Fashioning Modern Africanism

Premiering in two parts on Wednesday, 6 and 13 December 2023. Convict Conman f ollows parallel investigations into Dawie de Villiers and Michael O’Connor.  Dedicated to all survivors of sexual assault  ”Convict Conman will make you mad    but will also warm your heart and make you laugh… A wild ride of plot twists and elaborate cons.” Nikki Comninos In 2012,  Carte Blanche  journalist Sasha  Wein  receives a tip-off to investigate Dawie de Villiers, a Kempton Park photographer and founder of Modelling South Africa. Described in the first episode as “a sophisticated predator” and “the Kempton Park Hugh Hefner”, de Villiers is accused of fraud and of being sexually inappropriate with aspiring models, some below the age of 16.  Nine years later, in 2021, with de Villiers sentenced to life in jail, investigative journalist Jana Marx ( Devilsdorp ) receives a tip-off to look into Michael O’Connor. He runs a photography publication and is looking to start business and fashion magazines too.

On Valentine's Day, 14 February 2022, Showmax audiences fell in love with  Sex in Afrikaans , as the eye-opening documentary series set a new record for the most first-day views of any Afrikaans title on Showmax ever, ahead of  Devilsdorp . Viewing peaked at 8pm, once everyone had put their kids to bed.  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!  With six episodes that focus on sex workers, sex toys, porn, swinging, BDSM and fetishes respectively, the groundbreaking Showmax Original is a mind-expanding tour of what your neighbours and co-workers get up to behind closed doors.  The media is already buzzing about the controversial series, which carries an 18SNLV age restriction.  Channel24’ s Gabi Zietsman gave  Sex in Afrikaans  five stars, calling it “an in

“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