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Former Rhythm City star Mduduzi Mabaso joins House of Zwide for Season 4 as Msizi, Faith's ex-prison bird brother. He's on a journey from the shadows to legitimacy. Can he do it?
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18 Jul 2024 10:48
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Milly Alcock (young Princess Rhaenyra on House of the Dragon) to star opposite Julianne Moore in new Netflix dark comedy Sirens. She plays personal assistant Simone DeWitt who has a creepy relationship with her billionaire boss Michaela Kell. Based on the play Elemeno Pea by Molly Smith Metzler. Premiere date still loading. >>
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11 Jul 2024 15:10
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Former Craz-e presenter Lee-Roy Wright joins e.tv's The Morning Show, nine years after his kids TV days. He also hosted on SABC2's daily children's programme World of Winners. Between then and now he's been involved with publicity - he's the managing director of PR agency The Platinum Club.>>
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08 Jul 2024 12:48
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Bonang out and Lerato Kganyago in as a headline judge on 2024 season of Miss SA reality low Crown Chasers. She's joined by Leandie du Randt who judged last year too. Guest judges complete the panel for the six eps third season, hosted by reigning Miss SA Natasha Joubert who replaces Zozi Tunzi. Premieres on S3 on Saturday 29 June at 20h30.
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18 Jun 2024 17:11
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Trevor Gumbi replaces Kagiso Madupe as Season 3 host of Mzansi Wethu reality low Wang'kolota. Trevor helps people demand their money and belongings back from those who've "loaned" them. Hopefully they get their stuff back and aren't laughed at! Premieres Sunday 18 August at 20h00.
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13 Jun 2024 16:31
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Poultry farmer and former Shift presenter Kamohelo Bombe returns to host new season of SABC2's Living Land, described as an "agricultural programme", which makes it sound um... agricultural. They need to snazz that up. Season covers the hemp and cannabis industry, rabbit farming (shamepies) and track and trace technology in fishing. The SA Post Office can learn something. Oh wait. Premieres Sunday 2 June at 11h00.
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31 May 2024 17:06
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Rome Flynn, B&B's former Zende Forrester Domínguez, joins Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem as Frank Lucas, a country boy from North Carolina who ventures to Harlem. Things start off Bumpy with gangster Bumpy Johnson, but Frank eventually rose to become Bumpy's fierce defender and right-hand man. >>
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30 May 2024 12:43
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Good Hope FM DJ Carissa Cupido replaces Zoë Brown Anderson on S3's breakfast advertorial Expresso. Zoë married her high school friend-turned-sweetheart (Mr Anderson) late last year and they're immigrating to Australia. Zoë's been with Expresso since June 2015 after winning the Presenter Search on 3. Bon Voyage.
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27 May 2024 11:46
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Shaka iLembe and The Wife star Mondli Makhoba to host new Mzansi Wethu Men's Conference-type talker Vuka Mjita. Each week features a different man who needs a remedy or therapy to deal with a predicament. No-no, Mondli isn't the therapist - action plans are devised by clinical psychologist & author Thabang Tlaka. Premieres Sunday 14 July at 20h00.
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23 May 2024 14:56
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Scandal! actress Makoma Mohale (Tlhogi) to headline Mzansi Magic's historical drama Queen Modjadji in the eponymous role of the Rain Queen Maselekwani (Queen Modjadji), who brought a golden age to the Balobedu tribe in the 1800s. >>
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16 May 2024 18:46
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Former Giyani - Land of Blood star Wiseman Zitha announced to play Mamaila on Mzansi Magic's Queen Modjadji. His character description: King Mugodo’s estranged son who is raised by King Thulare. Premieres July.
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29 Apr 2024 10:51
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Isono: The Sin star Didintle Khunou signed to Generations: The Legacy as Tumelo Gcabashe, a high-powered financial expert with links to business and criminal elites. She debuts in mid-June.
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23 Apr 2024 18:22
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Former YOTV and Mzansi Insider presenter Rorisang Thandekiso to host Wheel of Fortune South Africa when it starts on S3 on Monday 8 April at 19h30.
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07 Apr 2024 21:34
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Zolisa Xaluva headlines new Mzansi Magic crime drama series Code 13 as Jozi detective Bheki Ndlovu, tasked with recapturing six of the city's most dangerous criminals who've escaped prison. Lunathi Mampofu co-stars as Bongi Nkosi, a police detective and Bheki’s lurve interest. Premieres Sunday 14 April at 20h00.
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19 Mar 2024 16:40
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TV personality and foodie Moshe Ndiki to host cooking game show Ready Steady Cook South Africa, Mondays to Fridays at 19h00 on S3 from Monday 18 March. Produced by Primedia Studios and Rose and Oaks Media (The Masked Singer). Reruns will air on SABC1 at 15h30 and SABC2 at 17h30.
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13 Mar 2024 10:23
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Ha! Mzansi Wethu's Sibongile and the Dlamini's have a namesake in real life. Sibongile Dlamini is an extras actress on Umkhokha: The Curse in which she played "Church woman" on Monday 11 March.
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12 Mar 2024 12:33
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Chef Katlego Mlambo joins Zola Nene and Justine Drake as third judge on S3's edition of MasterChef South Africa 5. Flashback to 2015 >> Katlego was nominated for a Best TV Presenter SAFTA for hosting e.tv cooking show Kasi-Licious. >>
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04 Mar 2024 11:49
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Food editor and columnist Justine Drake joins Zola Nene to judge MasterChef SA again, in a rinse and repeat of Season 4. Final judge remains unconfirmed. Gregory Czarnecki judged with them last season - co-hosted with Zola on The Taste Master too. Will he return for S3's Season 5 to make it a carbon copy of the M-Net edition?
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29 Feb 2024 10:48
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Former Bravo! presenter Robbie Kruse to host kykNET's new tiny home reno show Klein Paradys. Teams of two must transform a micro space into a five star paradise. Contestant applications close 29 February - see TVSA Castings for deets. Series premieres late 2024.
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23 Feb 2024 10:30
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Celebrity chef Zola Nene returns to judge on MasterChef South Africa for Season 5 on S3. It's the third series she's judged on, starting with BBC's The Great South African Bake Off, followed by The Taste Master on SABC2 and MasterChef SA 4 when it was still on M-Net. Other judges still to be confirmed.
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22 Feb 2024 10:21
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Former Selimathunzi host turned Expresso presenter Zanele Potelwa to host new 11th season of Tropika Island of Treasure. Is that a Katlego Maboe side-eye we see?
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20 Feb 2024 15:22
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150+ actors have a speaking part on Season 2 of Reyka, small and large roles. According to the production, it took two casting associates, a casting company and casting director Ayanda Sithebe to fill them.
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14 Feb 2024 12:46
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Demi Moore joins movie actors who are now slumming it on TV. Co-stars in new Paramount+ series Landman aka the modern Dallas. She plays Cami, wife to one of the most powerful oil men in Texas.
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09 Feb 2024 13:05
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Kgomotso Christopher joins Generations: The Legacy as Keabetswe Moloi, twin sister to Khumo Moroka. Deets to follow.
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25 Jan 2024 09:38
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Remember Belinda from the beauty salon in Season 1 of The White Lotus? - Belinda who had to please Taaaahnya, hoping for an investment from her. She'll be in the third season, reprised by Natasha Rothwell. Parker Posey's in it too. >>
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Gomora actress Zinzi Nsele and newcomer Rorisang Mohapi join Gqeberha: The Empire for Season 2 as mother and creepy daughter. Zinzi plays Stokkie's aunt Vuyokazi - a junior police officer - and Rorisang plays manipulative Lulama, obsessed with Thulani. Premieres Monday 15 January.
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08 Jan 2024 18:20
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Song vir Katryn alumnae Natasja Jacobs and Danielle Retief headline voice cast of kykNET & Kie's new Afrikaans-dubbed Turkish novela Moederhart, as mother and daughter Nefise and Zeynep. Premieres Monday 8 January at 17h30.
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04 Jan 2024 16:08
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1802 star Prince Grootboom joins uBettina Wethu for Season 4, alongside Side Dish star Amanda Seome. Prince portrays undercover rich kid Xhanti Ximiya and Amanda plays ambitious digital marketer Khethiwe KP Phakade. >>
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29 Dec 2023 14:16
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Die Bruuuuug contestant and Spoor Stories presenter Iana Strydom to host new VIA reality low Die Uitdaging (The Challenge). Schleb's face fearful challenges in a mix of travel and adventure. Holding thumbs no-one has to eat 'roaches. Or spiders. Or any of those Fear Factor horror eats. Premieres Thursday 11 January at 20h30.
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12 Dec 2023 15:21
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Thembekile Komani, Olive Strachman, Buntu Tembani and Sive Mabuya debut on Smoke & Mirrors from 5 December as Caesar's family and related characters when he returns to Eastern Cape where his hometown is under threat. Buntu plays Bhele - the man responsible for his father's death.
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Former Rhythm City star Samkelo Ndlovu joins M-Net thriller Reyka for Season 2 as Reyka Gama's new partner and confidant Detective Ayanda Jali. Also new to the cast are Pallance Dladla and Frank Rautenbach - as their respective handbags, vlogger Zee and Captain Lombard. Premieres Thursday 11 January 2024 at 20h00.
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21 Nov 2023 16:37
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Former Selimathunzi host and radio presenter Zanele Potelwa signed to S3's Expresso as their Joziburg host in new Gauteng studio. Show will now broadcast from both the Cape Town and Jozi studios. Weekdays, 06h00 to 09h00. >>
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01 Nov 2023 11:21
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If Die Brug reality contestant Iana Strydom looks familiar, it's because she is - she hosted SABC2's train travelogue Spoor Stories in 2022. >>
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31 Oct 2023 14:37
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Lioness and former 7de Laan star Frank Rautenbach headlines M-Net's new 52-episode Sunday drama Summertide as marine biologist Martin Field who relocates to Simons Town with his children after his wife's death. Also starring are Monique Rockman, Amalia Uys, André Jacobs, Terry Norton, Ntombi Makhutshi, Euodia Samson, Maurice Carpede, Morné Visser and The Wild star Tyrone Keogh as Martin's surfer brother. Jan Combrink and TV newcomer Evangelina Hallock play Martin's children. Premieres January 2024.
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26 Oct 2023 12:02
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Xolile Tshabalala to guest star on Skeem Saam from Monday 30 October as the prosecutor in Leeto's trial for the murder of notorious loan shark Dragon. She's determined to put him behind bars.
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26 Oct 2023 11:18
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Zenande Mfenyana headlines new eVOD gal-posse action series Mother of All as Nono Mathebula, an ex-convict and former policewoman who must save her daughter who's rejected her. Other cast includes Thandeka Qwabe, Thami Afrika, Koobeshen Naidoo and Bridget Masinga. >>
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23 Oct 2023 16:49
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DJ Tira makes a cameo appearance on Smoke & Mirrors on Tuesday 10 October as Dudu's weapon. She's stolen Mamiki’s boyfriend and her business idea and now she's hosting a launch party for her production, with Tira hired to play the decks.
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09 Oct 2023 11:26
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Neil Sandilands to narrate kykNET's new reality low Die Brug. 12 strangers work together to build a bridge in a remote locale. Only one person wins the R1-million prize and must decide whether to Gollum it for themselves or share. #MyPrecious Premieres Thursday 26 October at 20h00.
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05 Oct 2023 12:56
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Nadia Beukes and Johan Joubert headline the Afrikaans dub of eExtra's new novela Wie Laaste Lag, voicing lead characters Esra and Ozan. Other voices include Kevin Smith, Mila Guy, Henrietta Gryffenberg, Karin Retief, Eloise Cupido, Gustav Gerdener, Bertha le Roux, Anton Dekker and Lochner de Kock. Premieres 4 October at 20h00.
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03 Oct 2023 17:09
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Nico Panagio headlines new kykNET drama series Straat, about an IT genius whistleblower in a witness protection programme. He lives in Aarbei Street with a medley of involved neighbours including an attorney who must keep him safe. Some neighbours know who he is, others don't. Premieres Tuesday 17 October at 20h00. >>
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22 Sep 2023 15:44
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Newcomer Zinhle Mathibela joins Diepe Waters in her first TV role. She plays the recurring character of Thandi, a new assistant to Zelda at her Skinvestment business. >>
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20 Sep 2023 10:54
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Dr Tumi, Zwai Bala and Buhlebendalo (formerly of The Soil) to judge Clash of Choirs 4. Bontle Modiselle and DJ Sabby to host, replacing Lawrence Maleka and Rebecca Malope from last season. See choirmasters below.
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17 Sep 2023 12:58
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Football presenter Julia Stuart has left SuperSport for Premier League Productions in the UK. She'll still be seen here, hosting the weekly preview show Team Talks, Fridays at 19h00. Says: "Leaving SuperSport was a massive decision and now the irony is it seems like I've only really moved channels from 202 to 203 - even though my location and the league I cover has changed completely.”
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15 Sep 2023 11:51
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And the choir masters on Clash of the Choirs 4 are... Lady Du, Langa Mavuso, Zanele "Zaza" Mokhethi, Vusi Nova, Hlengiwe "HLE" Ntombela, Khanyisa Jaceni, Prince Kaybee, Stoan Seate and Senzo "Ntencane" Zondi. Hands up if know all of them. Hands up if you know none of them.
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14 Sep 2023 16:48
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Former Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane (Class of '21) signed to SABC1 edutainment talker Daily Thetha in her first presenting gig. She's currently filming episodes and debuts alongside Mxolisi Masango from 23 October.
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13 Sep 2023 13:24
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Broadcaster Thami Ngubeni debuts on eNCA on Monday 4 September as new co-host to Gareth Edwards on The South African Morning show (06h00 to 09h00). According to eNCA Editor in Chief John Bailey, they chose her because "She has the ability to deliver news with poise, accuracy and charisma... she has an innate talent for connecting with the audience, making complex stories relatable and delivering breaking news with composure under pressure,".
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01 Sep 2023 15:38
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Unseen star Hein de Vries voices the lead character on eExtra's eponymous new Afrikaans-dubbed novela Ramo, inspired by a real person. Turkish actor Murat Yildirim plays Ramo who stands up against his superiors. Premieres 31 August at 21h00.
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30 Aug 2023 13:53
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Kompleks star Roeline Doneel voices the lead character of Nalan in eExtra's new Afrikaans-dub of Turkish novela Chrysalis. Roeline's credentials include roles on Vallei van Sluiers, Fynskrif, Die Boekklub and Arendsvlei where she's played Alta-Marie since Season 1. >>
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23 Aug 2023 12:34
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Muso and talk show host Jo Black takes on the role of wingman to Brendon Peyper in Season 3 of kykNET's bachelor-type reality low Op my Eish! He's 41, Brendan's 27 and they're said to have a confidant/father-son relationship so he'll help Brendan duck and dive. The search continues for eligible bachelorettes. See CASTINGS.
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17 Aug 2023 12:25
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Reynardt Slabbert, Vinette Ebrahim, Dawid Minaar, Linsey Cele, Mortimer Adams and Zetse van Plezten among the voiceover cast for the Afrikaans dub of eExtra's new novela Winter Son. They voice Efe, Fatma, Resat, Nadide, Ismail and Nisan respectively.
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08 Aug 2023 17:42
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