He was the cherished captain of the South African national soccer team, Bafana Bafana and as well as Orlando Pirates. Until the day he was shot and killed in Vosloorus. Footballer Senzo Meyiwa’s death shocked the nation at the time and there are still questions. While there were six witnesses […]
The Film and Creative Industries received great prominence at the 4th South Africa Investment Conference hosted by President Ramaphosa in Johannesburg on Thursday, 24th March. Film producer, Anant Singh participated in the plenary session in the panel discussion, ‘The African Opportunity – South Africa and Beyond‘ where he spoke about […]
Netflix has pledged over R900m to contribute to the South African creative industry between 2022-2023. The announcement was made at the 4th Annual South African Investment Conference. This substantial commitment will cover four productions – one international and three local – which will be filmed in South Africa over this […]
ALSO READ: The big analogue TV switch-off is over-hasty and will be a disaster in Daily Maverick South Africa will finish its migration to digital terrestrial television and switch off its analogue TV signals on 31 March 2022. The switch-off will free critical wireless network capacity that mobile operators want […]
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has picked up South African detective drama “The Cane Field Killings” starring Kim Engelbrecht (“Bullet Proof”) and Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”). The eight-episode series, which launched last year in South Africa, will launch on Channel 4 on Apr. 10. The drama tells the story of […]
Paramount+ video streaming service from ViacomCBS will launch in South Africa next year, very likely in conjunction with MultiChoice as a so-called “hard bundle” app. However, pricing and details for the streamer’s rollout in 2023 are still to be worked out. The launch of Paramount+ – that bundles an extensive […]
