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GOSPEL AWARDS VOTING NETS ACASWA OVER E600 000

15/12/2016 09:55:00 BY NHLANHLA MATHUNJWA

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MBABANE – The Association of Christian Artists in Swaziland (ACASWA) hosted a successful Gospel Awards show that made over E600 000.

This is money that was collected during the voting process which was used to determine the winners for the night. On the day of the awards, there were about 200 000 votes on the landlines and each vote amounted to E2.85. In total, ACASWA managed to net over E500 000.

On the short text message, ACASWA managed to get over 20 000. Each vote amounted to E3. This means the association was able to make over E60 000 through this system.
The fans voted through landlines with the services provided by the Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC). Fans also used a short text message line.
It should be mentioned that not all the money will go the ACASWA’s account as the service providers also have a share. The ratio was not revealed by ACASWA management as they deemed it confidential.

Terence Matse, ACASWA Deputy President asked not to comment on the money made through the votes. He avoided the question posed to him, instead he thanked the public for being active in the voting process.
“The awards would have not been a success had the public not participated. We are humbled by the public support. We appreciate the time they have spent and their money to make sure their choice of artists win,” he said. Matse also thanked the Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini for gracing the event, saying it was exciting to have him during the awards.

“We were humbled when we were informed that he would be present. We hope that he would also attend the next coming awards,” he said. He also thanked artists for their commitment of making sure they produce good music each time they are in studio.
“For their music to sell, they need to produce good quality music and that is the reason why we always ask them to make sure they always try to be at their best each time they record an album,” he said.