31st Annual South African Music Awards
2025 South African Music Awards
The 31st Annual South African Music Awards (or SAMA31) were initially scheduled for the first half of 2025 but have been rescheduled to 14 December 2025. Primarily sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation, the event is presented by the Recording Industry of South Africa. It will be broadcast live on YouTube and SABC1, honouring excellence in South African Music by celebrating the best albums, music videos, and songs released in South Africa between 16 April 2024 and 31 January 2025.
Background
The 31st Annual South African Music Awards (SAMA31) celebrates the excellency in South African music and honours the best music videos, albums and songs commercially released in the country during the period 16 April 2024 to 31 January 2025. Entries for nomination consideration were open from 10 December 2024 to 31 January. For members of the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), the entry fee for an individual or entity was R862.50 ($58.36), and for non-members it was R4,600.00 ($311.23) including value-added tax per entry for all categories. The RiSA extended the entry period to 10 February 2025, due to various requests from the industry.
The South African Music Awards (SAMAs) have struggled to secure sponsorship since MTN ended its partnership in 2014. The SAMAs signed a three-year contract with the Motsepe Foundation in 2023, which sponsored the ceremonies in 2023 and 2024, with 2025 marking their final year. To attract new sponsors, the SAMAs' spokesperson, Lesley Mofokeng told The Citizen that the SAMA31 will take place in the first half of 2025, the first since 2019.
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