Kaya 959 Reporter Former Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi has landed a major role in an upcoming film called 'The Woman King'. Tunzi revealed the exciting news on social media. This will be her first-time experience on our screens as a thespian. She wrote: "I am so honored and excited to announce that I have been cast for the film, The Woman King. It is a completely new world and first […]
Kaya 959 Reporter The first look images of Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in upcoming television series The First Lady have been shared. The limited series, which arrives in 2022, stars Davis alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson as first ladies Michelle Obama, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt respectively. Also Read: Thuso Mbedu talks ‘Underground Railroad’, working with Viola Davis Davis shared the images on her Instagram, writing: “It was terrifying […]
Kaya 959 Reporter AKA has announced that he is starring in a new film titled, Nandi. The rapper had a cameo appearance in the film, which he didn’t have a major role to play in the project. However, his scene was featured in the trailer shared on social media. In the clip you can see fellow stars such as Riky Rick, Anga "Naakmusiq" Makubalo, as well as Lorcia Cooper. Also […]
By Nomali Cele On 10 July the nation learnt that veteran actress, Nomhle Nkonyeni passed away at the age of 77. Born in Port Elizabeth, Nkonyeni was an actress and arts activist for most of her life. Her acting careers spanned the forms of stage, film and television. She was as much a fixture on local television and stage productions as she was on international vehicles. On the international […]
By Motlagae Konyana The rom-com Love Lives Here tells a story of Zinhle Malinga, played by Thando Thabethe, who is on a quest for love and a prince charming to complete her Cinderella life. Set in KZN, Love Lives Here finds Zinhle ready to settle down but yet to find a man who wants the same thing as her and has resigned to putting her search for love on hold. What […]
By Nomali Cele South African film has been going through a different stage in recent years and 2018 seems to have been a peaking moment. For two decades post-apartheid, a lot of our film storytelling focused on the atrocities of the apartheid period. This was a necessary and important undertaking. However, it seemed to shrink the pool and limit the kinds of stories we were allowed to tell. The 2010s […]
By Nomali Cele Sometime in the mid-00s, Nollywood movies took off in South Africa. This was probably in part due to more households installing DSTV thus giving them access to one of M-Net’s secrets that open time could show: AfricaMagic. AfricaMagic was launched in 2003 and would grow to several sub-channels by the time the decade was over. AfricaMagic, while having different types of content such as dramas and documentaries, […]