{"id":22483,"date":"2024-07-09T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=22483"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:38:56","slug":"one-weeks-showmax-new-comedy-series-starring-sihle-ndaba-zakhele-mabasa-mokone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/07\/09\/one-weeks-showmax-new-comedy-series-starring-sihle-ndaba-zakhele-mabasa-mokone\/","title":{"rendered":"“One Weeks” – Showmax New Comedy Series Starring Sihle Ndaba & Zakhele Mabasa-Mokone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Showmax has just released the first trailer for One Weeks – <\/em>a family comedy about Fana, a charming high-school dropout from the streets of Soweto, who can\u2019t believe his luck when he finds himself dating Lihle, a successful lawyer. He then has to rely on the help of Lihle\u2019s sharp-witted 10-year-old daughter, Angie, to avoid losing Lihle to rich men.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One Weeks<\/em> stars Zakhele Mabasa-Mokone (Isibaya<\/em>) and Sihle Ndaba (Soweto Love Story<\/em>) as Fana and Lihle respectively, with Mangaliso Aluta Mthembu as Angie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created and written by Chris Q Radebe (Icala<\/em>, Isifiso<\/em>) the comedy also stars the likes of Siphiwe Mtshali (Entangled<\/em>, Tsha Tsha<\/em>, Rhythm City<\/em>) and Mpho Malatsi (Backstage<\/em>, Scandal!<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris believes One Weeks<\/em> not only taps into the wicked sense of humour that South Africans possess but also sheds light on the financial dynamics between partners in a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“South Africans love to laugh at themselves,” says Chris. “For this particular show, the premise showcases how partners carry themselves in a relationship where the gender roles are reversed. Every broke guy sitting at a corner in the township aspires to date a successful woman, because they think only about the perks. One Weeks<\/em> holds up a mirror to the side of this dynamic that they know nothing about – the amount of work it takes to keep a woman of such calibre.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris gushes over the cast of One Week<\/em>s, sharing how it was such a pleasure working with a cast that hardly wanted to leave the set. “The cast showed up and showed out every time,” he says. “They gave their all and what I appreciated the most is how they went over and above what was written in the script. Everyone really brought their A-game.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a really amazing cast, the storyline is beautiful and relatable, and One Weeks<\/em> is just such a feel-good show,\u201d agrees Sihle. \u201cBut most importantly, One Week<\/em>s is also an interesting juxtaposition of two people from different backgrounds: the suburbs and the township. It shows us two worlds that are often considered incompatible, worlds we hardly see on-screen together, but for some reason in One Weeks<\/em> these two worlds work well together. Despite their glaring differences, Lihle and Fana still love each other and try by all means to find common ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs South Africans, we\u2019ve been through so much,\u201d says Zakhele. \u201cA lot of things have been quite stressful and I just believe that now is the time that people enjoy some feel-good, family-orientated content like One Weeks. <\/em>We\u2019ll always be confronted with problems and now is the time to really sit back and laugh at ourselves and what we as a society go through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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