25 Feb 2015

2015 Saftas drops best soap vote, adds TV presenter categories

Thinus Ferreira

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Cape Town – The announcement on Tuesday night of the 9th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) saw the SABC's soap Generations on SABC1 - like with the 2015 Royalty Soapie Awards – shut out since it went off air in 2014.

In a major departure the Saftas are dumping the viewers' vote for best soapie. The Saftas judges now shortlist the nominees in the best soap category and will choose either Binnelanders (kykNET), Rhythm City (e.tv) or Isibaya (Mzansi Magic) as the winner in the category.

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