Francois van Coke scoops 5 Ghoema awards

Cape Town – Afrikaans rocker Francois van Coke walked away with five Ghoemas at the 5th annual Ghoema Music Awards held at the Joburg Civic Theatre on Monday night.

Francois, who released his self-titled debut album last year, won two awards in the categories for Best Rock Album and Digital Album of the Year. Then he also walked away with three awards for his song Toe Vind Ek Jou featuring  Karen Zoid in the categories Most Popular Song of the Year, Digital Song of the Year and Best Song of the Year.

In a post on his Facebook page, Francois revealed he got a bit "flustered" on stage and thanked everyone he may have forgotten about.

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The rocker also took to Instagram to thank his fans and shared a photo of him holding his awards as well as a photo of him and his wife at the ceremony.

Baie dankie vir die ondersteuning die laaste jaar. Ek kon nie vir meer gevra het nie. 5 Ghoemas. 3 vir Toe vind ek jou saam met @karen_zoid Baie liefde vir jul almal en baie dankie!

A photo posted by Francois van Coke (@francoisvancoke) on Apr 25, 2016 at 11:34pm PDT

Ghoema ready!

A photo posted by Francois van Coke (@francoisvancoke) on Apr 25, 2016 at 10:34am PDT

Other big winners for the night include Elvis Blue, who walked away with seven Ghoemas, and Andriëtte who won two awards.