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The premiere of Netflix sci-fi Black Mirror 7 - titled Common People - gets our vote as the Best Episode of the Series, alongside Nosedive from Season 3 - the eps where everyone rated each other on an app in a society ruled by judgement and discrimination. Common People elicits the same feeling: terror at what our world's going to be if things keep going the way they are. "You have to upgrade to Rivermind Plus if you want to stay alive."
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24 Apr 2025 17:10
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New Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish telenovela Yosef premieres on e.tv and eExtra on Monday 5 May at 17h30, once Annekan' Die Swa' Kry ends. It has Elif vibez: centres round youngster Yosef who becomes orphaned. He lives in a mansion with uncaring people, including his uncle who gives him protection but no affection - and then his mother's sister moves in. Four seasons in total.
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23 Apr 2025 12:24
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RIP
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The moral of the story on the gut wrenching latest eps of The Last of Us 2: don't leave conflict or anger with your nearest-and-dearest unresolved because you never know when they could be taken from you.
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22 Apr 2025 10:39
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RENEWED!
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ABC orders new seasons of 9-1-1, Grey's Anatomy, The Rookie, Will Trent and sitcom Shifting Gears for the 2025/2026 season.
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17 Apr 2025 15:26
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BAH!
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Season 3 of boring and fake reality low Listing Cape Town premieres on BBC Lifestyle on Wednesday 28 May at 20h00. We can't even watch the promos let alone the actual show.
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17 Apr 2025 15:15
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Season 6 of creativity-fest The Great British Sewing Bee premieres on BBC UKTV on Monday 5 May at 18h00. We'll say it again: bring on a South African edition PLEASE!
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17 Apr 2025 15:02
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The original title for Mzansi Magic's novela iThonga was Bloodlines, to reflect the twin bloodline bond in it. It was changed to iThonga, referring to a deceased person who's believed to be alive in the world of the ancestors and active in the world of the living. Even though it means the show's name also starts with an "i" - like too many others before it - we like the name and its meaning.
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17 Apr 2025 11:49
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ACTOR NEWS
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Zenande Mfenyana speaks out about actors needing to include the number of social media followers they have when they go to auditions. It's a travesty! The art of acting has been diminished to apps that have nothing to do with an actor's talent. It makes productions look desperate, as if they can't get traction on their own. AND it breaks the fourth wall. See comments for what she said in a Power FM interview >> You go girrrl!
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17 Apr 2025 10:35
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COOL
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The music at the end of Episode 6 of The Righteous Gemstones 4 is one of the best tracks we've ever heard! WOW. Other worldly. It's by The Hu - a Mongolian folk metal band - and it's titled Wolf Totem. Awoooooo. See comments for the music vid >>
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16 Apr 2025 16:35
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RIP
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Isidingo, The Throne, Abomama, The Estate and 'Sgudi 'Snaysi star Don Mlangeni Nawa died on Wednesday 16 April 2025. His family announced the news on his social pages and didn't disclose his cause of death. He was 65. >>
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16 Apr 2025 11:03
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A plea to BBC Lifestyle or our locals channels: PLEASE produce The Great South African Sewing Bee. A local version would be brilliant, we just know it. There are so many diverse sewers in South Africa, from all walks of life. Just go into our fabric shops and you'll see. We feel this during every season of The Great British Sewing Bee and felt militant about it while watching Monday's Season 9 premiere on BBC Lifestyle.
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15 Apr 2025 11:52
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Uncle Baby Billy's full frontal scenes on the new season of The Righteous Gemstones are next level hysterical. Why is it so funny to see a naked person skiing? Actor Walton Goggins is pure class. A shoutout to series creator Danny McBride for reviving physical comedy and for making the show so anarchic. You rock daddy boy! Pix in the comments >>
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14 Apr 2025 10:31
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DID YOU KNOW?
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The all girl Forty Elephants gang on Disney+ boxing drama A Thousand Blows really existed in London in the late 1800s to 1950s. The intriguing character Mary Carr was real too and their exploits were the same - shoplifting, pickpocketing and working for rich people who they stole from. Poor Hezekiah - he didn't have a clue what he was getting into when Mary pickpocketed him.
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11 Apr 2025 15:54
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CASTING
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Uyajola 9/9 and Umndende host Moss Makwati pokes his nose into more people's business as the new host of Mzansi Magic's sordid confessional reality low I'm With Your Ex. Replaces Eugene Khoza who must have had enough. Season 3 premieres Sunday 18 May at 19h30.
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11 Apr 2025 10:51
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ACTOR NEWS
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Six Nyamane exits her role as Nozipho Cele-Moroka on Generations: The Legacy on 24 April and won't be in the new season when it starts on 19 May.
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10 Apr 2025 15:50
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VIA launches its first breakfast show on Monday 14 April at 06h00, titled Goeiemôre, Good Morning. Monday to Thursday until 07h30, in Afrikaans and English. According to Elsa Esterhuizen, one of the hosts: "I remember immediately wanting to be a part of it when the team approached me and told me that their idea was similar to the concept of my favourite television series, The Morning Show." >>
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09 Apr 2025 14:25
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COOL
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This quote from The White Lotus 3 finale - by Luang Por Teera, head of the Buddhist monastery: "Sometimes we wake with anxiety, an edgy energy. What will happen today? What is in store for me? So many questions. We want resolution, solid earth under our feet so we take life into our own hands. We take action. Our solutions are temporary, they are a quick fix. They create more anxiety, more suffering. There is no resolution to life's questions. It is easier to be patient once we finally accept there is no resolution."
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09 Apr 2025 13:57
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Netflix releases Official Trailer for Season 2 of thriller Unseen. Cleaning lady Zenzi (Gail Mabalane) breaks out of prison and goes on the run, torn between the pull of vengeance and the promise of freedom. Is it just us or have you also noticed a dark, green tinge to Netflix trailers for local series? >>
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08 Apr 2025 13:14
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SABC issues statement saying the sudden disappearance of the Afrikaans news on SABC2 over the weekend was a scheduling error. Scheduler's on the run, headed to Orania. According to the SABC: "We want to assure the public and our stakeholders that there is no plan or decision to discontinue or deprioritise Afrikaans news." >>
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08 Apr 2025 12:44
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kykNET to air Old Righteous Blues on Saturday 19 April at 20h00 - South Africa's entry to the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category. It's set in Robertson and follows Hantjie who tries to restore the once-glorious Old Righteous Blues choir to its former glory amidst a bitter feud with a rival choir. >>
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07 Apr 2025 10:55
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AWARDS
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Entries for Ms South Africa 2025 have opened on the pageant's website and the age restriction has been raised by a measly two years. It's now 20 to 32 instead of 30. Height and weight restrictions have been scrapped. The reality low Crown Chasers will return before the pageant, with extra episodes and a reunion show after the finale.
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07 Apr 2025 10:47
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He's back. Isidingo Talent Search winner Sisa Hewana's in the cast of Mzansi Magic's new 'novela Inimba. Sisa was a financial advisor before he won the search and went on to star as Skhumbuzo "Ace" Nzimande. It's been a while since we've seen him. Since Isidingo he's had guest roles on Isono, Gen', The Queen and the 1Magic drama series Unmarried. >>
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04 Apr 2025 16:12
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ON THE WEB
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kykNET launches companion podcast to true crime series Niggies after Episode 3 on Tuesday 15 April. Will feature interviews with key figures and experts about the case, and behind-the-scenes insights. Three podcasts in total after every three eps of the nine eps season. Will be on YouTube, Spotify and DStv Stream. >>
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03 Apr 2025 14:35
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Twins are suddenly all the rage, first in Mzansi Magic's iThonga and now on SABC1's new 'novela Amalanga Awafani. It follows twins Sabelo and Thembi Gumede who find a winning lotto ticket in Umzinyathi. They're thrust into a world they never imagined, one of luxury, opportunity and unexpected challenges. As they navigate their new reality, old relationships resurface and hidden agendas emerge, forcing them to question the true cost of their fortune. >>
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01 Apr 2025 17:44
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A repeat of Kelders van Geheime replaces the repeat of eKasi: Our Stories on e.tv from Monday 7 April - the same day that KvG moves to 18h30. Yes, we're tongue tongued with the r-r-repeating going on. KvG will now air twice a night, once at 18h30 with a rebroadcast of that episode at 20h30.
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01 Apr 2025 17:32
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Baby Cele's lead role on Mzansi Magic's new Genesis is her eighth starring role on a soapie. She's starred on Backstage, Is'phindiselo, iNkaba, Ring Of Lies, Zabalaza, Sibongile & The Dlaminis and Uzalo, where she played Gabisile for seven seasons. She also had a guest role as Colonel Sibongile “Bongi” Nene on Isidingo, a character who was spoken about for yearz and first appeared in 2016.
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31 Mar 2025 11:30
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Sibongile & The Dlaminis star Nsikelelo Mthiyane (Sibongile Number 2) headlines SABC1's new telenovela Amalanga Awafani. Translated: either there's a Sibongile Number 3 on the way or the show's over, cancelled with Duma Ndlovu's other properties in the wake of his tax scandal. The latter seems most likely.
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28 Mar 2025 15:31
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SABC1's new telenovela Amalanga Awafani confirmed to premiere on Monday 28 April at 18h30. Produced by Stained Glass TV. It's about newfound riches - choices and desires.
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28 Mar 2025 10:29
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Pretoria High Court prevents minister of communications and digital technologies Solly Malatsi from switching off analogue TV broadcasts on 31 March 2025. This after e.tv and advocacy groups SOS (Save our SABC) and MMA (Media Monitoring Africa) approached the court to have the switch-off delayed again. No new date has been set. For now, the situation is: NO, the department and minister can't do it. Too many South Africans will be negatively impacted if they don't have access to news, public service announcements and educational programming on TV. >>
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27 Mar 2025 16:23
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RENEWED!
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Tyler Perry's Netflix series Beauty in Black gets the green light for Season 2 and football comedy Ted Lasso scores a fourth season with Apple TV+.
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27 Mar 2025 12:57
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SCARY
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British prime minister Keir Starmer acknowledges there's a need to tackle the harrowing problem depicted in Netflix exposé Adolescence, specifically the destructive impact of social media on young people and violent misogynistic influences e.g. Andrew Tate. How? What's to be done? First step: parliamentarians want the series screened in schools. Politicians worldwide must address this too! Wishful thinking, but we're trying to be positive.
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27 Mar 2025 12:37
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TRAILER
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Apple releases first look at Brad Pitt in new Formula 1 movie titled... F1. Really now, they should have done better. He plays Sonny Hayes, a 90s racing phenomenon who returns to racing to save a flailing team. No sign of Angelina Jolie anywhere thankfully. We'll always be #TeamAniston after the sordid affair that happened during the filming of Mr and Mrs Smith. F1 movie will be released in cinemas first, then on Apple TV+, date unconfirmed. >>
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27 Mar 2025 11:59
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RENEWED!
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Kelders van Geheime lives on once Season 1 ends in May. Season 2 premieres on Monday 5 May 2025.
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26 Mar 2025 12:14
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SCHEDULE ALERT!
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Kelders van Geheime changes time from 18h00 to 18h30 on e.tv and eExtra on Monday 7 April - once Isiphetho ends in the 18h30 timeslot. See comments for other resulting schedule changes with e.tv and eExtra's new primetime schedule. >>
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26 Mar 2025 12:14
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REALITY LOW
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Season 3 of Makoti... Are You The One? replaces Big Brother Mzansi on Mzansi Magic at 18h00 on Sunday 30 March. Four new brides-to-be move in with their in-laws for 21 days of stress. Then the groom moves in with her family for 21 days. NOT. But it should be. It's Season 3 people - we need a "twist". >>
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25 Mar 2025 14:44
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Each episode of Netflix humdinger Adolescence was filmed in one single shot, from start to finish. Producers set aside five days to film each one so they could thoroughly rehearse. They planned on filming each eps 10 times (once in the morning and another in the afternoon ) - some ended up being filmed more. They used the 16th take for the finale. You better not be the actor who forgets their line with one minute left to go! Know thy lines actor. >>
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25 Mar 2025 13:01
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CHANNEL NEWS
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Mzansi Magic and Wethu turn to the internet for content and pick up eight podcasts to broadcast on TV from April including Podcast and Chill with MacG and Awkward Dates with Lasizwe. Broadcast begins with episodes that have been on YouTube and from May will have episodes that air on TV first, then on YouTube the following day. The pro: good for people who can't watch on the internet - saves data. The con: it's a repeat for those who watch online. >>
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25 Mar 2025 12:30
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RENEWED!
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Isitha: The Enemy continues for Season 3 once Season 2 ends. In the new season premiere on Monday 28 April: Rebs delivers Zandile's baby.
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24 Mar 2025 10:21
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Capetonian student and aspiring actor Sweet Guluva became a double millionaire on Sunday 23 March when he won Season 5 of Big Brother Mzansi. Real name: Akhonamathemba Mbele. His personal quote before the show started: "I am a bubbly human and very open-minded. I am a person of value and respect.”
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24 Mar 2025 09:28
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RENEWED!
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Paramount+ orders third season of Sly Stallone-starring Tulsa King. Production began this week (20 March) in Atlanta and Oklahoma. Season 2 aired on M-Net in January 2025. Do you have any Dwight Manfredi in you?
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20 Mar 2025 11:10
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Just when you think The White Lotus can't get any more classic, there's THAT kiss. Who said brothers can't be lovers? It had been coming for a long time - all those pervy stares by the little magician.
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19 Mar 2025 10:14
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Advocate Anjali moves to 20h30 on Star Life from Thursday 3 April to accommodate Jhanak which extends to an hour long episode a night. Anjali replaces one episode of Saras & Kumud which returns to one eps a night, airing at 20h00.
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18 Mar 2025 15:53
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Our fave channel of the five channels being added to Compact from 1 April: Curiosity. Crammed with knowledge and stuff you didn't know. We used to cover it in TVSA's New on TV Today but can't anymore unfortunately - DStv and the channel have stopped providing info on the new shows starting on it.
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18 Mar 2025 13:28
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The late Connie Chiume can be seen in new Netflix movie Meet The Khumalos, opposite Khanyi Mbau who plays the lead alongside Ayanda Ngubane-Borotho. They're high school enemies who become neighbours, first as rivals and then as allies when they discover their kids are secretly dating. Connie plays mother-in-law Khumalo, first name Mavis. Loads Friday 11 April. Trailer in the comments >>
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18 Mar 2025 13:10
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7de Laan co-producer, actress and Danie Odendaal's widow Annie Basson died on Sunday 16 March at their home in Langebaan, five months after Danie. The cause of her death hasn't been disclosed. Could be a broken heart. She was in her 80s. >>
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17 Mar 2025 12:08
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CASTING
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Spinners star and Arendsvlei actor Cantona James headlines new eVod movie Red Zone as Wade Jacobs, a paramedic who gets caught up in gang warfare in Westbury, Joziburg when his gang boss uncle gets shot in a drive-by. Roderick Jaftha (Triptiek, Binnelanders) plays his uncle and Carla Classen (The Estate, 7de Laan) plays Wade's paramedic partner Zahra Ahmed. Loads Friday 28 March 2025. >>
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17 Mar 2025 12:04
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REALITY LOW
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Actress and TV presenter-turned-singer Anele "Nae the Bae" Zondo does a Bonang and Zahara with Anele Zondo - The Glow Up, premiering on SABC1 on Saturday 5 April at 20h00. It follows her "music taking off, business and entrepreneurship, personal growth, relationships, motherhood and family dynamics." Makes us realise... Bonang's never launched a singer career. Thank jah! We got a feeling it wouldn't go well.
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14 Mar 2025 16:29
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GOOD NEWS
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DStv backtracks on stingy decision to throttle subscriber streams to one per account. Clearly it was bad for biz. As from 13 March subscribers on DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact and DStv Stream will have access to two streams per account, on any device. This applies to Showmax too, on these packages e.g. on Premium you get two DStv streams and two Showmax streams.
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13 Mar 2025 16:18
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TRAILER
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New plot details emerge for local Netflix series Go! Talented runner Bolt gets accepted for a coveted running scholarship to a prestitious school BUT he's hiding a soul-crushing secret: he was the driver in a hit and run that killed someone. Does he fess up or ... Go!? Premieres Friday 21 March. See comments for trailer. >>
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13 Mar 2025 15:47
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REALITY LOW
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Coming to Moja Love... oops, we mean Mzansi Magic on Tuesday 8 April at 20h00: Stina, a show about wanters (no, not wankers - get your mind out of the gutter). Although, the show does sound like a gutterfest. It's about people who want to steal someone who's in a relationship, wanting them for themselves e.g. a neighbour who has eyes for the next door and a "work spouse" who wants more. Hosted by comedian Sipho “Alphi” Mkhwanazi.
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12 Mar 2025 12:41
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