They will now be held in July 11 at Montecasino Teatro.
This follows the postponement of the awards as a result of new administration in the Gauteng Province.
The newly installed MEC for Sport in Gauteng Molebatsi Bopape, and her adminstration had to acquaint themselves with the process of the awards.
The announcement was made today at the press brief.
Meanwhile, the extension on the SMS campaign line encourages fans to continue voting for their favourite Sport Fan, Sport Personality and Sport Programme of the Year.
Every SMS received will automatically enter voters into a random draw to win a car on the night of the awards.
Previously they were scheduled for Vodaworld, because it was confirmed that Vodacom were one of co-sponsors.
At the time of publishing -no response was given from the department on whether the telecommunication company was still part of the awards.