All the 2009 Golden Horn winners

Shange was honoured for her outstanding performance throughout her acting career, while Fisher, currently M-Net Head of Original Productions, was honoured for leadership and entrepreneurship.

Held to recognise and give accolade to practitioners in the South African film and television industry, SAFTAs categories included Feature films, Documentary, Student and Short films as well as TV Dramas, Soapies, Comedies, Reality, Gameshows, Wildlife shows, Talkshows, Magazine shows and News and Actuality Programmes, Animation, Variety shows and Sports Shows, with the addition of Music Shows.

The public participation in the category of Best Soapie showed that South Africans are loyal and support their local soapies. The public was encouraged to vote for their favourites in the following categories: Best Soapie, Best Comic, Best Dressed, Best Villain/Villainess, Best Hero/Heroine.

Commented Eddie Mbalo, NFVF CEO and SAFTAs committee chairperson, “We are encouraged by the level of enthusiasm and commitment shown by industry participants who continuously develop and enhance their own talents, and in so doing add to the value of winning the coveted Golden Horn trophy.

“As we continue to raise the bar in terms of increasing the quality of both what we put into the industry and what comes out of it, we look forward to realising our goal of developing the SAFTAs into a fully-fledged academy that will be responsible for the awards.”

Golden Horn 2009 winners

Hosted by comedian and TV personality Trevor Noah, the event was broadcast live on SABC 2 and produced by Clive Morris Productions and attracted persons from the film and television industry, LOC representatives, Government, business and celebrities.

“I would like to thank and pay tribute to all those who work tirelessly to realise the enormous potential of our film and television industry. It is not an easy task to fulfill but we hope that with the honour and recognition of the SAFTAs, you accept our acknowledgement of the worth and value you bring to the industry,” concluded Mandla Langa, SAFTAs chairperson.

The South African Film and Television Awards is a partnership of the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), SABC and City Press. All the SAFTAs results are audited by Price Waterhouse Coopers.