Sports Editor, formerly of eNews, Edwin Kgaswe played door man for the night

Another Young South African of the Year nominee,

Young South African of the Year nominee, and subsequent winner, Dr Sandile Kubheka, speaking on the red carpet.

The first, and only ad brak for the ENTIRE EVENING took place at 7:15pm. Up to this point all nominees echoed the same sentiment of being thankful for the recognition they have received.
When asked, most guests feel as if Bonang Matheba, co host for the evening, will win Trendsetting Celebrity of the Year.

Parents of yet another Young South African of the Year nominee, pianist Kyle Shepard, on the ANN7 South African of the Year Awards Red Carpet. Kyle was unable to attend the event due to being on tour outside of the country at the time of the awards. The mother mentioned that all nominees stayed at the same hotel where international superstar Nicole Scherizinger stayed.

ANN7's midmorning/early afternoon anchor, Abigail Visage, interviewing a guest. As seen in one of the first pictures, she was not meant to be a part of the red carpet coverage, though her contributions were quite well done (though her attire might not be, uhm, event appropriate)

One thing that I did not enjoy about the red carpet was that the presenters tried to make the whole event about the performances, which, though is nice, is not the primary focus of the evening. Every guest on the red carpet was asked who they were looking forward to seeing perform on the actual event and when someone mentioned names and one name was not Nicole Scherzinger, the presenters went and reminded them that she would be performing. If the awards take place again in the future, the presenters need to focus on the actual nominees and their work and not whatever celebrtiy will be performing. the celebrity will always get another platform to showcase their talents, but not all the nominees will have that same opportunities.

The representative of Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (Nominee in the Spirit of Humanity Award category at ANN7's South African of the Year Awards) was the first person to actually speak about the work the organisation does. He mentioned Dr Sooliman was currently working in Gaza.

Representative of Lucas Sithole, a wheelchair tennis personality, and nominated in the sports person of the year category at ANN7's South African of the Year Awards

Strictly Come Dancing SA host Katlego Moboe enjoying himself on the red carpet of ANN7's South African of the Year Awards AT THE SAME TIME that his show is being broadcast on SABC3

Mafikizolo, who was nominated, and subsequently won, Trendsetting Celebrity of the Year at ANN7's South African of the Year Awards. The duo also performed in a "battle" with Mi Casa

The host of I Am South African, the main show in the SATY 2014 campaign, Hulisani Ravele. She said the awards "represent all that is South African." She feels that as a host, your duty is to be in between, facilitate conversation, teach people and learn yourself and that the journey left her inspired. She also felt that the best is yet to come. [I personally feel it was a real shame that she was completely ;eft off the actual awards ceremony considering that she has basically been the face of the show]

The presenters of the red carpet signing off. From left to right, Liezle Wilson, Clement Manyanthela and entertainment editor Avashnee Vendiar. The oddest thing about this picture is that the three presenters that signed off from the red carpet special didn't all exactly sign on, see the pic above.

And like that, the red carpet special of ANN7's inaugural South African of the Year Awards has come to an end, the presenters have said goodbye and everything, and then... another guest...

And if that was not enough, the first few interviews re aired, leaving viewers confused as the main show had to start already. Added to this was when Clement mentioned that the show will be going "live" at 7pm, despite the fact that it was 7:36pm already. Thanks editing team...

Either way, it was not a bad red carpet special, though there is growth room for the future both in quality and duration as well.
The near total lack of mention of Social Media was a welcomed refresh from the usual builup shows awards have these days plugging twitter as if they are paid to.

Main show analysis here

Preview: ANN7's Inaugural South African of the Year Awards to Take Place this Saturday, September 6th

The inaugural South African of the Year Awards are set to take place this weekend at the Sandtion Convention Centre.

The awards will be broadcast live on ANN7 (DStv 405, www.ann7.com/livetv) from 7pm this Saturday, 6th September with buildup taking place throughout the day on the channel.

The lineup for the awards show has become increasingly stellar as the date has neared.
The show is to be hosted by the excellent Bonang Matheba, host and presenter on shows like Mzansi Magic's Clash of the Choirs SA and SABC3's Top Billing. [Though an exceptional choice for host, I think Hulisani Ravele should have had the honours considering she has basically been the face of the SATY campaign].

Former Pussycat Dolls lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger is to be the headline performer. She, along with other international act Ella Henderson landed on South African ground early Friday morning.

They are to be supported by local acts including the likes of Lira, Mafikizolo, Mi Casa, Junior Mambazo and Zahara, among others.

Prior to the actual awards show going live, Ann7 entertainment editor, entertainment anchor on ANN7 Prime and host of Sizzle, Avashnee Vandiar will host a Live From the Red Carpet special on the channel from 7pm

She is, in turn, preceded by a SATY Awards preparty show at 6pm (the usual slot of I AM South African) that is to be hosted by none other that Hulisani Ravele who will be building up to the event, as she has been doing whole week on I Am South African, and also look at highlightrs of the nominees party taking place this Friday night, though not broadcast on television.

Other ANN7 personalities like  Chantal Rutter-Dros and editor in chief Moegsien Williams are expected to make appearances on the awards show. Host of ANN7's media monitoring show, Betweem the Lines, Asanda Magaqa, is to present an award as well.


More than 500 000 votes have been cast by the public in the 7 categories recognising the work done by celebrities and non celebrities, young and old, sports people, bussiness people and politicians in making this country great. (For the full nominations list, click here).

ANN7 Announces Nominees of their inaugural "South African of the Year" Awards

ANN7, South Africa’s third news channel, announced the nominees of their inaugural “South African of the Year” Awards that will be taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre at a star studded event this past Thursday, July 31^st.

Building up to the nominees announcement, ANN7’s companion show to the awards, I Am South African, was broadcast from the same venue in Sadton at 6pm with Hulisani Ravele.

The buildup continued in a shortened 30 minute edition of Prime, when Prime anchor, Chantal Rutter-Dros, who was at the event in Sandton while Peter Stemmet sat in the anchoring chair, did live crossings which included interviews with Prime’s entertainment correspondent who gave a perspective of just how star-studded the event was.

At slightly past 7:30pm, Hulisani Ravelele kicked off the announcement of the nominees in front of a crowd that did not seem to be paying much attention to what was happening on stage, rather continuing their own conversations. 

Group Editor of ANN7 and The New Age, Moegsien Williams kicked things off with an introductory speech that would have seemed more suited for the actual awards show.  Moegsien, who appeared awfully  nervous, which is odd as he usually seemed quite comfortable on camera when he is in studio, proceeded to read his entire speech off from cue cards.

This was followed by the announcement of the first nominees, before a performance from Zahara. However, there were technical problems with Zahara, so they decided to instead have an interview with Mafikizolo, who was nominated in the first category earlier in the evening. Eventually when Zahara got on stage the music still was not ready so she just ad-libbed the words to her song, Loliwe, before the music finally started. 

This was followed by the announcement of the next batch of nominees.  During these announcements, Hulisani announced that they decided to no longer continue with the previously announced categories of Best Matriculant of the Year and Best Student of the Year due to the lack of quality in the prospective candidates’ nominations.

The show then closed with Cantal Rutter-Dros doing another interview before throwing back to Peter Stemmet who proceeded to anchor another half hour of Prime.

The event intermittently  suffered from technical issues, which I overlooked seeing that when nominees of awards are announced it is usually just a small press conference (with the exclusion of the big ones like the Grammys and the Oscars, of course). One thing I did not like about the presentation of the event was the over excited and cheap cuts to cameras in the crowd that would move around as if they showcasing a dance off when in fact it was guests that did not seem much interested in being there to start off with.

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The Nominees in the Inaugural South African of the Year Awards are: 

1. Trendsetting Celebrity of the Year

To vote for Trendsetting Celebrity SMS CELEB + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email CELEB + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Bonang Matheba
2. DJ Clock
3. J' Something
4. Kid X
5. KO from Teargas
6. Mafikizolo
7. Minenhle Dlamini

2. Campaign of the Year Nominations

To vote for Campaign of the Year SMS CAMP + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email CAMP + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. 67 Blankets Nelson Mandela
2. KFC- Add Hope
3. Kelloggs #breakfastforbetterdays
4. Knorr- Masters of Time
5. Mxit Music
6. Share a Coke Campaign
7. Tiles 4 Change (Anti-Drug Campaign)

3. Sportsperson of the Year Nominations

To vote for Sportsperson of the Year SMS SPORTS + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email SPORTS + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Chad le Clos (Swimming)
2. Hashim Amla (Cricket)
3. Itumeleng Khune (Soccer)
4. Johan Cronje (Track and Field Athlete)
5. Lucas Sithole (Tennis)
6. Marsha Cox (Hockey)
7. Simon Magakwe (100m Sprinter)

4. Businessperson of the Year Nominations

To vote for Businessperson of the Year SMS BIZS + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email BIZS + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Basetsana Kumalo (Media Mogul)
2. Daphne Mashile Nkosi (Exec. Chairman of Kalagadi Resources)
3. Nicky Newton King (CEO of JSE)
4. Patrice Motsepe (Mining Magnate)
5. Reuel Khoza (Non-Executive Chairman of Nedbank)
6. Santie Botha (Independent Non Exec. Director of Tiger Brands)
7. Stephen Saad (Group CEO of Aspen Pharmacare)

5. Spirit of Humanity Nominations

To vote for Spirit of Humanity SMS HUMAN+ [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email HUMAN + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Beka Ntsanwisi (Limpopo's "Mother Teresa")
2. Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (Gift of the Givers)
3. John Perlman (Dreamfields)
4. Justin Foxton (The Peace Agency)
5. Lesley Osler (Hantam Community Project)
6. Rev. Eunice Marubelela (Community Builder)
7. Sbu Buthelezi (Community Builder)

6. Young South African of the Year Nominations

To vote for Young South African of the Year SMS YOUNG + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email YOUNG + [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Afeefah Patel (Rhino Conservation)
2. Ethel Phiri (Scientist and Researcher)
3. Kyle Shepherd (Jazz Musician)
4. Nkululeko Mboniswa (Film Producer)
5. Samantha Baynon (Social Activist)
6. Sandile Kubeka (Youngest Doctor)
7. Simphiwe Mashexa (Founder of BEAT Magazine SA)

7. South African of the Year

To vote for South African of the Year SMS SATY + [Nominee Number] to 43043 or Email SATY+ [Nominee Number] to satyvoting@ann7.com

1. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
2. DJ Sbu
3. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
4. Johnny Clegg
5. Jonathan Jansen
6. Leslie Sedibe
7. Thuli Madonsela

 

 

Hulisani Ravele getting ready to broadcast live from the Saxton Hotel where ANN7 announced the nominees of their inaugural "South African of the Year" Awards