{"id":195053,"date":"2025-10-30T13:17:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/?p=195053"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:17:54","slug":"unveiling-the-2025-nominees-for-the-thobela-fm-sepedi-music-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/unveiling-the-2025-nominees-for-the-thobela-fm-sepedi-music-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling the 2025 Nominees for the Thobela FM Sepedi Music Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unveiling the 2025 Nominees for the Thobela FM Sepedi Music Awards 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The stage is set for a grand celebration of Sepedi-language artistry as the nominees for this year\u2019s awards have been revealed. The event spans 23 award categories and shines a spotlight on performers, producers, dance groups, influencers and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a breakdown of the full list of nominees:
Best Gospel Song<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Moya Waka \u2013 Mmatema Moremi<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Mangeloi \u2013 Kgaogelo Kekana<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Dilo Ka Moka \u2013 Mapula Monyepao<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Mphe Matla Morena \u2013 Mynah Rams<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Kgwerano \u2013 Victor Molaba<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Sione \u2013 Segopotso Shuping<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Tla O Re Lwele \u2013 Maureen Nhlane<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Best Music Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. Kaycherlow \u2013 Areyeng<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Maleboo \u2013 Ditau<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Shandesh \u2013 Di Chopper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Shebeshxt \u2013 Rato Laka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Belinda Moloto \u2013 Tebedinekele<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Janesh ft Hitboss SA \u2013 Ngwanaka<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Best Lekompo Song<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      1. Shandesh \u2013 Ga Mapula<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Smeazy & Zoli \u2013 Re Pluggeng<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Janesh ft Hitboss \u2013 Ngwanaka<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Karishma \u2013 Inama<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. Kaycherlow \u2013 Areyeng<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Sepedi Artist of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        1. Karishma<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Pleasure Tsa Manyalo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Shebe Maburna<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Shandesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Mapula Monyepao<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. Kaycherlow<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. Janesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. Charlie Baas<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. Mmatema Moremi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          The artist Shandesh leads with the most nominations, appearing across seven categories. Rising names like Kharishma also show strong momentum with five nominations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Voting has opened: fans can cast their vote by sending the name of the nominee and category to 47052.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          The awards spotlight Sepedi-language creatives, celebrating everything from music and video production to style, influencer work and dance groups, demonstrating the depth of the regional culture. With categories such as “Best Styled Artist”, “Best Manyalo Song”, “Best Makgakgasa Group” and more, the event is inclusive of many creative lanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Unveiling the 2025 Nominees for the Thobela FM Sepedi Music Awards 2025 The stage is set for a grand celebration of Sepedi-language artistry as the nominees for this year\u2019s awards have been revealed. The event spans 23 award categories and shines a spotlight on performers, producers, dance groups, influencers and more. Here\u2019s a breakdown of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[96717],"class_list":["post-195053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sepedi-nominees"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amapiano.co\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}