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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,

Sho Madjozi’s star continued to shine brighter when she won two awards at the 25th South African Music Awards (Samas)…