Local talents celebrated in Pretoria at Afri-Indie awards

Pretoria’s most well-known names in local music came together for a night of glitz and glam to honour the best independent artists in South Africa, with some travelling as far as Dubai for the special evening.

The South African Independent Music Awards (Afri-Indie) has been acknowledging the wide range of creative works by musical artists, songwriters, music producers and videographers from the independent music scene since 2019.

The evening was set to be hosted by David Rees, Rea Le Roux and Greunen Parker at the Colosseum Reale in Roodeplaat, with the honoured guests, those working hard to keep the local music scene thriving, dressed to impress.

The red carpet was littered with familiar faces, such as Irene-Louise van Wyk, Prime Circle, Wonderboom and Martin Bester, among many more.

The audience was treated to a spectacular performance by the talented Rayne, complete with a troop of dancers, to start the night off before the nominees were honoured with their awards.

The event celebrated a diversity of genres, from electronic dance music (EDM) to traditional boere musiek, classical to alternative.

Some artists were also awarded lifetime achievement awards, including Afrikaans music legend Christo du Plessis and 72- year-old Tommy Gloss.

Some of the other winners were:

– Zahn as best female vocalist

– The people’s choice award went to Irene-Louise van Wyk

– Renaldo won best newcomer (overall) and best newcomer (pop single)

– Rayne won Best live performer, and best dance single (male)

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