Mi Casa and DJ Cleo made a strong showing on the night, netting three awards each.

Cleo dominated the downloading categories. He won the Best-Selling True-Tone Download of the Year, Best-Selling Ring-Tone of the Year and the MTN Best-Selling Mobile Music Download.

Zahara took Best-Selling Full-Track Download.

Mi Casa, crowd favourite with the audience at the Superbowl in Sun City, picked up the three awards: Best Dance Album, Duo/Group and the MTN Record of the Year for the hit single These Streets.

New kid on the block AKA also shone on the night as he won Best Male Artist of the Year, the second hip-hop act to do so since Hip-Hop Pantsula. He also won the Best Street Urban Music Album Award for Alter Ego.

Big Nuz's double album - Pound for Pound - picked up an award for Best Kwaito Album.

Jimmy Dludlu collected his umpteenth award in his career when he walked away with Best Jazz Album.

Zonke deserves acclaim for Ina Ethe, which won Best African Adult Album.

Best Maskandi Album went to Thokozani Langa for i-Protection Order.

Best Live DVD went to Simphiwe Dana, whose award was collected by producer Sipho Sithole.

There was confusion as to who exactly had won the award - the producer of the recording - as outdoor events are the function of the producer - or the artist, who is mostly dependent on the producer for such a project. The committee named it for Dana.

Liquideep's single Alone surprisingly took the award for the Most Played on South African Radio in 2011. Zahara was expected to scoop this award too but Alone preceded her releases and has had a longer run on radio than Zahara's Loliwe.

Other winners are:

Best Producer: Dan Roberts for his work on Six Winters by Laurie Levine

Best Engineer: Johan van der Colff for his work on Loliwe by Zahara

Best Adult Contemporary: Elvis Blue for Elvis Blue (2CD)

Best Rock Album: Shadowclub for Guns and Money

Best Alternative Album:

The Dirty Skirts for Lost In the Fall

Best Kiddies Album: Wendy Oldfield for Singalong Kidz Volume 2

Best Sokkie Dans Album: Snotkop for Ek Laaik Van Jol

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May 2, 2012

truthhurt

Good Girl Zahara or should i say well done Spinach!
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May 2, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Sokkie Dans he he he he he very Afrikaaner.......the music is not bad though..I take my hat off for Randall and his crew for bringing life back into the SAMAS. Where was ETV and MNET actores to present the awards though? The show was grate Im attending the next one defenatly ...oh and congrats to Zahara the record company must pay out now.
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May 2, 2012

maneater

Did chomie win any thing?? very strange she seems to be the only national asset, invited to Parliament and all???
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May 2, 2012

RobinH

Sokkie dans album - That's actually a category, while Randall seriously thought of dropping maskanda. Amazing.
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May 2, 2012

Ann

congrats gal!
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May 2, 2012

tpaz

Zakwe won nix but at Metro he was bosso ....jah neh life is cruel
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May 2, 2012

MGEEZ

Whilst i am truly elated for Zahara's achievements; I would strongly advise her to get an lawyer to represent here interest in all of this!!! Perhaps getting a personal / private banker who know a thing or two about different investment potfolios would not harm her either; otherwise she will follow those who walked before her and became broke when she can not produce hits anymore. I say she needs to leverage the moment and not allow her producers to be rich alone in this process!!! Otherwise contrats young girl.
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May 2, 2012

SeshegoGuY

Hip hop where are u.........????? AKA he's a beast he's a problem...
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May 2, 2012

Bdoobs

I missed the awards but managed the glimpse just after soccer. Seeing S'bu and TK celebrating and I was disgusted. A musician who wins 8 major awards deserves to have a house, a car and a bank account with a huge balance of her own.

Con artists in suits, ngama-hips (S'bu and TK).
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May 2, 2012

JUBJUB

Well done Loliwe aka Zahara aka Spinach
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