The 24th Annual South African Music Awards was held at Sun City, in the North West on 2 June 2018.
The show was hosted by Somizi Mhlongo, Dineo Ranaka and Mpho Popps.
Steve Kekana, Mbongeni Ngema and Spoke H received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their career spanning over decades.
[4] In April 2018, The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) announced that the artist Sands' entry for Record of the Year, "Tigi", had been struck off the nominees' list because Sands was a citizen of Eswatini.
"Tigi" by Sands was replaced by "Love Me in the Dark", by Sketchy Bongo on the nominations list.