South Africa gets a seat at the table of a new...
South African Emmy award-winning cinematographer and director Lee Doig has collaborated with acclaimed international filmmakers to produce A Seat At The Table. The series...
[REVIEW] Angeliena on Netflix is as kitschy as it is kak
Netflix has reported that western audiences love South African content. These audiences are three times more likely to travel here, after watching a local...
The Queer Feminist Film Festival wants your films
The Queer Feminist Film Festival (QFFF) has put out a call for short film concepts. #QFFF2021 takes place in December. The theme this year...
Squid Game: the real debt crisis shaking South Korea that inspired...
Squid Game is anything but your typical, saccharine, soft-glow Korean television drama. In this biting commentary on life in South Korea today, viewers are...
Pop-up cinema in Khayelitsha is making entertainment accessible
In Khayelitsha, Buhle Sithela, a young entrepreneur, is bringing the movies to the community. Sithela is the brains behind the mobile cinema based in...
Theatre in the Backyard takes the stage to communities
Director Mhlanguli George is bringing the theatre to people’s personal and private spaces. For over a decade now, he has been staging plays in...
AlexFM station manager: “Alexandra was silenced yesterday morning”
AS TOLD TO
Four community radio stations were attacked and looted in Gauteng and Kwazulu-Natal this week. The ongoing #ShutdownSA protest targeted Mams Radio in...
The Bachelorette SA: Everything felt staged in episode 4
Describing a reality show as contrived is a lot like stating the obvious.We have been aware of scripted scenarios through the years. But as...
Netflix Away’s Ray Panthaki on the Mars space series
Launching September 4, the Netflix series Away is a thrilling drama that celebrates an international crew of their first mission to Mars. As the crew...
Beyoncé’s “Black Is King” Features Mzansi Stars
In June Beyoncé surprised fans with a 70 seconds teaser trailer of her visual album: Black Is King. The 24 Grammy award-winning artist wrote,...
SA Books, Movies, Music Albums To Anticipate in 2020
If you thought 2019 was a great year for South African entertainment, get ready for what’s coming your way in 2020. From books, movies...
Goodbye, 2019 – You Have Been Memorable
Let us count the ways this year has been wonderful.
Compiled by Fatima Moosa
The Springboks winning the World Cup
Nothing is likely to top the South...
Netflix’s You Season Two is a Must Watch
Does anything say the day after Christmas like getting inside the head of a self-obsessed stalker. Well if that’s the vibe you’re going for...
The K-pop Tracks We’re Jamming To This Summer
There’s nothing quite like Dezemba in South Africa. It’s the one month of the year we go all out and unwind in style. There’s...
A Man, Woman, And A Baby Visit South Africa
Petra Diamonds Limited on Monday announced the discovery of a big blue diamond. The mining company confirmed that 20.08 carat blue diamond had been...
Spring Hasn’t Sprung Yet
It’s September and for the Southern Hemisphere, this means that warmer days are officially on the way. South Africans, in particular, took to social...
Hasan Minhaj Is Out Repping Brown People And We Stan
It was the 2016 Democrat Convention. Hillary Clinton would be taking on Donald Trump in the 2016 United States Presidential Election. Clinton's husband, former...
The River’s Sindi Dlathu Vows To Serve Viewers With More Unmatched...
Since it was first aired in January 2018 on DStv’s 1Magic channel, the telenovela The River has been talk of the town due to...
Papgeld: Show Targeting Deadbeat Dads Is Problematic
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As the show 'No excuse, pay papgeld' continues to gain momentum on social media following gut wrenching episodes, there proves to be more problems...
A is for Awesome Christmas Special
"A is for Awesome like this podcast" is a weekly podcast from comedian YAASEEN BARNES and writer KAREN JEYNES, where they share interesting facts...
