K.O premieres new reality show, offering a look into the life of the reserved Skhanda Gawd
K.O has a new reality show with BET coming. Premiering on the 18th October, the Skhanda Gawd gives fans insight to his life and work with an eight-part series titled Inside Life with K.O. Fresh off the heels of his first live concert at Con Hill, K.O has made substantial contributions to the South African […]
Richard Williams, Venus and Serena’s father, tells the story of his family’s journey in new documentary
While many know the acclaim that sisters Venus and Serena Williams hold in the tennis fraternity, few have come to truly understand the actions it took to get them to those heights. The in-depth story of sport’s most famous parent has been brought to life in an acclaimed documentary called On The Line: The Richard Williams Story. […]
Apple TV spotlights South African storytellers for Women’s Month
South African creatives and storytellers are the focus of a new Women’s Month campaign on Apple TV. The work of Micaela Kleinsmith (My Kind of Country), Jodi Balfour (For All Mankind) and Lou Llobell (Foundation) are the three filmmakers highlighted throughout the month of August. Micaela Kleinsmith showed a penchant for songwriting from the tender age […]
There’s a new teen drama on Netflix and it’s a sort of Miseducation
From the creators of How To Ruin Christmas comes Miseducation, a new young adult series on Netflix launching in September. The show is a coming of age of sorts, one where Mbali Hadebe (played by Buntu Petse) runs to the Makhanda-based Grahamstown University after her mother (Baby Cele)’s corrupt political dealings come to light. Searching […]
MultiChoice launches DStv Stream, your newly renovated home of entertainment
MultiChoice has launched DStv Stream, the latest addition to the entertainment giant’s offering, which allows customers to sign up online and watch DStv as a standalone streaming service. That means no decoder, no dish, and no installation is required for your home of entertainment, all you need is a smart device and a stable internet […]
Netflix reboots the iNumber Number franchise with Jozi Gold coming to screens soon
Presley Chweneyagae and Sdumo Mtshali team up once again in the sequel to their buddy cop action drama with iNumber Number: Jozi Gold. The film is a reboot of the franchise, with Netflix collaborating with the original team of Donovan Marsh and lead actors Mtshali and Chweneyagae to bring back cop duo Chili and Shoes. […]
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson talks about his controversial new show starring Abel Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, The Idol
From the gutters of Hollywood, express to Showmax, comes The Idol, a new HBO Original series from Emmy-nominated Euphoria creator-director, Sam Levinson, and Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning pop star Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, who co-stars alongside Lily-Rose Depp in her breakthrough lead role. Fresh from scandalising the Cannes Film Festival last month, the 18LSDN The Idol is currently the #14 Most Popular […]
Trevor Noah hosts Amazon Prime’s first South African original, LOL: Last One Laughing South Africa
In his first TV gig since leaving The Daily Show, Amazon Prime announced that Trevor Noah is to host the streaming service’s first South African original production, LOL: Last One Laughing. The LOL: Last One Laughing series is an adaptation of Prime Video’s global comedy franchise currently produced in more than 20 countries and territories worldwide. The […]
Minnie Dlamini – The Storyteller
Minnie Dlamini: The Storyteller Minnie Dlamini hasn’t given a detailed interview in three years. Deliberately so. Her brother Khosini died in September 2019 after having suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm and being on life support for 23 days before succumbing to his condition. “Devastating. Absolutely devastating,” she says of the ways in which his death […]
Entertainment is a given – but film also needs to inspire, educate, provoke and criticise
The Joburg Film Festival (JFF), which ran from Tuesday, 31 January until Sunday, 5 February at various locations across the city, offered a provocative and challenging slate of films from around the world that explored various social issues and offered a snapshot of a particular time in history. “Apart from entertaining, film also has an […]
Connie Chiume and Minnie Dlamini: Generations of Film
Connie Chiume is the darling of SA film and television. From teaching through the 1976 student uprising in Soweto to taking up a career as an actress, her story is one of working through an era when the creative arts weren’t seen as viable prospects in our country to being celebrated on the international stage. […]
MTV Africa Brings The Love & Hip Hop Concept To South African Shores With Love & Hip Hop SA
The first quarter of the year in the reality TV space is getting off to a fine start. This follows the announcement that MTV Africa will be airing a version of the popular VH1 format global hit reality show Love & Hip Hop, setting it in South Africa. A first for Africa, the show will […]