{"id":24510,"date":"2026-03-11T19:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=24510"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:01:17","slug":"four-safta-frontrunners-to-binge-now-across-dstv-and-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/four-safta-frontrunners-to-binge-now-across-dstv-and-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"Four SAFTA Frontrunners to Binge Now Across DStv and Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Mince Jou Hare, The Fix, Ithonga &amp; Reyka 2 rack up 41 nominations between them<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of this weekend\u2019s South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs), four of the year\u2019s most-nominated productions are available to stream across DStv and Showmax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frieda quits her job to start a hair salon in her house | Mince Jou Hare | Coming soon to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-s9VuybH48k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MINCE JOU HARE S1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Showmax | Binge now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mince Jou Hare<\/em> is MultiChoice\u2019s most-nominated series at the 2026 SAFTAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Showmax Original follows Frieda (Melissa de Vries from<em>Arendsvlei<\/em>) as she quits her factory job to set up a hair salon in her home, disrupting the lives of her family, neighbours and clients in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small-town comedy is up for 11 Golden Horns, including Best TV Comedy, Directing (David Isaacs and Shimmy Isaacs), Scriptwriting (Shimmy Isaacs and Tristram Atkins), Supporting Actress (Lee-Ann van Rooi and Bianca Flanders, who won Best Actress at Silwerskerm 2025 for the role), and, appropriately, Make-Up and Hairstyling (Janine Arendse).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberta Durrant produced Mince Jou Hare through Penguin Films, the company behind classic South African comedies like International Emmy nominee <em>Stokvel<\/em>, Rose d\u2019Or nominee <em>Madam &amp; Eve<\/em>, and triple SAFTA winner <em>G.I.L.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fix | Now on Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0uFDkjSroI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE FIX<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Showmax | Stream now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Showmax Original <em>The Fix<\/em> is the most-nominated movie at the 2026 SAFTAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in a dystopian future with toxic air, <em>The Fix<\/em> follows a model (Grace van Dien from <em>Stranger Things<\/em>) who takes a new designer drug at a party and suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by forces with competing interests in the drug\u2019s effects, Ella discovers that her mutations could save the human race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crave Pictures\u2019 dystopian body-horror is up for 11 Golden Horns, including Best Feature Film, VFX, SFX and Director (Kelsey Egan, who had the most awarded film in the category in 2022 with <em>Glasshouse<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Fix <\/em>was the opening night film at MIPAfrica and the closing night screening at Chattanooga, where it won the Dangerous Visions Award. Chattanooga called it a \u201cthrilling sci-fi\/action\/body horror concoction,\u201d adding, \u201cWe love this movie, from its killer lead performance\u2026 to its wild dystopian world and fantastic mutation effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"iThonga is coming to your screens soon | Mzansi Magic | Promo\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLZLvPuLMWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ITHONGA S1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DStv Stream &amp; Showmax | Binge now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ithonga <\/em>is the most-nominated telenovela at the 2026 SAFTAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the world of KZN construction mafias, the Mzansi Magic series stars 2022 SAFTA winner Bonko Khoza (Mqhele in <em>The Wife<\/em>) as twin brothers Banele and Sanele. Despite walking two different paths \u2013 one in the light, the other in the shadows \u2013 the twins share a mystical and unshakable bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tshedza Pictures series is up for 10 Golden Horns, including Best Telenovela, Actor (Khoza), Actress (first-time nominee Nelisiwe Sibiya), and Supporting Actress (first-time nominee Zodwa Nkosi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ithonga<\/em> was also nominated for Best Scripted Series at the 2025 National Film and Television Awards, where Khoza and Sibiya were up for Best Actor and Actress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reyka S2 | Coming to Showmax\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkwp3w0b1_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>REYKA 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>DStv Stream &amp; Showmax\u00a0 | Binge now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reyka 2<\/em> is the most-nominated drama at the 2026 SAFTAs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second season, profiler Reyka Gama investigates a series of attacks on couples at the docks in Durban Harbour, Africa\u2019s largest port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quizzical Pictures\u2019 crime drama for M-Net is up for nine Golden Horns, including Best TV Drama, Directing (Catherine Cooke and Rea Rangaka), Actress (Kim Engelbrecht) and Cinematography (Tom Marais).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooke, Engelbrecht and Marais won those categories for S1 in 2022, as did creator Rohan Dickson for Scriptwriting. The first season was also up for International Emmys for both TV Drama and Actress (Engelbrecht), selling internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHERE TO WATCH THE AWARDS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAFTAs Craft awards show will be streamed live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@southafricanfilmandtelevis7329\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@southafricanfilmandtelevis7329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAFTAs YouTube page<\/a> and across social media platforms on Friday, 13 March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main awards show will be simulcast live on Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) and SABC 2 (DStv Channel 192) on Saturday, 14 March 2026. The red carpet starts from 7:30pm with the live show from 8pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/19th-safta-awards-nominee-list\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full 19th SAFTAs nominee list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mince Jou Hare, The Fix, Ithonga &amp; Reyka 2 rack up 41 nominations between them Ahead of this weekend\u2019s South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs), four of the year\u2019s most-nominated productions are available to stream across DStv and Showmax. MINCE JOU HARE S1 Showmax | Binge now Mince Jou Hare is MultiChoice\u2019s most-nominated series&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/03\/11\/four-safta-frontrunners-to-binge-now-across-dstv-and-showmax\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Four SAFTA Frontrunners to Binge Now Across DStv and Showmax<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,10],"tags":[87,110],"class_list":["post-24510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online","category-television","tag-dstv","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}