A comedy-drama unfolding on the set and behind the scenes of a struggling South African soap-opera. ‘Soap On A Rope’ is a comedy drama taking viewers behind the scenes on a struggling, mediocre South African soap opera – a whirlpool of drama, divas, hopes, dreams, plots, affairs and secrets…and laughter! When the show’s leading lady
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Bone of My Bones
This series chronicles a group of four male friends who have been friends from childhood into adulthood. We follow these men as they struggle with the mundane of everyday life and their relationships with strong-willed and opinionated women who refuse to have their voices suppressed. Through these couples we unpack what it means to love
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Oceans Three is not just a reality adventure series – it’s simply a docu-soap. Reality concepts applied to an extreme social environment to create the type of dynamic tension and dramatic arc that any outstanding television offering requires. Three young participants take part in a journey of discovery on a human level as well as
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Told through the eyes of our young hero, Luyanda Nkosi, we get to delve into seeing how the awesome life of a seemingly normal teenager, is not so awesome when it’s surrounded by extraordinary circumstances. Having divorced parents, who are constantly at each other’s throats, trying to fight for the affection of their offspring; a
Continue reading »Safe as Hausers
One of the largest ‘industries’ in present day South Africa, is the burgeoning, all-encompassing Security business – a vast collection of quasi-military organisations, entrusted with ‘24/7’ armed-response protection of private premises, corporate institutions, as well as domestic properties of the public at large. Among the myriad security firms that monitor the city streets across the
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Muzi is a self-made, township rich entrepreneur who has his fingers in many pies. He owns taxis, a chisa nyama, and the biggest house on his street, which he is constantly extending in order to rent out more rooms. His half-brother Zach, who happens to be a washed up and perpetually broke former soap star,
Continue reading »Thula’s Vine
Thula is a charming, well-known radio personality who is living the life in Jozi, when she is caught having a secret affair with a well-regarded, married politician. When she flees to her rural farm home to escape the escalating media scandal, we learn that the owner of the farm, a white man, was her father,
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A bickering but deeply committed elderly couple in their late sixties face the bizarre prospect of losing their sixth and last born daughter when she threatens them with the idea of leaving home and getting married. They reckon that at the age of 28 their daughter is too young and not yet ready to get
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outhern Rhythms is a series that explores South African unity through the diversity of music, religion and culture. The series celebrates our rich and diverse spiritual and religious communities through performances by leading indigenous and sacred musicians, and interviews with artists, scholars and other experts. The concept is based on the first person narrative journey
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Every day, in homes across the country, young people fumble for the alarm-clock, stumble into the same clothes they wore yesterday, and go to school. For hours they endure boredom, bullies, and brats. Then, for the lucky ones, it’s home-time. For the less fortunate, it’s a forced march to the sports fields. And then it’s
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