Yesterday (Monday, 19 August 2024) marked the one-year anniversary of Angie oeh’s tragic death from cancer, aged just 24, but this month her still-growing fanbase will get to hear her incomparable voice again on 14 new songs. Angie was working on the official soundtrack to the ground-breaking Showmax Original Wyfie with Peach van Pletzen just… Continue reading One-year Later, Angie oeh Lives on With 14 new Songs and A Music Video
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Meet the Women Behind “Wyfie”, the Showmax Series Turning Heads from Cannes to Seoul
Emilie Badenhorst and Eva du Preez had never directed a TV series before starting work on Wyfie, the Showmax Original about four mismatched university koshuis roommates, played by Beáta Bena Green, Celeste Loots, Kristen Raath and Mienke Ehlers. Eva was better known as an editor, having won at Silwerskerm for Poppie Nongena, been nominated for… Continue reading Meet the Women Behind “Wyfie”, the Showmax Series Turning Heads from Cannes to Seoul
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 11 August 2024
“Is it just me, or have wild animals become the latest “must-have” in our country’s ubiquitous lifestyle estates? Once content with a clubhouse and gym, no high-end gated community can now consider itself worthy of the name without a herd or two of impala or zebra. To each their own, I suppose. But Bali-inspired architecture… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 11 August 2024
Dineo Rasedile Leads Showmax Legal Drama Series “Law, Love & Betrayal” with Nimrod Nkosi and Pearl Modiadie
Premiering on 5 September 2024, Law, Love & Betrayal (LLB) follows a tough township lawyer who forces her way into a slick, family-owned firm in Sandton, where she finds that everyone has secrets, just like her. Having paid her dues on shows like The Estate, Scandal!, MTV Shuga and Justice Served, Dineo Rasedile steps into… Continue reading Dineo Rasedile Leads Showmax Legal Drama Series “Law, Love & Betrayal” with Nimrod Nkosi and Pearl Modiadie
Meet The Shebeen Queens of Soweto in New Showmax Reality Series
Showmax has just dropped the first-look trailer for Shebeen Queens, a reality show about the indomitable women behind popular Soweto shebeens Alina’s Place, Big Mama’s Tavern, and Rams Tavern. Produced by Barkers Media (How To Manifest A Man), Shebeen Queens premieres on 22 August 2024, with new episodes every Thursday until 14 November. Starring larger-than-life… Continue reading Meet The Shebeen Queens of Soweto in New Showmax Reality Series
Afrikaans TV Series are Having a Moment in Asia
After Spinners beat Succession in Shanghai, now it’s Wyfie vs Wong Kar-Wai in Seoul First it was Spinners beating Succession in Shanghai. Now Wyfie is up against legendary Chinese auteur Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood For Love, The Grandmaster) and his multi-award-winning series Blossoms Shanghai for Best International Series at The Seoul International Drama Awards… Continue reading Afrikaans TV Series are Having a Moment in Asia