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Meet Zama Khumalo, your new Idols SA season 16 winner

Whether it was Mariah Carey’s Without You or maybe it was hitting those high Jennifer Hudson notes while singing A Change is Gonna Come – Zama Khumalo won over South Africans to win Idols SA season 16!

Khumalo cried tears of joy as Proverb announced that she had sang her way to becoming the winner of the competition.

Zama Khumalo

After weeks of performing on stage and 180 million votes cast this season, the 19-year-old was crowned the best singer.

She thanked South Africans for voting for her.

Khumalo doesn’t just win the title of best singer but she walks away with R1 million, a recording deal from Kalawa Jazmee, R150,000 worth of the latest Samsung products, the new Toyota Starlet 1.4, R100,000 worth of fashion from Truworths, a Kymco Xciting 400 scooter worth R120,000 and R80,000 worth of musical instruments from Yamaha.

People have reacted with happiness and excitement on social media:

-EWN

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