Amapiano own awards.

South Africa to start awards for Amapiano musicians.

A press statement has be going viral on social media about the First Official South African Amapiano Music Awards.

The organizers revealed that the Governing Body of the inaugural Awards decided to come up with a ceremony that would specifically celebrate the genre.

The artist will win R10 000 cash for each winning category and the song of the year will win R50 000 cash prize.

MUSIC: Amapiano gets own awards

No details in the press release about who the organizers are.

According to the release, winners will win R10k cash for each category while Song of the Year will take home a cash prize of R50k#KgopoloReports pic.twitter.com/c5zLwo372F

— Kgopolo (@PhilMphela) July 19, 2021