The South African Broadcasting Corporation awarded Mango Groove five OKTV awards during the band’s early years: The debut album, Mango Groove, won in the categories of “Best Album” and “Best Arranger”; one of the singles won “Best Video”. In 1991, Hometalk won “Best Pop Album”, and one of its singles won “Hit of the Year”. The OKTV Awards were an annual event in which members of the South African media were the judges