Monday, March 4, 2019

e.tv wins 4 Golden Horn trophies at the NFVF's 13th Saftas, including Best actress and Best actor in the TV soap category for Kgomotso Christopher and Jamie Bartlett.


The free-to-air commercial broadcaster e.tv on Saturday won 4 Golden Horn trophies at the National Film and Video Foundation's (NFVF) 13th South African Film and Television Awards, including wins for Best actress in a TV soap (Kgomotso Christopher) for Scandal! and Best actor in a TV soap (Jamie Bartlett) for Rhythm City.

The other two awards for e.tv at the 13th Saftas were both for Broken Vows in the telenovela category where it won for Best achievement in wardrobe and Best achievement in art direction.

"We are proud of these awards and humbled by this recognition," says Ziyanda Mngomezulu, head of local content, at e.tv.

"It's an honour to all our e.tv talent, production teams and partners who put in the hours and work tirelessly to deliver the best local entertainment in the country. e.tv is ecstatic to be home to some of the best local television shows in South Africa".

Scandal! is produced for e.tv by Ochre Moving Pictures, with Rhythm City that is filmed by Quizzical Pictures. 

Broken Vows was a Clive Morris Productions show with Clive Morris Productions that was also responsible for the badly-produced and mutilated production of the 13th Saftas broadcast on Saturday on SABC2.