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The showmance is over and they've returned to real life with no filters, no free accommodation and no spotlight. Married at First Sight Mzansi couples reunite on Mzansi Magic on Sunday 15 September at 17h00 for a two-hour special titled Where Are They Now? Vid teaser in the comments >>
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12 Sep 2024 16:10
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Season 23 of kykNET makeover show Glam Guru to include men for the first time. According to the show's host and stylist Hannon Bothma, they'll be focusing on beard styling, maintenance and growing from scratch. Thank goodness it's only beards. When we think "manscaping" our minds instantly plunge into the gutter. Premieres Thursday 3 October at 17h30.
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11 Sep 2024 17:30
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What Not To Wear hosts and frenemies Clinton Kelly and Stacy London reunite after 10 years for new Prime Video makeover show Whatever The F You Want. The goal: to give people the confidence and style savvy to wear whatever they want. Over the course of a couple of days, each reali-participant lives out their fashion fantasies to find their "style truth".
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27 Aug 2024 16:17
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Mzansi Magic to air Real Gold Diggers spin-off The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip - South Africa. Eight Gold Diggers from the local franchise unite to "holiday" in Jamaica for eight episodes. Premieres Monday 2 September at 21h30, currently streaming on Showmax. See comments for who's in it >>
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24 Aug 2024 15:07
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Prime Video orders gory two-part special Killer Cakes to debut 8 October. Contestants work with horror special effects artists in Hollywood to create disgusting, disturbing, nightmare cakes. Hosted by creepy "Scream king" Matthew Lillard who played Stu in Scream - Ghostface's pyscho accomplice who died when sweet Sidney dropped a TV on him. >>
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20 Aug 2024 15:56
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Captain Sandy Yawn stays awake for another season of Below Deck Mediterranean on E! She returns to keep a firm hand on the tiller of her 163-foot motor yacht - and the crew below deck. Season 8 premieres Sunday 18 August at 17h15. Double bills.
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13 Aug 2024 17:22
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Season 3 of Mzansi Magic's Suxoka premiered on Sunday 4 August and introduced lie detector tests for the first time. Couples who have trust issues will now subject themselves to polygraph tests to settle long-standing questions and disputes. Would you take one for your partner? 'fess up now.
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05 Aug 2024 12:26
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Production begins at Mall of Africa in Joziburg for local edition of Dating #NoFilter for E!. Love seeking singles go on blind dates to a backdrop of commentary by comedians who observe them. Comics include E! favourite Jason Goliath, actress and radio personality Hope Mhbele and media personality Lebogang “The Funny Chef” Tlokana. Airs later this year.
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01 Aug 2024 12:19
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Just when you think you've witnessed the lowest reality low of all time, another one pitches up to moer you (smack you). Like this one on VIA titled Moer ’n Boer (no jokes). 12 farmers train to be MMA fighters, trained by promoters Versus Promotions, culminating a fight night. Premieres Thursday 25 July at 20h00. UFC Fighter Cameron Saaiman appears in the artwork with the farmers, looks like he thinks he's "chosen". See comments >>
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23 Jul 2024 12:53
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S3 to air six part TV version of Bonang's YouTube show B’dazzled, focused on her brands. Sounds like a glorified ad campaign for them. According to Bonang: "B’dazzled by Bonang is an exhilarating combination of the daily trials and tribulations that come with running my businesses, with a dose of the dazzle and glamour that my audiences have come to know and love.” Premieres Monday 29 July at 18h00.
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18 Jul 2024 15:13
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Big Brother US Season 26 gives the 16 housemates the power to vote in a 17th contestant during the premiere. The theme: Artificial intelligence. Season nickname: BBAI. Housemates range in age from 21 to 52 and include a real estate agent, physio, former undercover policeman, mattress salesperson and video store clerk. Premieres in America 17 July.
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16 Jul 2024 16:50
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Actor Warren Masemola unmasked as the winner of The Masked Singer Season 2 on Saturday 29 June, for his performances as Giraffe. He was up against former Miss SA Shudu Musido as Blue Crane, Aubrey Poo as Owl and gospel singer Sbu Noah as Gold. Now if only they'd put a costume on judge Somizi and leave it on forever.
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01 Jul 2024 16:08
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HGTV renews Ugliest House in America for sixth season and orders four episode spin-off Scariest House in America, for the Halloween season. Ever been in America over Halloween? That sh!t's scary, man.
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30 May 2024 12:32
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S'UHmeone's in a spendy mooood. The Bachelor SA's Marc Buckner appears on Listing Cape Town 2 on Wednesday 15 May. Is he a real estate agent now?! Nope. A buyer. How'd he make enough cash? Can't be from The Bachelor surely. One thing's for certain - he hasn't been blowing it on a girlfriend.
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13 May 2024 12:50
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BBC renews property porn Listing Cape Town for Season 3 in 2025. Also: filming currently underway for franchise spin-off Listing Mauritius. 10 eps, new real agents agents selling multi-million Mauritian homes including 12-sleeper boutique hotel villas and beachfront penthouses. Premiere date still on the market.
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03 May 2024 13:25
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Video footage emerges on ZiMoja of the fight between Real Gold Diggers Christall Kay and Gugu Khathi that resulted in the canning of Real Gold Diggers of Joziburg. Shows them swearing, slapping, screaming, crying. We're not sure why the show got cancelled for it. It's the whole point of the franchise - to portray women abusing and one-upping each other. >>
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23 Apr 2024 12:59
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Six South African couples become swingers under the guise of a "social experiment" in local edition of The Ultimatum on Netflix. One partner wants to marry, the other doesn't so they switch partners with another couple to determine the future of their relationship. Is it strong enough to survive lusty times with other people? Mr and Mrs Perfect relationship goals Howza and Salamina Mosese host. >>
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22 Apr 2024 13:18
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Blowing It turns out profitable for former Kaizer Chiefs footballer Junior Khanye who's scored himself his own Mzansi Wethu show Fixing the Game after featuring on I Blew It. Follows him as he makes a "comeback" as an author, entrepreneur, owner of a football academy and football analyst. Premieres Thursday 11 July at 18h30.
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10 Apr 2024 16:32
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The Kar'trashians invade BBC Lifestyle on 12 June at 20h00 in House of Kardashian, a three part series focusing on Kris, Kim and Kylie. Described as "confounding expectations and what we think about the Kardashians." Yeah, it's gonna take a LOT to do that. Not possible actually.
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10 Apr 2024 14:49
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Big Brother Mzansi housemate and former Idols contestant Liyema "Liema" Phantsi leaves her fans in the lurch two weeks before Season 4 finale. She chose to be evicted on Monday 18 March when she was offered R250,000 to go after selecting the one-off red ball instead of the blues. Seven remain for the R2-million.
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20 Mar 2024 11:32
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"I'm With Your Ex" returns to Mzansi Magic on Sunday 5 May at 19h30 for more sordid confessionals. Eugene Khoza pokes his nose into other people's business by accompanying them as they tell their family member or friend "I'm With Your Ex". Nice.
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19 Mar 2024 15:06
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Is Relative Justice judge Rhonda Wills a judge in real life? We initially thought yes, but turns out NO. She's an attorney who has her own law firm in Houston so being a judge on the show is a reali-role. Premieres on CBS Reality, 18 March at 18h25.
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19 Feb 2024 11:02
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Katy Perry tells Jimmy Kimmel that upcoming season of American Idol will be her last as judge. Claims she's leaving because "I want to see the world". We'll believe it when we see it. American Idol = a Stephen King horror. Sometimes They Come Back.
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13 Feb 2024 13:01
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Naked yogi Sam Marais should have won kykNET's Die Bruuuuuug. He did a lot more than anyone else when it came to group spirit and was directly responsible for the final outcome.
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15 Jan 2024 11:31
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Couples to bare all in new Mzansi Magic "intimacy intervention" Vus’ Umlilo. Sexologist Dr Nomcebo Mthembu advises couples who've fallen off their passion wagons. Includes unspoken secrets, introducing fresh antics, bedroom toys and outfits, overcoming emotional disconnects. Age restriction: 18. Premieres Sunday 4 February 2024 at 21h00. >>
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26 Dec 2023 14:23
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Four dating misfits strive to be good dates in new Mzansi Magic date'athon Last Chance Love. Each one goes on four dates: with a crush, an ex, a setup by a loved one, and a blind date. They also do personal exercises in the hope of breaking their toxic dating patterns. There's a "relationship expert" too of course. Premieres Wednesday 10 January at 20h00. >>
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11 Dec 2023 16:33
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Big Brother Mzansi 4 to premiere on Mzansi Magic on 21 January 2024 at 18h00. Be afraid, be very afraid and join us in this plea to the producers: Please, PLEASE evict Lottostar and cast it with diverse, real world personalities instead of glorified sales people who are used to sell gambling and alcohol.
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05 Dec 2023 15:25
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Love Island USA gets double renewal from Peacock, for Seasons 6 and 7. Franchise airs on M-Net in South Africa. No sign of another season of the local version after the insulting, amateur drivel they assaulted us with in 2021.
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22 Nov 2023 15:59
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YouTuber and actor Moshe Ndiki becomes the latest personality to get "candid" in Life with Moshe. Follows him as he prepares for the arrival of his twin children, carried by a surrogate. According to Mzansi Magic, questions raised include: How does this form of parenting work? How will traditional lineage and ancestral connection customs play out? Premieres Sunday 28 January 2024 at 19h00.
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21 Nov 2023 15:04
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Mzansi Wethu intervenes in landlord-tenant disputes in Mastende, hosted by Single Guys star Tumi Matila aka Stopnonsons. Each episode highlights nonsons and solutions, with legal expertise and the Rental Housing Act thrown in. Produced by Tribal Media House (Seng'Khathele). Premieres Friday 3 November, 18h30.
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12 Oct 2023 12:40
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Are you prepared for the end of the world? People on kykNET's Gee my Krag (Give me Power) claim they are. Preppers include an inventor who's built his own power wind turbines, a professor who uses the sun to power the lives of his three generational family and a guy who hand built his 100% self-sustainable house. Premieres Thursday 5 October at 21h30.
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27 Sep 2023 17:07
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Sangomas are the new dating fodder in Mzansi Magic's Thokoza Munt’wam. 13 eps featuring three couples who want to balance their spiritual and physical worlds. The question: can their love survive their ancestral callings? Premieres Wednesday 11 October at 20h00.
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27 Sep 2023 15:22
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Plastic surgery reality low Botched returns to E! on Sunday 8 October at 18h10 to traumatise us with Season 8. Cases include a dog bite victim, a deformed tummy tuck and intestines on the outside of someone's body. It's like stopping at the scene of an accident.
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12 Sep 2023 12:15
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Bear Grylls terrifies more schlebs in new second season of Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge by spinning them in tumble dryers. Jokes. Bradley Cooper spends a night hanging from a cliff, Cynthia Erivo wrangles a freezing waterfall and Troy Kotsur rages with a river, as the first deaf guest on the show. Premieres on National Geographic, 27 September at 21h00.
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16 Aug 2023 17:51
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Big Brother Naija Season 8 airs on DStv 198 for the next 70 days, torturing us with 20 All Stars who think they're more deserving than the rest. Daily and weekly shows air on Africa Magic Urban in SA. Eviction shows on Sundays at 20h00 (CAT).
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24 Jul 2023 13:22
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24-year-old HR professional Lebohang Raputsoe became the first Miss SA Top 12 finalist to be told she's not "good enough" to be Miss SA after a networking and photo shoot challenge on first episode of Crown Chasers. Who wants to win a networking challenge anyway? Means you're good at being fake surely? >>
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10 Jul 2023 12:20
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Seems MultiChoice agrees with us about Kalawa Jazmee's dismal track record when it comes to the Idols winners they "represent". They've been elbowed out by JR for the final season. The winner will be signed by his recording company Feel Good CSR Records.
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09 Jul 2023 12:54
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kykNET to debut local version of The Bridge, produced by Red Pepper Pictures, producers of Big Brother Mzansi #Uh-Oh! Contestants work together to build a bridge to an island with a hidden prize of R1-million. Only one will win it and must decide whether or not to share. Castings happened in early '23 with a call for "The Great Adventure". Starts 26 October at 20h00.
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29 Jun 2023 15:18
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Wow... how's this for a desperate move. The final season of Idols will air on Saturdays instead of Sundays, from 8 July, at 18h00 on Mzansi Magic - same time as The Masked Singer SA on S3 at 18h30. We'll have to suffer a double dose of Somizi within the same hour. The SABC should never have cast him!
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23 Jun 2023 11:37
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No, just NO. The VIA channel has its own Dr Pimple Popper and it's called Dr Etter, which literally means... pus. Dr Pus. Starts sometime this month. See New on TV Today on the day. We can't even bring ourselves to share the premiere date.
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15 Jun 2023 15:59
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The overexposed Mseleku family dominate more women in yet another Mzansi Magic series Izingane zeS’thembu. Focuses on Musa's children and eldest son who wants seven wives. Starts 27 June at 20h00.
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29 May 2023 17:40
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Below Deck Season 7 Reunion Special airs on E! on Sunday 2 July at 18h10, hosted by E!'s poster boy Andy Cohen and tired Captain Sandy Yawn. Season currently airs in the timeslot.
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29 May 2023 16:55
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A re-imagined Joe Schmo Show on the way next year. Another regular guy will be duped into believing he's on a reality TV show when he's actually surrounded by improvising actors. This comes hot on the heels Amazon Prime's new series Jury Duty, centred round Ronald Gladden who believes he's on jury duty in the real world when he isn't.
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19 May 2023 17:31
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More South African women to be Americanised on Season 3 of The Real Gold Diggers of Joziburg. Two returnees with four newcomers. This after Christall Kay, Briinnette Seopela and Gugu Khathi were involved in an alleged fisticuff in a Pretoria nightclub after Season 2. They were supposedly doing what the show wants them to do - women fighting! - and now they're gone. Premieres Friday 19 May at 20h30 on 1Magic. See comments for cast. >>
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21 Apr 2023 17:48
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The invasion of Gold Diggers continues. This time in the Cape Winelands, on kykNET. Die Real Housewives van die Wynlande premieres 20 April at 20h00 with six fame seekers: a former beauty queen, an "entrepreneur" (with hubby's money we presume), a trauma doctor turned plastic surgeon (same thing!), a fitness schmodel, a singer who switched her mic for the corporate world (someone couldn't cut it) and a housewife who's married to old money. *Shudder*. Identities to be revealed on 31 March apparently. >>
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23 Mar 2023 16:19
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Mzansi Magic launches new dating show S'jola Sonke in which three couples and 17 singles wanna hook up. The goal: throuples! Those on the show believe in having more than two people in an intimate relationship and the couples are looking to add someone to their cocktail. Premieres Sunday 9 April at 21h00.
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17 Mar 2023 16:55
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The Great British Bake Off Musical spin-off starts a two month run in London's West End. Features overly dramatic singers and actors pretending to be contestants, with a script of baking puns and show references for viewers who know the show. See comments for a clip >>
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14 Mar 2023 09:39
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CBS launches a Survivor companion podcast hosted by Jeff Probst, advertised as "The show's only official podcast," - obviously to outdo the other companion podcasts by former contestants (e.g. Rob Cesternino) and Survivor fans who've been doing it for years. It's titled On Fire With Jeff Probst.
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23 Feb 2023 12:47
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Big Brother Titans housemates nominated with their partners for the first eviction of the season, meaning the eviction will be unfair on one of them. Nominees are Nelisa and Yemi Cregx, Juicy Jay and Olivia, Justin and Yvonne; and Sandra and Theo Traw.
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25 Jan 2023 12:47
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MaCele and MaKhumalo land another spin-off to Mzansi Magic's polygamous uThando Nes'thembu. First it was relationship talker Igumbi Lamakhosikazi on SABC1 and now it's a Mzansi Wethu reality show called Ezomshado which stages interventions for married or engaged couples facing "challenges". Premieres Sunday 15 January at 21h00.
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05 Jan 2023 13:19
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