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JOHANNESBURG — For Tyla, global pop stardom has not meant leaving Johannesburg behind. If anything, the 24-year-old singer has made her South African identity one of the defining features of a career that has moved with remarkable speed from local promise to international prominence. Her breakthrough came with “Water,” the 2023 single that fused contemporary

JOHANNESBURG — Two years after turning the South African Music Awards into a personal landmark, Tyla is returning to the ceremony with another international honour to her name — and a considerably larger global profile. The Johannesburg-born singer will receive the International Achievement Award at SAMA32, the second time she has been given the distinction.

The South African Music Awards have long been a measure of success at home. For Tyla, SAMA32 offers something slightly different: a chance for the industry that watched her rise to recognise how far that success has travelled. On Saturday, the 24-year-old Johannesburg-born singer will receive the International Achievement Award, becoming only the second artist,