Sony Music Entertainment (South Africa)

Do not use as label (partly legacy entry for company roles such as distributor, marketer or copyright): Consider using Sony Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd as indicated instead! Labels will usually be Sony Music, Epic, Columbia, or any of a host of smaller indies.

During South Africa's apartheid years, many international record companies (like Epic) preferred to distribute their products through various local licensees (such as Gallo). However, in the New South Africa following 1994, many of these multinational companies themselves entered the country, establishing a presence and taking control of their labels.

One of these was Sony, which by now had taken ownership of CBS / Columbia Records and entered SA in 1995 as the newly-formed Sony Music Entertainment (South Africa).

Sony merged with BMG between 2004 and 2008.