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New on SABC1 this March:

Viva 2010
Premiere date: Tuesday, 4 March 2008 at 18h30

A new current affairs show that looks at the 2010 World Cup.


Living The Hiplife (Documentary)
On: Tuesday, 4 March 2008 at 21h00

Living The Hip Life is a musical portrait of street life in urban West Africa. It follows the birth of Hiplife music in Accra, Ghana, a mix of various African musical forms and American hip hop.

Archival footage and hip hop music videos are remixed with interviews, concerts, and stories from the daily lives of rap artists.

We follow Reggie Rockstone, the Godfather of Hiplife in the founding of the musical movement, as well as the Mobile Boys a group of aspiring rap artists as they try to make it in the music business.

Directed by Jesse Weaver Shipley.


Shakespeare: Entabeni (Macbeth) (6-part Series)
Premiere date: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 at 20h30

Set in Johannesburg, South Africa we enter the world of black business. Within this world, we follow the rapid rise and fall of Kumkani - a talented, fearless, young prodigy in the world of investment banking.

Loved, admired and feared by all, Kumkani is what everyone wishes to be. Young, rich, gifted, powerful, with a bright future, and beautiful wife. He's just landed the biggest contract for Entabeni Security Holdings, a major company owned by his distant and beloved cousin Matthews. And most importantly he has done so almost single-handedly.

The story begins at the peak of the young man’s life which captures the attention of the world including a mysterious old, homeless woman who decides to cross paths with him at a designated intersection in Jo’burg on his return from overseas.


Realities Behold Fame (Part 1) (Documentary)
On: Tuesday, 11 March, 2008 at 21h00

Many South African legendary artists are dying penniless despite the vital contribution they have made to South Africa, its culture, freedom and heritage.

Since the era of apartheid, artists have been ignored, marginalized, poverty stricken and not professionally treated. Realities Beyond Fame is a two-part documentary series that aims to address the problems that have affected artists for years. Researched over three years, the show also suggests solutions regarding some of the issues.

Artists featured in the documentary include Mbongeni Ngema, Joe Mafela, Sam Williams, Hugh Masekela, Sipho Mabuza, David Phetoe, late Ken Gampu, the late Dolly Rathebe, Stanley Nkosi and Jubu Khanyile.


Realities Behold Fame (Part 2)
On: Tuesday, 18 March at 21h00

Part two of the Realties Behold Fame documentary.


VHS Kaloucha (Documentary)
On: Tuesday 25 March 2008 at 22h00

Seeking some laughter and pictures of home, a group of illegal Tunisian immigrants in Italy badger anyone with a TV so that they can view the latest film from cult filmmaker, writer, director, action hero Moncef Kahloucha. Back home in Kazmet, a poor district of Sousse, Tunisia, the house painter Kahloucha is in the throes of making his next film: Tarzan of the Arabs.

Using equal measures of madness and magic, Kahloucha draws heavily on the beneficence of the local populace, negotiates social boundaries and strains family ties in his determination to bring light relief to the residents of his poor neighbourhood - and make films.

Directed by Néjib Belkadhi.


Jika Majika 5
Premiere date: Wednesday, 26 March 2008 at 19h00

Jika Majika returns for a fifth season of fast paced music and dancing. The show puts the spotlight on outrageous Mzansi dance styles and highlights the top 10 local music songs of the week.


Imizwilili 12
Premiere date: Saturday, 29 March 2008 at 12h30.

Imizwilili returns for a twelfth season to feature new youth choral groups.


Kid Paddle 2
Premiere date: Monday, 31 March 2008 at 16h00

Kid Paddle is a children's show about the fine line between life and video games - a situation that confuses Kid Paddle over and over again.


Friends Forever
Premiere date: Monday, 31 March 2008 at 16h45

Friends Forever is a gameshow in which children compete for prizes based on how well they know the likes and dislikes of their friends.

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