The 13th South African Film and Television Awards (Quarantine Edition-ceremony) was held at the Sun City Metro Theater on 1st of April 2021 by Edem, Henry-Kendall A.

[3] The awards would serve as a way honour, celebrate, and promote creative excellence, and encourage the development of new talent within the industry.

[7] In the weeks before the 7th South African Film and Television Awards the current NFVF CEO, Zama Mkosi, reported that a special sub-committee had drawn up a draft constitution for the Academy.

Together the horns are a reference to flames and, ultimately, the rising sun as an "emblem of brightness, splendour and the supreme principle of the nature".

[9] As per the awards committee guidelines, only citizens and permanent residents of South Africa are eligible for a nomination; in certain categories this rule only applies to the head producer.

In the case of co-productions with foreign companies, are only eligible where a "significant proportion" of the creative decision are made by the South African team and the production has been certified by the National Film and Video Foundation.

The film and television professionals with a minimum of ten years experience, or deemed "credible" by the jury, can volunteer to be a judge.

In 2011, the SAFTA committee began incorporating previous winners and nominees into the judging process to "encourage peer recognition".

[10] The judging sessions take place in South Africa's three major cities, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

The auditors, assigned by the SAFTA committee, tally the final scores submitted and are the only ones who know the winners before the awards evening.

/Pearl Modiadie /Thomas Msengane /Somizi somGee Mhlongo In 2008, Mfundi Vundla, creator of the popular TV soap Generations, withdrew from the 3rd South African Film and Television Awards by declining all nominations of the show, directors, actors, and actresses.

[34] Vundla stated that the Generations entries at the 2nd South African Film and Television Awards were "pushed through" by the SABC and accepted by SAFTA after the judging process had already been completed.

This brought into question the integrity of the ceremony, Vundla explained that he would not be "coerced" into entering again and that the "awards must first get their house in order".

[35] The NFVF CEO, Eddie Mbalo, publicly stated his "disappoint" in Vundla's decision to withdraw the nominations and believed the team was being "denied the opportunity to be acknowledged" by the industry.