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AWARDS
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The 2025 National Arts and Culture Awards and SA Sport Awards air live on SABC1 on Saturday and Sunday 23 and 24 August respectively, at 20h00. Red carpet precedes both at 19h30.
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19 Aug 2025 16:29
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CASTING
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Katlego Maboe and Tracey Lange to host The National Arts and Culture awards, and Zanele Potelwa and Jerome Slim Du Ploy host the SA Sport Awards.
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19 Aug 2025 16:29
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Survivor contestant Cirie Fields has been on more seasons of Survivor than any other castaway. Six in total: Panama, Micronesia, Heroes vs. Villains, Game Changers and two new seasons: Survivor 50, coming in 2026, and Australia v The World - premiered in Australia on Sunday 17 August 2025. Starts here on Sunday 31 August at 18h00, on M-Net. >>
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18 Aug 2025 16:16
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COOL
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Billionaires are described as "the new mob of New York" in Season 5 trailer for Only Murders in the Building. Yay! Another show that's critical of mad-with-power billionaires who only care about themselves. Loot is another - Season 3 premieres on Apple TV+ on 15 October. Only Murders 5 starts on Disney+ on 9 September. Trailer in the comments. >>
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18 Aug 2025 13:16
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Stokvel, Hard Copy and Queen Sono star James Ngcobo is Artistic Director of Joburg Theatre. He's currently directing Dancing the Death Drill, which he co-adapted from the novel. (See below)
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14 Aug 2025 12:05
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ACTOR NEWS
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Thuli Thabethe, Clint Brink, Sharon Spiegel-Wagner, Sibusiso Mkhize, Jose Domingos, Thokozani Nzima, Kwenzo Ngcobo and Charlie Bougenon are treading the boards at Joburg Theatre in the play Dancing the Death Drill - an adaptation of Fred Khumalo's novel. Explores the experiences of black South African soldiers during World War 1 through the story of the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship. From 9 to 28 September.
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14 Aug 2025 12:02
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DID YOU KNOW?
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There were a total of 4893 episodes of Muvhango across its 26 seasons.
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13 Aug 2025 11:33
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FOR THE NOSTALGIA
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Flash fact: The Muvhango Teasers blog is the second Most Read blog on TVSA of all time. The first: Skeem Saam.
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13 Aug 2025 11:32
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RIP
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Farewell Muvhango. The series finale eventually aired on Tuesday 12 August. The end of an era.
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12 Aug 2025 23:35
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HEADS-UP!
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New Star Life spin-off channel Star Khanya goes live on DStv and Openview on Monday 18 August at 18h00, on Channel 160 and 114 respectively. Features isiZulu-dubbed Indian telenovelas with English subtitles. Premieres with eight series. Keep a lookout on TVSA for the What's When. Available from Premium to Access on DStv.
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12 Aug 2025 15:38
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RENEWED!
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More nasty Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren on the way in Season 2 of MobLand. No premiere date confirmed but should be next year. Until then... vicious Conrad and Maeve continue living in their eternal hell.
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12 Aug 2025 15:35
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The "Khanya" in new Star Life spin-off channel Star Khanya means "shine" in isiZulu.
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12 Aug 2025 15:06
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REALITY LOW
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Cecilie Fjellhøy - one of the women conned by The Tinder Swindler - partners with a female private investigator in new Netflix six-parter Love Con Revenge. Their goal: to help other victims of romance fraud get "genuine payback". Our imagination's gone wild wondering what that could be. Lorena Bobbit comes to mind first. Premieres 5 September 2025.
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11 Aug 2025 12:52
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LOL!
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What's going to happen to DStv's online chatbot TUMI once the Canal+/MutliChoice takeover comes into effect? Will it respond with a French accent and be renamed HENRI with a silent H? The new welcome message might read: "Helloo, I am 'ENRI, la DStv Shatbot!"
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08 Aug 2025 10:40
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Mzansi Magic's new reality low Gush'lyf refers to the BMWs used in spinning, nicknamed the Gusheshe. Some say they're called this because Gusheshe means quick/fast/speedily, others say the term means "panty dropper" and some say it refers to the sound the cars make when they shpin.
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07 Aug 2025 11:17
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REVIEW
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And the winner of the Worst Acting award in Guy Ritchie's new crime drama MobLand goes to... Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. Their Irish accents are off and uncomfortable - bizarre because Pierce was born in Ireland. And their portrayal of their characters is extremely unlikeable. Villains need some charisma and their characters don't have any. Goes to show what happens when movie stars slum it on TV.
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07 Aug 2025 10:29
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SHEM
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Poor Somveli on Shaka iLembe. Yes, he was a loser who betrayed his father and everyone he knew, but it was understandable. Dingiswayo's favouritism of Shaka cut deep. His perception of Somveli became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Reveals how crucial it is to have a father who believes in you.
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07 Aug 2025 10:19
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HOOK-UP
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kykNET's Bravo! visits Boer Soek 'n Vrou couple Daandré and Marisca on Thursday 7 August at 21h00. They met during 2024's Season 16, got engaged in December and married in June this year. Interesting how relationships on this reality low have a much better track record than The Bachelor or Bachelorette SA. >>
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07 Aug 2025 10:10
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COOL
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Global streamer Acorn TV picks up M-Net's 52-episode drama series Summertide for international audiences. It ended in South Africa in January. Still available on DStv Stream and Showmax.
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06 Aug 2025 10:11
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Thuso Mbedu's new series Task premieres on Showmax on Monday 8 September 2025 - a week after the US. Produced by HBO. She plays Aleah, a member of a task force that must put an end to a string of violent robberies run by an unlikely man. Mark Ruffalo heads the investigation as Tom.
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05 Aug 2025 17:42
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SHOW NEWS
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e.tv's isiZulu-dubbed novela Uzozisola - Regrets has 300 episodes in total.
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05 Aug 2025 17:28
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COOL
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New series by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan premieres on Apple TV+ on 7 November 2025. Title: Pluribus. Tagline: The most miserable person on earth must save the world from happiness. Described as a "genre-bending" series. Stars Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn - Jimmy's Kim Wexler on Better Call Saul.
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04 Aug 2025 18:27
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AWARDS
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2025 Basadi in Music Awards to air on SABC2 on Saturday 9 August at 18h30, followed by the Vanguard Awards on Sunday at 20h30. The Basadis honour women musicians and the Vanguards tribute women behind-the-scenes - artist managers, stylists etc. The ceremonies happened on 1 and 2 August at the Johannesburg Theatre, hosted by Lerato Kganyago and Lamiez Holworthy respectively.
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04 Aug 2025 17:51
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CANCELLED!
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Season 3 of Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That... will be its last. 12 episodes in total. It premiered in the US on 29 May 2025 and ends 14 August. Seasons 1 and 2 are on Showmax but no sign of Season 3. Let's hope this problem of us being left behind-the-times improves with the Canal+ deal. All MultiChoice shows need to be Express from the US.
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04 Aug 2025 17:26
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HEADS-UP!
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kykNET lifestyle show Bravo! visits the winner of Season 2 of reality low Die Brug on Thursday 31 July at 21h00 - after the Season 2 finale. Who's gonna win? See comments for our prediction. >>
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31 Jul 2025 11:53
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TRAGEDY
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A new telenovela called Pimville Queens was supposedly replacing Muvhango once it ends, but it's not. A repeat of Giyani - Land of Blood replaces it instead, from Wednesday 13 August. Pimville's being produced by controversial production house Bakwena Productions - responsible for the non-payment fiasco of cast and crew on BET's Pound 4 Pound. RIP Muvhango.
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30 Jul 2025 12:25
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GOOD NEWS
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Only Murders in the Building returns to Disney+ for Season 5 on 9 September. Our three intrepid podcasters refuse to believe in accidents after their beloved doorman, Lester, dies under suspicious circumstances. They're plunged into the shadowy corners of New York and beyond - where they uncover a dangerous web of secrets connecting powerful billionaires, old-school mobsters and the mysterious residents of the Arconia.
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29 Jul 2025 16:29
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RENEWED!
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Netflix orders Season 3 of supernatural horror comedy Wednesday ahead of its Season 2 premiere on Wednesday 6 August 2025.
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29 Jul 2025 16:21
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MEH
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HBO renews annoying historical drama The Gilded Age for Season 4, a month after the Season 3 premiere in the US. Seasons 1 and 2 aired on M-Net and are currently on Showmax. No sign of Season 3 on either.
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29 Jul 2025 16:08
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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e.tv introduces an isiZulu-dubbed Indian telenovela titled Uzozisola - Regrets on Monday 11 August at 20h30, elbowing out the Kelders repeat. It follows Kunal, who seems to be happily married to Mauli. His life takes a tumultuous turn when he unexpectedly falls for Nandini, Mauli's former best friend. OUCH. >>
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28 Jul 2025 12:04
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Mzansi Wethu's isiXhosa and isiZulu News on Wethu moves from 19h00 to 17h00 on Monday 28 July 2025. Mondays to Sundays.
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24 Jul 2025 12:52
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SHOW NEWS
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Season 2 of eExtra's police procedural thriller Koel Kop, Warm Hart premieres on Sunday 17 August at 19h00. There's a two week break between seasons (see below).
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24 Jul 2025 11:26
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Season 1 of Koel Kop, Warm Hart ends on eExtra on Sunday 27 July. Replaced by movies, starting with French Toast the Sunday after. The synopsis: Lisa stumbles upon her late mother's diary and discovers that she has a sibling living abroad, so she travels to Paris in search of the truth.
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23 Jul 2025 18:07
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TV BIZ
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Eventually. The saga's over. MultiChoice and Canal+ have the go ahead from South Africa's competition tribunal for their merger, subject to certain conditions. Canal+ needs to fund local entertainment and sports content, using local content creators, and must support the involvement of audio visual companies controlled by historically disadvantaged people and small, micro and medium enterprises.
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23 Jul 2025 13:09
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Heavy metal ledg' and reality low star Ozzy Osbourne died on Tuesday 22 July, two and a half weeks after reuniting with Black Sabbath for a farewell concert in Birmingham, near where the band was formed 57 years ago. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019 but his cause of death hasn't been disclosed. Our diagnosis: closure. He was 76. >>
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23 Jul 2025 12:15
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RIP
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The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner died on Sunday 20 July after drowning in Costa Rica. According to the country's Judicial Investigation Agency, he was swept away by a current :(. Malcolm portrayed Theo Huxtable on the iconic series between 1984 and 1992 and most recently played police inspector Bill Houston in the 2025 procedural Alert: Missing Persons Unit, co-produced by Jamie Foxx. He was 54. >>
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23 Jul 2025 11:32
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COOL
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Samuel L. Jackson joins the ranks of movie stars slumming it on the small screen with his first lead TV role - as the star of new Tulsa King spin-off NOLA King. He plays Dwight Manfredi's former prison buddy Russell Lee Washington Jr. The New York Renzetti crime family sends him to take Dwight out once and for all. First appears in Season 3 of Tulsa King.
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21 Jul 2025 15:50
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SCARY
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Netflix greenlights live action TV series of famous game Assassin's Creed. Described as a high-octane thriller. Centres round the secret war between two shadowy factions - one set on determining humanity's future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. It's the story of the real world right now!
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21 Jul 2025 14:47
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SCHWEET
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The cast of Diepe Waters got taken for a walk by furry friends for Nelson Mandela Day on Friday - at the Paws R Us: SA shelter in Fourways. Pix of the wooflesticks in the comments. >>
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21 Jul 2025 13:07
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CHANNEL NEWS
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Local Netflix drama series Soon Comes Night starts a run on SABC1 on Sunday 27 July at 20h00. Kwenzo Ngcobo and Albert Pretorius star as liberation hero turned heist king Alex Shabane and broken Apartheid policeman Detective Sakkie Oosthuizen, who's seeking redemption. Six eps. >>
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21 Jul 2025 12:26
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SCARY
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CBS cancels The Late Show With Stephen Colbert three days after he criticised the network for reaching a settlement with Donald Trump. Trump had sued CBS for the editing of an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS claims the cancellation is "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late-night." What they don't say: parent company Paramount wants a merger with Skydance and needs Trump administration approval for it. >>
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18 Jul 2025 17:44
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CHANNEL NEWS
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Speaking of ashes (see Carte Blanche)... e.tv funeral parlour novela Ashes to Ashes starts a re-run from Season 1 on Monday 21 July at 22h30. Flash fact: it was Nyaniso Dzedze's big break - he made his TV acting debut as Tsietsi, the eldest son of the Namanes who own Namane Funerals. >>
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18 Jul 2025 16:26
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CHANNEL NEWS
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24-hour entertainment channel Phuthuloha TV launched on free-to-air streamer Freevision Play on 14 June, with content in Sesotho, Sepedi and Setswana. Includes dramas, reality lows, lifestyle, talk and kids' shows.
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17 Jul 2025 14:56
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RIP
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Comedian and The Black Door star Oscar "Madluphuthu" Mgudlwa died suddenly on Wednesday 16 July. According to Daily Sun, he complained of breathing difficulties on Sunday and died in hospital in Rosettenville. He played Jupiter on The Black Door and Isitha, a street-smart, wanna-be gangster who lives for the moment, trying to be cool. >>
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17 Jul 2025 12:48
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The 1977 edition of historical miniseries Roots holds the record for the most Emmy nominations in a single year. 37 in total. It was in the Limited Series or Anthology category.
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16 Jul 2025 17:15
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CASTING
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Full cast announced for BET's new novela Black Gold following reveal of Nomalanga Shozi, Dawn Thandeka King and Sello Maake Ka-Ncube. Joining them are: Zamani Mbatha, Nomsa Buthelezi, Warren Masemola, Ernest Ndlovu, Siphesihle Vazi, Ashleigh Herman, Zinhle Sithole and Shaka's Sompisi - Thulani Mtsweni.
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16 Jul 2025 10:46
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SCARY
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Watching Prince George's expressions at the end of the men's Wimbledon final was as hairy as Somveli's upper lip! He was staring daggers, with hooded eyes, as if he was having daaark thoughts. Creepah. >>
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15 Jul 2025 15:32
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RENEWED!
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Apple TV+ orders season 7 of darkly funny Gary Oldman-led spy drama Slow Horses. Season 5 premieres 24 September 2025. Season 6 was announced last year.
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14 Jul 2025 13:00
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CANCELLED!
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Long-running Fab Five makeover series Queer Eye swans into the sunset for one final season. Season 10 will be its last - on Netflix. Currently in production in Washington, D.C.
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14 Jul 2025 12:54
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TRAILER
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Apple TV+ releases Official Trailer of Jason Momoa, shirtless, sweaty and passionate in historical drama Chief of War. Follows the 18th century unification and colonization of Hawai'i from an indigenous perspective. Nine eps. Premieres 1 August 2025. Trailer in the comments >>
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14 Jul 2025 12:36
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