Strangers in Danger, Season 1: Series – Starts Tuesday 8th September on Sony Max (DStv Channel 128) Strangers in Danger follows two thrill seeking friends and pro BMX’ers, Mike “Rooftop” Escamilla and Zach “Catfish” Yankush, around the world as they search for the most extreme, peculiar, and sometimes flat out ridiculous challenges in each country they […]
Presenter and motivational speaker Nimrod Nkosi will replace Zola as host of Utatakho from Tuesday, 01 September. Utatakho is a docu-reality series that focuses on resolving issues of paternity with the help of DNA testing. Bonginkosi “Zola” Dlamini, who after eight episodes and eleven weeks of travelling to different parts of the country, is stepping […]
Times Media Films, distributor of the Afrikaans language feature film, Dis ek, Anna has initiated the process with the Film Publication Board (FPB) to review the earlier classification imposed on the film. This was the first viewing by the FPB and geared towards clearing the film for screening at the Durban International Film Festival in […]
The SABC is set to launch a 6th TV channel soon, after the public broadcaster’s chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng apparently secured R1.5bn for the SABC to start another new channel. SABC chairperson Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe surprised parliament with the news of a new, planned 6th SABC TV channel on Tuesday. “Hlaudi and his team […]
ShowMax, South Africa’s answer to Netflix, is coming to Mzansi as a new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service from Naspers. The launch of ShowMax will be officially announced on 19 August at a media launch in Johannesburg, with the subscription service set to roll out commercially soon afterwards in the country. It will be offering subscribers […]
Jessica gets to Thembeka, Lucas starts trouble with Eddie and Maletsatsi and Ndumiso and Gontse give their relationship a try. Scandal!, weekdays at 7:30PM Monday Twice in one day, Thembeka is greeted by sights which make her blood run cold. Gontse ignores a friend’s advice and approaches someone she should not be bothering with. An acrimonious […]
M-Net finally announced thatThe Voice SA is coming to South Africa. But who will be swivelling in the red chairs? The South African television network on Wednesday announced to advertisers in Johannesburg at M-Net’s content showcase that the pay-TV broadcaster has officially picked up the rights to The Voice SA as its new reality singing show to sit […]
The BBC is finally changing its set of BBC channels on MultiChoice’s DStv pay-TV platform to update it to the rest of the world. At the beginning of the month BBC Worldwide told Channel24 in response to a media enquiry there isn’t a date yet for when the BBC channels will be changing, but is […]
A documentary feature film about a century-old community of Afrikaners in a remote region of Patagonia will have its world premiere at the Silwerskerm Festival later this month. Following the screening of the multiple-SAFTA nominated short film, The Last Boers of Patagonia, in July 2014 as part of the Encounters and Durban International Film Festivals, GOOD […]
The South African film industry is about to get a dose of happiness. The multi-award winning novel Happiness is a Four-Letter Word has been turned into a screenplay and filming commenced on 13 July in and around Johannesburg. The film, titled Happiness is a Four-Letter Word, tells the story of three friends trying to find their happiness while […]
