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SCARY
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Imagine you were humiliated and enraged. Now imagine you could use these emotions to control objects and your surroundings. What would you do?... Prime Video premieres Carrie on 7 October 2026, based on Stephen King's iconic novel about a girl who gets victimised by the cruelty of society and discovers she has telekinetic powers. >>
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20 Aug 2026 17:14
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REALITY LOW
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Netflix to produce new format titled Weight to Date that follows singles during and after "extreme weight loss as they navigate dating, identity and the search for lasting love". It screams Ozempic vibes, but let's hope not. That would be a horror low.
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20 Aug 2026 15:49
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MEH
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Jules is too miserable in Silo 3 and it's bringing us down. Yes, losing her memory's been difficult for her and now the Silo situation's dire HOWEVER she's supposed to be a shero and they should exude a deep sense of positivity. She hasn't smiled or shown warmth or enthusiasm once by Episode 7.
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19 Aug 2026 16:55
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ACTOR NEWS
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Former Muvhango star Vho-Gabriel Temudzani joins Herman Mashaba's ActionSA before the upcoming municipal elections. Could be on a mission to be Chief.
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18 Aug 2026 16:51
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CASTING
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Een Keer om die Son and Erfsondes star Jacques Bessenger leads the Afrikaans dub of Turkish novela Vlymskerp on eExtra from 25 August at 21h30. The scenario: Daghan returns home after years in the army and finds his family broken and his world changed. Drawn into the underworld, he becomes a hitman bound by his own code. As danger rises and his lost love Aydan reappears, his fight for redemption begins. Former Arendsvlei star Kay Smith voices Aydan.
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18 Aug 2026 11:51
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LOL!
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Our current guilty pleasure: the repeat of First Dates South Africa on BBC Lifestyle. We missed it when it first aired and we're happily surprised by how realistic the dates are. The venue's contrived with the cheesy barman and scene stealing waitresses but the actual daters have a sincerity to them.
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18 Aug 2026 11:36
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YOH!
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Heroes, Scream and Nashville star Hayden Panatierre died suddenly at the age of 36 on Sunday 16 August. Police are investigating and no cause has been disclosed. This comes three months after the release of her memoir in which she alleged she went onto a yacht with someone she trusted and was encouraged to get intimate with a 30-something famous British singer who was lying on a bed. She said she fled and hid. She was 18 at the time.
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17 Aug 2026 10:46
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SHOW NEWS
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40-year-old electrician Andrew "Benjie Baby" Benjamin won MasterChef South Africa 6 on Sunday 16 August 2026, burning runner-up Candice Meth. Their final task: they had two hours to create a three-course meal that reflected their personal journeys on the show. Benjie lives in Kimberely and his cooking's inspired by his grandmother and open fires. He's now a millionaire.>>
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17 Aug 2026 10:30
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TEASER
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On the Season 6 finale of MasterChef South Africa on Sunday 16 August at 18h00: Top 2 finalists Candice Meth and Andrew "Benjie" Benjamin need to control their nervous systems in a reality low showdown. Candice's late mom Kathy made it to the Top 35 in Season 2 and Benjie was a runner-up on kykNET's Kokkedoor: Vuur & Vlam.
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14 Aug 2026 12:43
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GOOD NEWS
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A new telenovela replaces the yawnfest 19h00 repeats on e.tv from 31 August 2026. Title: Land of Mills & Money. Stars include Winnie Ntshaba, Jo-anne Reyneke, Themba Ndaba, Zamani Mbatha, Gcinile Nkosi, Nelisiwe Sibiya and Kenneth Nkosi. See comments for the trailer. >>
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13 Aug 2026 17:10
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Yosef moves to 17h30 on e.tv from Monday 17 August 2026, once Kelders van Geheime ends. It moves from 18h30 to 17h35 on eExtra.
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13 Aug 2026 16:52
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The head writer of Kelders van Geheime is Theltom Masimila, creator of Arendsvlei. RIP Kelders. RIP Arendsvlei.
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13 Aug 2026 12:39
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AWARDS
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The Silwerskerm Film and TV Awards are happening on Saturday 22 August - at the end of the 2026 Silwerskerm Festival. The ceremony airs on kykNET on Sunday 23 August at 19h00. True life crime miniseries Niggies leads with 11 nominations followed by Suidooster with eight, Skemergond with seven and comedy Die Kantoor with five.
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13 Aug 2026 12:33
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RENEWED!
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Prime Video's period drama House of David has the greenlight for Season 3. Goliath roars from his grave after being stoned in Season 1.
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12 Aug 2026 18:25
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GOOD NEWS
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The 2027 fifth season of Apple TV's The Morning Show will be its last. Jennifer Anistan needs to relax. Way too tense.
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12 Aug 2026 18:20
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The Kelders van Geheime theme tune and original music is by Loki Rothman who had his own reality low on kykNET where he "turned Average Joes into popstars". He also did the music for kykNET drama series Tydelik Terminaal, Straat, Fraksie and Die Oord, and Netflix comedy-drama Tuiskoms. RIP Kelders.
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12 Aug 2026 16:12
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RIP
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TV, film and theatre actor Lionel Newton died on Tuesday 11 August 2026. His ex-wife Lara Foot announced the news on Facebook and didn't give details on the cause. Lionel was nominated for six SAFTA awards over his career, for TV and film. These included two for Sorted on SABC3 and one for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his role in Jozi, which he won. He was 61.
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12 Aug 2026 14:07
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Kelders van Geheime star Rushney Ferguson (Veronique) started her career in musical theatre, at The Waterfront Theatre School. Musicals she appeared in include Hairspray, A Chorus Line, Footloose and Guys and Dolls. RIP Kelders.
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11 Aug 2026 11:15
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REVIEW
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Urgh, what a letdown! We only managed to suffer through one episode of the National Geographic/Disney+ docco Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston. It supposedly follows people who survived the volanic eruption. Their names are real but their lives and personalities are fabricated by Tom and the show - not factual at all. The first Roman they "follow" is Lucius Avianius, portrayed as an extremely unlikeable brat who stomps through Pompeii and disrespects his mother. Just because it happened so long ago doesn't mean you can misrepresent real people in this way.
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11 Aug 2026 11:05
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CHANNEL NEWS
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New SuperSport channel SuperSport Extra 2 launches on 217 on 19 August 2026. Will feature live sport when major events overlap.
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07 Aug 2026 17:10
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CHANNEL NEWS
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The four SuperSport Variety channels change name to focus on particular sports on 19 August. Also, SuperSport Action changes channel number. See comments for what they're changing to. >>
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07 Aug 2026 17:08
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CHANNEL NEWS
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More losses on the way for DStv subscribers. These four channels are shutting down on 16 September 2026: M-Net Movies 1, kykNET Lekker, Mzansi Bioskop and Mzansi Music.
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07 Aug 2026 13:35
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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New series Madhubala - One Love One Passion starts on Star Life on Thursday 13 August at 16h00, replacing You Are My Love when it ends.
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07 Aug 2026 11:44
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COOL
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A new docco series about the origin of Kwaito premieres on SABC1 on Wednesday 12 August at 18h00. Title: Ezase Zola. Tells the story of eZola township - the birthplace of some of South Africa's Kwaito pioneers. Those featured include Mdu Masilela, Mandoza, Zola 7, Brown Dash, Brickz, Mapaputsi, Mshoza and Mzambiya.
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07 Aug 2026 11:12
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TEASER
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Comin' up in the semi-finals of e.tv's MasterChef South Africa 6 on Sunday 9 August 2026 at 18h00: the cheftestants must recreate a renowned chef's signature dish for a place in the finale.
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07 Aug 2026 11:07
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WTF?!
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Perez Hilton's self-mutilation livestream's like a Poltergeist movie!! He's possessed by the despair of the world!!! Insane that this is the state of someone who covers the world of entertainment. See comments. >>
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06 Aug 2026 17:30
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REALITY LOW
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Can you believe The Voice is still alive and kicking?? One of THE most irrelevant shows of the century continues in 2027 with a schleb spin. Celebrities compete to be "the first Voice celebrity champion". Puhlease.
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05 Aug 2026 15:53
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NO, JUST NO
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Mzansi Magic got the name of their show wrong in their publicity material! Their new Monday night drama isn't called Stokvel BUT Stokvel Season. It's the official name in the series title card. AND they left out half the starring cast in the release about the cast. Bah!!
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04 Aug 2026 11:54
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SHOW NEWS
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Renewed! And cancelled! The fourth and final season of Apple TV sci-fi Silo premieres in mid-2027.
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03 Aug 2026 18:06
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REVIEW
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We enjoyed the factor fear of Apple TV's Cape Fear BUT we were highly annoyed that a key premise revolves around women lying about their baby daddies. Both lead characters Anna and Crystal were "guilty" of it. It was stereotyped and too much.
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03 Aug 2026 12:40
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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This is eExtra's new evening schedule from 17 August after Kelders van Geheime ends: 16h30: Skree Dit Uit!,17h30: Entertainment Set, 17h35: Yosef, 18h30: Maanligsprokie, 19h30: Een Wit Leuen, 20h30: Lente Na Die Storm (New series!), 21h30: Bloedspoor, 22h30: Fenix.
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31 Jul 2026 13:48
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Gather round sewers... The Great British Sewing Bee returns to BBC Lifestyle on Monday 17 August at 20h00. It's not the latest season - they're behind! - but still, we'll take anything because we're sewing junkies. In the season premiere: 12 sewers make an A-line skirt, transform T-shirts and interpret "day dresses" in the Made-to-Measure challenge.
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31 Jul 2026 10:41
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Erfsondes star and former Binnelander Ruan Wessels debuted on Diepe Waters on Thursday 23 July as Katinka's onbeskof (rude) brother Fouché who wears a small, zef moustache and "a soul patch" tuft of beard. Ruan's other roles include Jacques on 7de Laan and Simeon on Nomax telenovela Wyfie. Anya Human - who plays Katinka - was the make-up artist on Wyfie so they've worked together before. >>
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29 Jul 2026 13:04
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We're loving how the para-sport events are being integrated into the Commonwealth Games and TV coverage as opposed to them happening in a separate competition. Also, South Africa's turning up! 28 medals in total as at the end of the games - ranked 11th, with seven gold medals, 11 silver and 10 bronze.
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28 Jul 2026 12:48
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CASTING
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Lee Roodt debuts on Skemergrond on 10 August, as Ruan's adversary Isaac. Lee's repertoire includes roles on Devil's Peak, Die Sentrum, Arendsvlei, Suidooster, Die Oord and M-Net murder mystery White Lies where he played ex-prison bird Magiet. He also voiced Marat on eExtra's Elif.
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27 Jul 2026 11:47
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RIP
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Former SABC news anchor and conservationist Gillian van Houton died on 24 July 2026 at the age 72. See the evocative video her husband John Varty posted when he made the announcement (in the comments) >>. We especially love the way the images include her now and then. According to John, Gillian had frontotemporal dementia that affected her speech and memory.
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27 Jul 2026 10:47
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HEADS-UP!
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Star Life's Noyontara isn't ending as previously indicated in the schedule. It changes time from 22h00 to 22h30 from 25 July 2026 and Mannat, which airs before, extends to an hour.
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23 Jul 2026 18:03
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CHANNEL NEWS
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2026 Commonwealth Games airs on two dedicated SuperSport channels from 23 July to 2 August, from Access to Premium. 500 African athletes are competing. Contenders include Akani Simbine, Chad Le Clos, boxers, wheelchair basketballers and Judo types (Judoka).
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23 Jul 2026 16:22
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FOR THE NOSTALGIA
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The first South African TV series to be titled Stokvel was the SABC2 comedy which premiered in 2003 and ran for nine years. Featured stars included Manaka Ranaka, James Ngcobo, Hamilton Dlamini, Thembi Mtshali-Jones, Dieketseng Mnisi and Lele Ledwaba. Mzansi Magic's reloading the name as a new drama series (see below).
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22 Jul 2026 15:02
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CASTING
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Harriet Manamela, Motsoaledi Setumo, Nobuhle "Mimi" Mahlasela and Leera Mthethwa star in Mzansi Magic's upcoming Monday night'er Stokvel. Follows four friends who've become sisters after being in a Stokvel for almost a decade. Their deep bond is put to the ultimate test when a scammer enters their lives. Scandal!'s Jackie - Lerato Mahlasela - co-stars as scammer Palesa. Premieres 3 August 2026 at 20h00. >>
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22 Jul 2026 11:58
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NO, JUST NO
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The fact that DStv Premium subscribers don't get BBC UKTV is all kinds of wrong! We want to watch Jamie Oliver's Air Fryer Meals but we can't. We're paying top dollar to see EVERYTHING on DStv but we're being denied this. Uncool and unfair in the extreme.
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22 Jul 2026 11:08
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LOL!
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Casting underway in the US for new Netflix competition series Monopoly, a life-sized edition of the board game. Synopsis: 12 players enter a fully realized Monopoly Town Square on equal footing. To survive, they must accumulate everything, or lose it all. Every negotiation, every decision and every roll could mean the difference between building an empire and going to jail. Bankrupt players are eliminated - until a single winner is left to take it all. >>
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21 Jul 2026 16:56
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DID YOU KNOW?
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Fortune Thobejane's role as Duke on Mzansi Magic's new Sunday night drama series Critical But Stable isn't his first starring role on TV as we previously thought. He had a starring role as Heaven in the second season of telenovela Isithembiso in 2018. However, Duke is his first lead role.>>
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20 Jul 2026 18:59
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Kelders van Geheime ends in a double bill on Friday 14 August 2026, starting at 17h30 on e.tv and 19h00 on eExtra. Yosef won't air on the day - episodes resume on Monday 17 August.
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20 Jul 2026 12:08
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CASTING
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Former 7de Laaner Luan Jacobs debuts on Suidooster on 27 July as Kate and Mike's creepy new problem Lendre. Luan's had starring roles on kykNET legal drama Fynskrif and sitcom Vir Beter of Baie Beter, and plays Nathan on Skeem Saam. >>
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17 Jul 2026 18:14
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RIP
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Generations legend and profilic starring actor Seputla Sebogodi died on Wednesday 15 July from complications arising from diabetes. The announcement was made by his family in a statement released by his agent Artist Connection. Seputla first rose to fame in the early 1990s in the Pedi drama Bophelo Ke Semphekgo and went on star as villainous Kenneth Mashaba on Gen for nine years. He was 63. >>
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16 Jul 2026 17:07
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BAH!
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We've asked Telemundo if there's a third season of Cacau and what's happening with Ana's Revenge 2. This is their reply: "We currently do not have any information around a third season of Cacau and an upcoming second series of Ana’s Revenge airing on Telemundo. However, we will let you know if anything changes."
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15 Jul 2026 17:58
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SHOW NEWS
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Metro FM agony aunt feature Ask a Man heads to TV - to S3. It deals with dating dilemmas, situationships, marriage, family dynamics etc. Viewer troubles will be unpacked and discussed by a panel - and featured stories will remain anonymous. If you'd like to submit yours you can e-mail sabc3askaman@sabc.co.za or WhatsApp +2771 918 2473.
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15 Jul 2026 11:41
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The title of Mzansi Magic's new novela Nyala O... is based on a Sepedi/Sotho idiom Nyala o nyele. Literally translated to “marry and endure” or “marry and persevere.” It means that once a person gets married, they should stay committed to the marriage despite its challenges. Modern interpretations often distinguish between enduring ordinary marital challenges and remaining in relationships that are abusive or unsafe.
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13 Jul 2026 11:36
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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Actress Robyn Rossouw, who plays new arrival Cheryl on Skemergrond, doesn't wear any make-up to portray the character and she's kept her hair natural. According to Robyn: "Feeling that 'bare' on camera really helped me find Cheryl’s vulnerability.”
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13 Jul 2026 11:27
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