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Girls kick butt on SABC1's punchy new drama JAB

Written by Tashi from the blog Tashi's TV on 27 Jan 2016
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As you may know, I’ve always been crazy about boxing - watching it, following the stories of boxers, trying to understand what drives them to get into a ring where they could be smashed to smithereens.

I’ve even gone so far as to visit Golden Gloves, one of South Africa' s most famous boxing gyms in Jozi where I hung out with boxers, trying to read their miiiiiinds in between packing some punches myself.

There’s always been one very important thing missing from boxing stories and gyms though: girls!

And now SABC1’s taking care of the problem with a new drama series, JAB.


It’s produced Community Trust Media who made the 2014 drama Amaza and it premieres on Friday, 12 February - in Forced Love’s timeslot at 20h30.

The story centres round 19-year-old Bee who gets thrust into the world of professional boxing when she finds herself needing to fight for money.


Bee lives in the township of Langa in Cape Town with her mother and disabled brother Mandla and takes up boxing as a way to escape her troubles and find solace from her world.

When her family face the threat of losing their home she decides to turn professional to fight for moolah and surprises everyone because she kicks such butt. 

The series follows her as she tackles the dangerous world of professional boxing, on a mission to make it to the top.

Bee’s played by newcomer Vanessa Ntlapo, who went through intense boxing training for the role.

She’s also been guided by Rushda Mallick, a professional boxing champ and the show’s resident boxing choreographer.

The boxing chick-fest is rounded out by the show’s producer and director Lucilla Blankenberg who trained as a kickboxer for years.
 

Also in the cast are Montana's Mzu Ntantiso, who plays Bee’s brother Mandla, and Forced Love's Lemogang Tsipa, who plays local gangster Smiley, who has an interest in Bee’s boxing career.

Faniswa Yisa plays Bee's mother Gladys and Zingi Mtuzula takes on the role of her boxing coach, Conference Johnson.

All in all it looks very promising especially because it has this cool tagline:
 
“This is not a story about boxing or winning, it’s about the courage to fight - in life and in the ring.”
     

Shows in this post: JAB

Channels in this post: SABC1



5 Comments

Show-Time
27 Jan 2016 09:45

Great! Boxing has always been my first love. And the good thing is that it plays on a boxing night, Friday. So after that, I'll switch to SABC2 for some boxing coverage.

max85
27 Jan 2016 09:48

I am looking forward to it .I am happy the lead actress is a newcomer ,Lord knows SA needs fresh talent instead of us always using the same faces over and over . Sabc 1 must create better entertaintainment for sunday viewing in the same Mzansi Magic is doing .I am tired of watchin american movies at 8pm sundays

qaqamba
27 Jan 2016 14:34

ndiyayifuna ke i boxing kuzophela oo call back noo please call me kule body yam, lol,,

max85
31 Jan 2016 13:04

Hi TVSA when are we possibly going to get the new SABC programming shchedule cz I see SABC 2 is moving shows around and there also rumoured chaged for soccerzone and liveamp

Show-Time
04 Mar 2016 22:00

Great Drama! Vanessa Ntlapo has such great potential. I'm very impressed and her boxing skills are so good it's as if she is a boxer in real life. Wow!


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