The 15th annual South African Film and Television Awards ceremony, kicked off with the Craft Awards on Friday with the main ceremony airing on Saturday night.
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Mzansi reacts to Saftas’ decision to rescind Katlego Maboe’s nomination Katlego Maboe was taken off air pending the outcome of investigations into abuse allegations levelled against him. Image: Jaime Lizamore
The nation has weighed in on the SA Film and Television Awards (Saftas) decision to remove former
Expresso Morning Show presenter Katlego Maboe from the nominations list.
In a statement sent to TshisaLIVE, the awards show announced that after consideration, they have decided to retract his nomination from the Best TV presenter category
“After careful deliberation of concerns raised regarding the nomination of Mr Katlego Maboe in the Best TV Presenter Public Vote Category, announced on April 29 2021, the Saftas jury has decided to rescind his nomination.
The 15th annual South African Film And Television Awards (Saftas) have withdrawn the nomination of disgraced TV presenter Katlego Maboe following public outcry over abuse allegations hanging over him. Maboe was nominated for public-voted category Best TV Presenter against Devi Sankaree Govender, Dineo Ranaka, Palesa Tembe, Katchie Nzama and Waldimar Pelser.