Fashioning Modern Africanism

Showmax has confirmed that production has started on the second season of their hit drama  Adulting .  Released in March 2023, the first season set a new record for the most first-day views on Showmax of any drama series, well ahead of  Succession S4 ,  The Last of Us S1  and  The White Lotus S2  - the three most-nominated shows overall at the upcoming 75th Emmy Awards.  Adulting  follows four friends in Johannesburg. Their strong bond has held them together after varsity even as their journeys in life have taken them in  very  different directions. As they try to grow as men, finding love, success and the best nightlife spots in Jozi, they turn to each other for laughs and support.  Adulting  is created by Tshedza Pictures’ Phatu Makwarela and Gwydion Beynon, who’ve won five Best Scriptwriting SAFTAs in the past four years for smash-hit shows like  The Republic  and  The River , which was also nominated for an International Emmy. Their second Showmax Original,  Outlaws , is currently

Set in Johannesburg,  Adulting  explores the parallel universes of four varsity friends. Their strong bond has held them together even as their journeys in life have taken them in very different directions. Theirs is the bromance of the decade.  Adulting | Showmax Original | Mondays from 20 March 2023 Thembinkosi Mthembu (Mabutho in  The River , Junior in  The Republic,  and King Dingiswayo in the upcoming epic  Shaka iLembe ) stars as successful businessman Bonga, with Luthando BU Mthembu ( Big Brother Mzansi,   Ayeye: Stripped ,  Redemption ) as toy-boy Vuyani, Thabiso Rammusi ( The Suit ) as cheating family man Mpho, and Nhanhla Kunene ( Muvhango ,  Lavish ) as hot-headed bad-boy Eric.    Also look out for the likes of SAFTA nominee Winnie Ntshaba ( The Herd ,  House of Zwide ,  Generations ) and Sikelelwa Vuyeleni ( Hope ,  House of Zwide ) as Vuyani’s sugar mamma and Eric’s baby mamma respectively; Lungile Duma ( The River,   Durban Gen ) as Mpho’s wife; and Buhle Samuels ( Kings