PICS: Saftas hands out first awards

Cape Town – The 11th annual South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) is in full swing.

The awards ceremony is the premiere event on the South Africa TV and film calendar as it honours the best in the local industry.

The first batch of awards were handed out Thursday evening in Sun City. 

Among the winners were Karen Zoid who bagged the Golden Horn for Best Talk Show Host. Alongside a picture of the award on Instagram Karen thanked her crew.

Thank you to @saftassa for awarding me with the prestigious Golden Horn!! Thank you to my wonderful crew. Making this show is always more than just a production. What an honour to laugh and cry, learn and listen and graft like there's no tomorrow with the fifty of you. Special thanks to my band: @henrysteeljr @timrankin @jokkeltokkelok our special guest, @lucius_82 @esthervonwaltsleben who acts and writes with me. Dankie vir alles my suster. Most of all to @carienloubser007 who I love with all my heart and who produces and directs Republiek Van Zoid Afrika. Dankie dat jy in my glo en uit jou pad gaan vir my keer op keer. Ek sou dit nooit sonder jou kon doen nie. Jy is platinum. X @kyknettv

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The Expresso Show won the award for Best Variety Show.

What an incredible moment!!! Well done @expressoshow and FAM on winning the Best Variety Show Award at the #Saftas2017!!! I am so blessed and humbled to be a part of such an amazing Team! May we go from strength to strength!!! Love you all!!!

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See other winners here:

The winner for best achievement in script writing - TV comedy Bennie Fourie @bennieboekfilm #SAFTAs11

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Winner for best achievement in wardrobe , make up and hair - TV Comedy, the crew from Puppet Nation. #puppetnationza #SAFTAs11

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The winner for best youth programme at the #SAFTAs11 is @100percentyouth

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The #SAFTAs11 winner for best post production editing - TV Comedy is Bantu Hour @thebantuhour

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The winner for best achievement in scriptwriting -TV Drama is Louis Pretorius #boekklub

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The #SAFTAs11 winner for best achievement in wardrobe , make up and styling - TV Drama is Sulet Meintjes and Julia Rubinstein #bloedbroers

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The #SAFTAs11 winner for best achievement in post production editing for TV drama - Ula Oelsen and Johan Cronje. #bloedbroers

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The #SAFTAs11 winner for best achievement in - Art / Production design TV drama goes to - Bathoni Robinson

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Best Achievement in sound design - TV Drama goes to - Jonty Everton. #SAFTAs11

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Best Achievement in art direction/ production design - TV Soap / Telenovela goes to - Dylan Lloyd. @mr_mananga #SAFTAs11

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@BrettMInnes @sinkmovie walks away with the golden horn for best achievement is scriptwriting and editing - Feature Film #SAFTAs11

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The #SAFTAs11 winner for best achievement in sound design - wildlife is Incredible Diggers

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The Golden Horn for best achievement in sound design - documentary short goes to The Silent Form #SAFTAs11

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Simon Wood with all of The Silent Form wins at night 1 of #SAFTAs11

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