{"id":15884,"date":"2026-08-08T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/basadi-in-music-awards-2026-night-one-winners-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:00","slug":"basadi-in-music-awards-2026-night-one-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/basadi-in-music-awards-2026-night-one-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Basadi in Music Awards 2026: Night One Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian entertainment journalist <strong>Ivie Ani<\/strong> was named Entertainment Journalist of the Year during the first night of the fifth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/basadi-music-awards-2026-full-list-of-nominees\/\"><strong>Basadi in Music Awards (BIMAs)<\/strong><\/a> on 8 August 2026 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joburgtheatre.com\/\"><strong>Joburg Theatre<\/strong><\/a> in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held under the anniversary theme \u201cREWIND Your BIMA, Your Way,\u201d concentrated on professionals working across the entertainment value chain, including artist management, journalism, radio, television, beauty, fashion and podcasting. 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These women have built careers, created opportunities and contributed to an industry that continues to evolve,\u201d said <strong>Manaileng Maphike<\/strong>, managing director of Maphike Inc. and a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/basadi-in-music-awards-appoints-advisory-board-for-fifth-anniversary\/\">Basadi in Music Awards Advisory Board<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other winners on the night included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sannah Thwala<\/strong> \u2013 Artist Manager of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boipelo Mooketsi<\/strong> \u2013 Entertainment Radio Presenter of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Letty Nyathela Chili<\/strong> \u2013 Entertainment Radio Producer of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smangele Sibisi<\/strong> \u2013 Hairstylist of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zamo Dlamini<\/strong> \u2013 Makeup Artist of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candice_Modiselle\">Candice Modiselle<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 TV Show Presenter of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Khanyisile Mdletshe<\/strong> \u2013 Stylist of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minnie_Dlamini\">Minnie Dlamini<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Entertainment TV Producer of the Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Khanyi Mars<\/strong> \u2013 Podcast Presenter of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fifth annual Basadi in Music Awards honoured women in entertainment across multiple categories during its first night in Johannesburg, with Nigerian journalist Ivie Ani among the winners.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[997,28165,28163,2435,323,117],"class_list":["post-15884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","tag-basadi-in-music-awards","tag-entertainment-awards","tag-ivie-ani","tag-johannesburg","tag-south-africa","tag-women-in-music","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Basadi in Music Awards 2026 Night One Winners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian journalist Ivie Ani won Entertainment Journalist of the Year at the fifth Basadi in Music Awards on 8 August 2026 in Johannesburg. 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