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The Comrades Marathon, a 90-kilometre race between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest and oldest ultramarathon in the world.  In 1999, on Youth Day, as Nelson Mandela stepped down and Thabo Mbeki was named President, relatively unknown 21-year-old Sergio Motsoeneng came ninth – because he’d swapped during […]

To save their much-loved community radio station in the Vaal from closing, two polar opposite DJs prepare to compete in a kwaal, a radical battle on-air. They know it will be a fight to reclaim the hearts of listeners and advertisers, but don’t realise they will also have to oust a dangerous, shadowy syndicate that

What are you giving your mother for Mother’s Day?  Showmax has just dropped the trailer for Mince Jou Hare, a feel-good, small-town sitcom releasing on Mondays from 20 May 2024. Set in the fictional town of Hex Valley in the Western Cape, the Showmax Original follows Frieda as she quits her factory job to set

One of the most popular It Girls of the early-to mid-2000s, Minnie Dlamini was dubbed South Africa’s Diamond. She will now not only be known as a media personality, MC, businesswoman and model, she will also hold the title of being the second Black African woman to be roasted, after Khanyi Mbau. Being the talk

Set in the dangerous world of the private security industry, the 52-episode series is a high-stakes, action-packed drama about Ndoni Themba (Ben-Mazwi), a deeply troubled private security bodyguard in search of answers. Thwala plays her mentor, Khaya Bhodoza: a prominent businessman and political stalwart.  Ben-Mazwi, nicknamed Lady Nam by her fans, was named Hot Chick

Empini is set in the dangerous world of the private VIP security industry. The 52-episode series is a high-stakes, action-packed drama, starring Siyabonga Thwala as Khaya Bhodoza, a prominent businessman and political stalwart.  Thwala has won Best Actor SAFTAs for his iconic roles as Mpiyakhe on Isibaya (which also earned him a Royalty Soapie Award), Vusi Zwane

Original Sin 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