The SABC bagged a total of 64 nominations in the various categories, including Drama, Lifestyle, Reality, Children, Technical, Factual and Education.

Notable nominations include SABC2’s Bone of My Bones, Disney’s Cookabout, SABC3’s Trending SA and The Intern by David Tlale for Best Reality Show. The broadcaster’s 7de Laan, Uzalo and Isidingo are front-runners in the public vote of Most Popular TV Soap/Telenovela category.

SABC 2 is set to broadcast the annual SAFTAs on Saturday, 24 March. It will be broadcasting live from Sun City from 19:30. The award ceremony broadcast will follow at 20:00.

The award ceremony will be hosted by TV and radio personalities Phat Joe and Thando Thabethe, with the red carpet being hosted by SABC 3 Trending SA’s Kuli Roberts and Rorisang Thandekiso of SABC1’s Mzansi Insider.

Catch the 2018 SAFTAs on Saturday, 24 March from 19:30 on SABC 2.

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