Fashioning Modern Africanism

The Showmax Original follows Thea Pretorius, the mother of Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren, who murdered his 25-year-old girlfriend Andrea Venter in front of her neighbours, security guards and CCTV cameras. He then escaped authorities in South Africa and Brazil for years, assuming three different identities and starting families with multiple women. After initially helping him escape, Thea slowly had to come to terms with her son being a killer. As she admits in the trailer, “He’s capable of worse things.” With  Sarie 's Marteli Brewis   hailing the true-crime documentary as “poignant” and Cape Talk's Sara-Jayne King praising it as “absolutely gripping viewing."  F ormer South African Police Service head profiler Dr Gérard Labuschagne worked on hundreds of murder cases but says in the true-crime documentary, “This was definitely one of the more brutal ones that I’ve seen…  This was definitely in the realm of what we regard as overkill.” He says Andrea’s story shows how hard it

Widows Unveiled is set to premiere on Showmax from 12 February 2024 with c ast unveiled including HHP’s widow Lerato Sengadi, Mandoza’s widow Mpho Tshabalala and Menzi Ngubane’s widow Sikelelwa Ngubane, among others with New episodes every Monday Widows Unveiled  is a 10-part Showmax Original that follows the lives of five women who were married to public figures who passed away. The reality series documents the journey of each woman from pain to triumph as they navigate the drama and scandal that followed the death of their husbands. Widows Unveiled  is produced by Passionlane Productions, the brains behind Mzansi Magic’s SAFTA-nominated hit show  Uthando Nes'thembu .   The cast includes PR specialist and marketing professional Lerato Sengadi, the widow of Motswako legend HHP; entrepreneur, award-winning philanthropist, executive producer of  Nkalakatha: The Life of Mandoza  and stroke survivor Mpho Tshabalala, the widow of musician Mandoza; broadcaster and philanthropist Sikelelw

Thembisa Mdoda, a three-time Most Popular TV Presenter SAFTA winner, will host the reunion special of  The Mommy Club , premiering on Showmax on 5 December 2023.   “I am going to get to the bottom of all the tea.” Thembisa    The Mommy Club  set a new record for the most first-week views of any reality series on Showmax.  Fans have been calling for a reunion since the dramatic finale in September 2023, which once again topped the charts on Showmax and X (formerly Twitter).   “As a mom, I jumped at the opportunity to host  The Mommy Club  reunion,” says Thembisa, who gave birth to her fourth child just seven days before the reunion. “I have always wanted to host a reunion so the fact that it came to me after all these years, with a show I truly love, is a blessing.” The mommies ended the season on uncertain terms, with lines drawn in terms of their friendships. On the one side, we have Her Majesty and Mpumi; on the other, Nunurai and Ratile. In the middle, we have Ms Manche, who has rem

When fans think of Winnie Ntshaba, many things come to mind. The actress and businesswoman has been in the entertainment industry for more than two decades. Over the years, she has graced our screens with unforgettable performances, including the rags-to-riches story of Khethiwe Buthelezi on  Generations , which earned her a SAFTA nomination; Zodwa, the devious mother on  The River;  and the controversial Faith on  House of Zwide . But it is her role on the hit Showmax Original  Adulting  that everyone is talking about right now. Now available to binge,  Adulting  follows four varsity friends – Bonga (Thembinkosi Mthembu), Vuyani (Luthando BU Mthembu), Eric (Nhlanhla Kunene) and Mpho (Thabiso Rammusi). Their strong bond has held them together even as their journeys in life have taken them in  very  different directions.  As they try to find love and success in Johannesburg after university, they turn to each other for support.  Winnie plays  Beth, Vuyani’s sugar mama and the fictional

  Showmax has just dropped a teaser for the two-part reunion of  The Real Housewives of Durban.  Hosted by MaBlerh, the Season 3 reunion will premiere next Wednesday, 10 May 2023, with Part 2 coming a week later on 17 May 2023.                       watch Trailer  This sneak peek is so juicy and intense, our wigs are snatched. From Maria’s dramatic exit - a staple in all  The Real Housewives  franchises the world over - to MaBlerh pressing Mbali on what Mabusi vibes are, and from Nonku bursting into tears when asked about her fiancé to Sane being confronted on the things she said, it’s clear the ladies did not come to play. The Real Housewives of Abuja  and  The Real Housewives of Nairobi  are also charting on Showmax, ahead of the Abuja finale this Friday, 5 May 2023, and the Nairobi finale next Thursday, 11 May 2023. #RHODurban

The hit Showmax Original reality series that won the 2021 SAFTA for Best Soap Structured Reality TV Show. The new season launches first and only on Showmax on 5 July 2022, with new episodes every Tuesday.  Season 3 picks up in April 2022 with #KellyKhumalo trending on Twitte r again, with  the release of a true-crime documentary series about the death of Senzo Meyiwa  and his tr ial about to start. As Kelly says in the trailer, “They hate the fact that I am the one who did not die that day.”  Despite the ongoing conspiracy theories, Kelly’s career has never been better: her SAMA-nominated album  The Voice of Africa  went gold, the AFRIMA-nominated  Empini  became the biggest hit of her career and went quadruple platinum,  Esphambanweni  went double platinum and  Ngathwala Ngaye  went platinum.  Watch the trailer:  Produced by G.O.A.T ( Dineo’s Diary ) and directed by Kuda Jemba, with Graeme Swanepoel as showrunner, Season 3 of  Life With Kelly Khumalo  shows Kelly at her rawest and mos

With the continent on the edge of its seat in anticipation to see   The Real Housewives of Lagos  (#RHOLagos) on our screens, Showmax is throwing the biggest event in African reality television of the year on Thursday, 7 April 2022. In an African moment worth celebrating, Chioma Ikokwu, Toyin Lawani-Adebayo, Iyabo Ojo and ​​Mariam Timmer of RHOLagos are jetting across the continent to join  The Real Housewives of Durban  (#RHOD), as well as celebrities and stars from acclaimed Showmax Originals, for a sumptuous gala dinner and celebration of pan-African culture and music.   The event - complete with pink carpet - will be hosted by a talent recognised across Africa, Bonang Matheba, who herself has not one but two reality series on Showmax ( Being Bonang ,  A Very Bonang Year ). Bonang is an accomplished MC, radio personality and businesswoman, born and raised in South Africa, and regularly spotted in Nigeria working on her many pursuits. This iconic pan-African event, to be hosted in Sa

First there was Mbalenhle Mavimbela as Hlomu The Wife. Then there was Khanyi Mbau as Zandile The Resolute. And now there’s Gaisang K Noge as Naledi His Love.  Today is Gaisang’s first day on the set of the record-breaking, Twitter-topping Showmax Original telenovela  The Wife,  inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube’s bestselling novels.  Naledi, a doctor, starts falling for fan favourite Qhawe Zulu (Kwenzo Ngcobo), dubbed ‘the Woolworths of amadoda’ by  Twitter . L ike Hlomu and Zandile, she’ll come to understand that loving one of the Zulu brothers means loving all of his dark and tumultuous past. As much as she will enjoy the trappings that come with being the wife of one of those rich, handsome, powerful and dangerous men, she must also live with the inherent danger that remains. We caught up with Gaisang to find out more:    What has your connection with Kwenzo been like?  Today is my first day on set but I’ve obviously interacted with Kwenzo and the chemistry is there. He's very kind a

    Carolyna Hutchings, Laura Ikeji, Chioma Ikokwu, Toyin Lawani-Adebayo, Iyabo Ojo & Mariam Timmer unveiled as cast The Real Housewives of Lagos  ( RHOLagos ) will debut exclusively on Showmax on 8 April 2022, with new episodes every Friday.  RHOLagos  follows the opulent lives of six of the most glamorous women in Lagos, Nigeria.  Carolyna Hutchings is the CEO of Hutchings Limited, a real estate, oil and gas, and agriculture company. She is also the founder of Hopeville Foundation, an NGO that caters to women and children. Hutchings is a mother of three beautiful kids.  Laura Ikeji is a social media influencer, author, and entrepreneur. Ikeji is a mother of two, married to former Super Eagles star Christopher Kanu. Chioma Ikokwu is a lawyer as well as co-founder and CEO of luxury hair brand Good Hair Ltd, and Brass and Copper Restaurant & Lounge. She also runs a women- and children-focused charity called the Goodway Foundation. Chioma has never been married. Toyin Lawani-Adeb

After a one-week break,  The Wife  is back this Thursday, 17 February 2022, as Season 2 kicks off on Showmax, with Khanyi Mbau ( Unmarried ,  Happiness Is A Four-Letter Word )  and Mondli Makhoba ( Umkhokha ) stepping up into the lead roles as Zandile and Nkosana.   Zandile had already served 10 years in jail for the murder of her mother when the love of her life, Nkosana, finally broke her out of jail at the end of Season 1. Being on the outside is a big adjustment, but not as big a challenge as winning back her children’s love, rebuilding her marriage, and establishing herself as matriarch in a crime family where another woman, Hlomu (Mbalenhle Mavimbela ) , has been calling the shots in her absence. Today’s trailer also gives us a first glimpse of International Emmy nominee Lerato Mvelase ( Home Affairs , the Oscar-shortlisted  Life, Above All ), who joins the cast this season, in good company with Bonko Khoza as South Africa’s disgraced national husband, Mqhele; Abdul Khoza and Zik

“Afrikaans people and the adult industry, they go hand in hand.”  “The  koeksister tannies  order the big vibrators.” “In South Africa, there are over 40 000 registered swingers.”  Come again?  These are just three of the revelations in the first-look teaser for the Showmax Original  Sex in Afrikaans  - claims made by the owners of Adult World, Lollipop Lingerie, and a swingers club respectively.  Sex in Afrikaans  premieres on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2022, only on Showmax.  Launching on Showmax on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2022,  Sex in Afrikaans  follows clinical psychologist Bradley R Daniels as he helps four Afrikaans couples and two singles to have shameless discussions about their sex lives for the first time publicly - and, in the process, discover that there is so much more fun to be had! Featuring interviews with sex workers, adult shop owners, a unicorn, swingers, dominatrixes, a crossdresser, a dungeon master, people who dress up like babies, and others who prefer fu