This award caps off an extraordinary year for the Zambian captain who made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the first women's soccer player to score three hat-tricks in the tournament.
The River lead Sindi Dlathu, once again, scooped the 'Best Actress' nod, while Menzi Ngubane was honoured with a posthumous 'Best Actor' award at the 15th South African Film and Television awards (SAFTAs).
Blood & Water, Queen Sono, How To Ruin Christmas: The Wedding are among the Netflix South Africa originals that have garnered a total of 45 nominations, charting a historical breakthrough for the content platform since entering the South African market.
Sibusiso Innocent Zikode has been awarded the Per Anger Prize by the Swedish Government for his human rights work for South Africans living in informal settlements.
Moso Sematlane, Rémy Ngamije, Ola W. Halim, Vincent Anioke and Franklyn Usouwa are the African writers on the shortlist for this year's Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has become the first writer to be nominated for the prestigious International Booker Prize as both author and translator. He is also the first nominee to write in an indigenous African language.
Check out the full 2021 NAACP Image Awards winners list spanning the best Black entertainers across television, music, film and literature.
Burna Boy, Stonebwoy, Bella Shmurda, and more African artists have secured wins at the first ever Global Music Awards Africa.
South African hip-hop artist and producer Anatii is getting accolades for his songwriting on "Brown Skin Girl." The song won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.
Burna Boy: "This is a big win for my generation of Africans all over the world."
Burna Boy's 'Twice As Tall' album snagged a Grammy for 'Best Global Music Album' while Beyoncé's collaboration with Wizkid, Blue Ivy and SAINt JHN won 'Best Music Video' for 'Brown Skin Girl'.
The 2021 Forbes Woman Africa Awards' diverse winners include Elsa Majimbo, Ada Osakwe, Professor Rudo Mathivha, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and more.