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With The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen set to begin production in South Africa, Disney’s revival places the country inside a major musical franchise — but the real test will be whether South Africa becomes more than a beautiful backdrop.
12 Jul 20262 min read
Born from a terrifying Dubai travel ordeal on the way to Adelaide Fringe, Dalin Oliver’s Stuck in Dubai has become an Ovation Award-winning solo show and one of his most ambitious touring projects yet.
12 Jul 20262 min read
South Africa’s selection as the European Film Market’s 2027 Country in Focus gives the local screen industry a major global marketplace moment, but the real win will depend on financing, distribution and ownership outcomes after Berlin.
09 Jul 20262 min read
Premiering at the Durban International Film Festival on 24 July 2026, FOSTA follows Thulani “Fosta” Headman’s journey from prison and Langa’s backyard studios to global electronic music stages, while spotlighting the infrastructure needed to sustain township creativity.
09 Jul 20262 min read
Netflix’s adaptation of Sue Nyathi’s The Polygamist has become a global screen success, but alleged book piracy in Nairobi shows how demand can harm the very authorial ecosystem that made the hit possible.
07 Jul 20261 min read
Married at First Sight Mzansi Season 3 turns the altar into a national debate stage, asking whether South Africans are willing to trade romantic fantasy for consistency, reliability and emotional readiness.
07 Jul 20265 min read
As Woza Albert! returns to The Market Theatre’s Barney Simon Theatre in July 2026, the protest classic asks a brutal question again: have the conditions that made protest theatre necessary really disappeared?
07 Jul 20261 min read
Tshedza Pictures’ The Four of Us did not only take over e.tv’s 8pm slot. Its near-immediate Netflix rollout signals a shift in how South African prime-time drama is being valued locally and globally.
05 Jul 20261 min read
As House of Zwide closes after five seasons, its final episode reminds us that daily television still does something algorithms rarely sustain: it lets audiences grow with young actors in real time.
30 Jun 20261 min read
Savanna’s South Africa’s Festival of Comedy, led by Trevor Noah, reframes stand-up as a national-team moment — and positions South Africa as a serious continental comedy platform.
27 Jun 20262 min read
As Musa Mseleku returns for Mnakwethu Season 5, the show proves that polygamy is no longer just a controversial reality-TV premise. It has become a full South African television genre.
27 Jun 20261 min read
The 14th kykNET Silwerskerm Festival shows an Afrikaans screen industry expanding across shorts, documentaries, pilots and industry sessions — while the full-length feature pipeline raises harder questions about sustainability.
24 Jun 20262 min read
Netflix’s The Polygamist understands how South Africans watch local drama now: loudly, emotionally, musically and straight through the group chat.
22 Jun 20262 min read
Sello Maake KaNcube’s return as Daniel Nyathi gives Scandal!’s final chapter the kind of television memory, danger and emotional weight that long-running soapies need when they say goodbye.
20 Jun 20261 min read
Twiggy Matiwana’s Dear Sis Dolly turns Drum Magazine’s iconic agony-aunt column into a warm, funny and thoughtful film about expertise, community wisdom and the art of truly listening.
20 Jun 20261 min read