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Many were unhappy with the results, but SABC has held in previous years that the song of the year on all its radio and television stations is fan-voted and audited.
Khuzani Mpungose took the top spot with nearly a million votes cast for his song ‘ijele’. Image: KZN Government.
JOHANNESBURG – A Maskandi artist again caused upset and walked away with top honors in the Ukhozi FM Song of the Year contest.
Khuzani Mpungose took first place with almost a million votes cast for his song ‘ijele’. Listeners had to choose from 10 songs to vote and rank from lowest to highest number of votes.
The songs were played between 11 p.m. and midnight on New Years Eve.
KwaZulu-Natal Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala congratulated Mpungose on Friday, while the artist thanked his fans.
Marriage! It’s not for you!
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala @sziks congratulate @khuzani_zn about the winning song of the year # EagleFMNYE2020 Countdown with 957,950 votes. #ijele #GrowingKZNTogether pic.twitter.com/iMepGEz2V4
KZN Provincial Governor (@kzngov) January 1, 2021
Although hip-hop artist Big Zulu’s song ‘iMali eningi’ made a huge impact on social media and YouTube, what was thought to be stiff competition between the two artists turned out to be far from it, as Big Zulu only managed to obtain more than 200,000 votes. , placing it in third place.
Many were unhappy with the results, but SABC has argued in previous years that the song of the year on all its radio and television stations is fan-voted and audited.
The number two spot was secured by Maskandi again with Amageja’s ‘Indlabeyiphika’ garnering more than 300,000 votes.
On several other SABC radio stations, Limpopo’s Makhadzi was a favorite with his song ‘Murahu’ being the song of the year.
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