The FNB Vita Awards which honor excellence in the arts have increased in the number of categories on offer.

Existing award categories are: best lighting design, costume design, set design, support actress (in comedy, drama or musical), support actor (in comedy, drama or musical), leading actor, leading actress, new SA play, director of the year.

The awards for most promising new actor/actress and best performance by a musical by a male/female have now been split into male and female awards, thus creating two new awards. There is also a new award (unsplit) for best performance in a comedy. Two more regional awards are best musical review (a compilation of music with no storyline) and musical production of the year.