Fashioning Modern Africanism

Its star-studded cast includes Zikhona Sodlaka, Zandile Msutwana and Mbulelo Grootboom New year, new telenovela – 2023 will kick off on a high note when Mzansi Magic premieres the telenovela  Gqeberha: The Empire  on the 16 th  of January. With an impressive cast, gripping storylines and mouth-watering plot twists, it’s bound to be a favourite with Mzansi viewers .   Produced by the multi-award-winning Tshedza Pictures ( The River ,  The Republic ,  Legacy ), this is the first Mzansi Magic telenovela filmed entirely in the Eastern Cape. Gqeberha: The Empire ’s star-studded cast includes Zikhona Sodlaka ( The Wife ,  Blood Psalms ); Zandile Msutwana ( Grootboom & Sons ,  The Queen ); Mbulelo Grootboom ( Wounds ,  Suidooster ); Kay Bikitsha ( The Queen ); Phila Madlingozi ( Isikizi ,  The Queen ); Anele Matoti ( Recipes for Love and Murder ,  Wounds ); and Akhenime Mfenyana. “Mzansi Magic is excited to premiere a new telenovela, which is one of the genres our channel is known for and

Hospitals are places of both trauma and hope, where a single decision can save a life or end it.   Wounds , the gripping new 1Magic medical drama, captures the tightrope that medical professionals walk daily, all while they grapple with the complexities of being human. Coming to your screens in October,  Wounds  is set in the fictional Healing Hands Hospital, where nurses and doctors dedicate their lives to helping others. It is where we meet Busisiwe, a new intern who is understandably nervous – but for reasons that have more to do with the past she is running away from and is keeping secret from everyone around her. “ Wounds  is 1Magic’s first medical drama, and we pride ourselves in diversifying and growing the excellent local content slate we have for our viewers. It’s important that we keep pushing the envelope and challenge ourselves with each new show we bring out,” says Nomsa Philiso,  the Director of Local Entertainment Channels at M-Net. The impressive   Wounds   cast feature

DiepCity produced by the award-winning creator and director of popular drama Lockdown, Mandla N of Black Brain Productions is a fresh new telenovela that explores the struggle of four young women trying to make their way in the world.  The show focuses on disillusioned - young women who were forced into crime while in high school, just to make ends meet. Renowned actress Dawn Thandeka King, Nozuko Ncayiyane and actor Mduduzi Mabaso are among a list of stars that will feature on DiepCity, a new crime thriller that will premiere on Mzansi Magic in April. The world comes crumbling down for small-time house burglar Nox played by Nozuko Ncayiyane after her bright straight A student younger brother Sibusiso played by Tshiamo Molobi is fatally shot during a house robbery he was not supposed to be part of in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg, which was set up by a rogue security guard and low-level gangster Elliot played by Mduduzi Mabaso. After doing time behind bars following her arrest, Nox