Last night, our Mzansi Magic stars shone bright like the stars they are at the 13th South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) held at the Sun City Superbowl. MultiChoice was the most awarded broadcaster at The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA), taking home 48 awards - more than half the total - from more than 150 SAFTA nominations. These included the most awarded productions in all major categories: feature film, TV comedy, TV drama, soap, and telenovela. Mzansi Magic was the most awarded channel overall, with 15 wins.

Notably, the most awarded drama was ‘Lockdown’ (Mzansi Magic)
In the drama category, Mzansi Magic’s Lockdown 2 was the  most awarded series, with five awards from eight nominations, including Best TV Drama. For her role as Mazet, Dawn Thandeka King beat two-time International Emmy nominee Thuso Mbedu (Is’Thunzi) to win Best Actress, while Lorcia Cooper took home Best Supporting Actress as Tyson, Gisellah Mcleod won Best Wardrobe and Babalwa Carol Djieutcheu won Best Hair and Make-up.

Mzansi Magic was the most awarded channel overall in the category, with six awards split between Lockdown and Is’thunzi, which won Best Supporting Actor for S'dumo Mtshali as Mandla.

Most awarded soap: ‘Isithembiso’ (Mzansi Magic)
The soap category was the most contested of the night, but Mzansi Magic’s Isithembiso came in tops, with four awards: Best Script (Charleen Ntsane, Chris Blomkamp, Daniel Zimbler, Sayitsheni Mdakhi,  Iain Paton, Catherine Muller, Libby Dougherty, Andrew Petersen, Mbasa Tsetsana, Sydney DireZoe Arthur,Thabo Boom & Matthew Jankes), Best Cinematography (Sevetian Maslamoney and Zeno Petersen), Editing (Kirsten de Magalhaes, Rian van der Walt, Jeremy Briers, Molatsi Molefe, Martin Mosala, Sphiwe Nhlumayo, Matodzi Nedmungadi, Tshepo Kgatsoetsoe  and Brett Anoli), and Sound (Charles Sijaji and Mark Phillips).

Mzansi Magic was the most awarded channel overall in the category, with seven awards split between Isithembiso and Isibaya, which won Best Supporting Actress (Gcina Mkhize); Best Supporting Actor (Abdul Khoza); and Best Directing (Phiwe Mkhanzi and Sthembiso Mathenjwa).

There's more for Mzansi Magic: Vele Manenje was named Best Supporting Actress for her role as Shandukani in Ring of Lies on Mzansi Magic, and Thembi’s Trial also won Best Made for TV Movie

Congratulations to all our nominees and winners who proudly represented! Want to know if your favourite shows actors and actresses won? Have a look at our full MultiChoice Winners List below.

For the full winners' press release, click here.