The nominees for the third annual DSTV Content Creator Awards at Radisson Red rooftop in Rosebank. Picture: Supplied
On Thursday at the Radisson RED Rooftop in Rosebank,
Content creators, media and well known internet personalities gathered this week in Rosebank for the DStv Content Creator Awards nominee announcement event.
The annual awards event, which celebrates the best and brightest content creators, unveiled the nominees for this year’s awards to celebrate and recognise excellence across 17 categories, alongside an additional new award category.
The new award category is the “Spirit of Africa Award”, presented by Amarula Premium African Gin. This award celebrates content that embodies the essence of Africa.
Among the categories, five will be open for public voting, allowing fans to choose who they want to take home the awards.
While most creators are being nominated for the first time, some creators who were nominated last year are nominated again this year.
The likes of Kefilwe Mabote and Mush Kitchen who emerged victorious last year, have made a comeback being nominated again.
Chris Rodgers, Siv Ngesi, Sifo the cooking husband, Khanyisa unfiltered,Darren Campher, Manz Not Hot, Shandor Larenty, Nabilah Kariem and being some of the creators to be nominated in more than one category.
Manuela Dias de Deus, founder of the DSTV Content Creator Awards and Managing Director of ‘One Eyed Jack’ shared how she felt a lot of people felt like it was very hard during covid and lockdown.
Going on to say that content creators were the ones that got her through, lightening and brightening her day.
A couple of months down the line she went to an advertising awards event and she thought about how all of these brands are using creators in their campaigns, but there are no awards events out there celebrating content creators.
That is how the idea of the content creators awards was born.
“Whilst initially the awards were created to celebrate content creators because they make us feel good, it’s now so much more than that. Content creators are using their social media for good, to mobilise communities.
“We are celebrating people who are doing incredible work, who work incredibly hard and essentially the new marketing platform for brands.
“These awards were created and exist in order to create an ecosystem for creators to learn how to monetise their content and get recognised for brand work and essentially to create a place for creators to be within South Africa”
Nominations in the following categories are up for awards
Cause Award (open for public voting)
– Bella Monsoon, for The Fight Against GBV
– Mimo for Lymphedema Awareness
– Nomzamo Mbatha for Nomzamo Lighthouse Foundation Empowering HER campaign
– Shandor Larenty for United Nations international Arabian Leopard Day
– Siv Fighting Period Poverty for Socks for Sanitary Pads
Storyteller Award
– Birth Of Stars, for ‘Birth Of Stars’
– Brandon Olifant, for ‘From Vaal To Jacanda’
– Joshwideawake, for ‘Inside South Africa’s Most Dangerous Neighbourhood’
– Overthinking Football, for ‘This Is What Makes Malelodi Sundowns Successful’
– The Ndlovu’s Uncut, for ‘LoveLocked’
Emerging Creator Award (open for public voting )
– Chesrae Megan
– Collen BhutiKaSimi
– Grace Mondlana
– Jane Mpholo
– Yerik Jomei
Song of the Year Award, Powered by 947 (open for public voting)
– Dlala Thukzin – iPLAN
– Kamo Mphela – Dalie
– TitoM & Yuppe – Tshwala Bam
– Tyla – Water
– Tyler ICU – Mnike
Social Commentary Award
– Darren Campher
– Politically Aweh
– Shanray Van Wyk
– Silas Must Fall
– Zethu Gqola
Travel & Lifestyle Award
– Centtwinz Travel
– Chris Rogers
– J. Martin
– Mzwandile & Siza Ndlovu
– Simóne and Vernon
Foodie Award
– Cooking With Zanele
– Karabo Didi
– Kenneth Tebogo Middleton
– Mush Kitchen
– Sifo The Cooking Husband
Beauty Award
– Colourme Sim
– Zoliswa Mahlobo
– ZeeXOnline
– Zesipho.M
– Foyin OG
Fashion & Style Award
– Kamo Mphela
– Kat Sinivasan
– Kefilwe Mabote
– Nabilah Kariem
– Phupho Gumede K
Trendsetter Award (open for public voting)
– Coachella Randy
– Khanyisa Unfiltered
– Linda Mtoba
– Mandz Not Hot
– Moghelingz
– Nabilah Kariem
Best Event After Movie Award
– Rage Festival, produced by G&G Productions
– Retreat Yourself, produced by Audio Visual Alchemy
– Rocking the Daisies, produced by Palm Productions
– Soundset Sunday, produced by French For New
– Ultra South Africa, produced by Anything Goes
Gaming Creator of the Year Award
– Beamerboy TV
– Canton Parker
– Furious Kitty
– NaturalCauzes
– Sam ‘Tech Girl’ Wright
Podcast of the Year Award
– African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe
– History of South Africa
– Popcorn & Cheese
– True Crime South Africa
– Wide Awake Podcast
Thumb-stopping Award
– Chris Rogers
– Ricollin
– Shandor Larenty
– Stefan
– Theblackwendy
– Wiseman Zither
Best Creator Campaign Content Award
– Belinda Gwala for Bernini: Made from Wine’
– Chris Rogers for Bonaqua: Chug Life
– Gingerwithagopro for Samsung: S23 Ultra
– Janey en Waney for Kyknet: Op my Eish Seisoen 3
– Sipho Muchindu for Carling Black Label – AbinBev: Most Awarded Beer
Pan-African Creator Award
– Charity Ekezie
– Kuda Rice
– Mark Angel Comedy
– Tilda Harris
– Uncle Mo
DStv Creator of the Year Award (open for public voting)
– Darren Campher
– Khanyisa Unfiltered
– Mandz Not Hot
– Nabilah Kariem
– Shandor Larenty
– Sifo The Cooking Husband
– Siv Ngesi
For more details on the five categories open to the public for voting you can visit www.contentcreatorawards.co.za. Voting can either be online on their website or by smsing of your favourite creator’s unique code.
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