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<p>BY SHARON SIBINDI SOUTH AFRICA-BASED award-winning Zimbabwean producer Monalisa Chisango said there was need to support the local film industry as it had the potential to create jobs and market the country to bring in revenue. While for neighbouring countries the film industry is contributing much to their Gross Domestic Product, the local sector continues […]</p>

On Tuesday this week, MultiChoice South Africa hosted the media and A-list celebrities for an exclusive premiere of a new upcoming series, Shaka iLembe in Johannesburg, Montecasino. The series will debut on Mzansi Magic on the 18th June 2023.

The 13-episode series reimagines the childhood of Nigerian football legend Augustine “Jay Jay” Okocha, who played for the Nigerian national team between 1993 and 2006 and led the country to Olympic victory at the 1996 Atlanta games. Okocha also played in three FIFA World Cups and has become a celebrated football commentator.

The story of two girls who were killed in 2018 has been turned into a 90-minute crime documentary for Showmax in a bid to make gender-based violence part of a nationwide conversation.

The new original documentary from Showmax, Stella Murders, is set to premiere on the local streaming platform on 17th March.

On the opening day of The Joburg Film Festival, Showmax released an open commissioning brief to the African film industry calling for pitches for a slate of 10 live-action films. The African streamer has won the South African Film and Television Awards' Made-for-TV Movie Award for two years in a…

Showmax has announced its intention to invest in 10 films from first time African filmmakers from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. 

Showmax and The Joburg Film Festival are looking for 10 film pitches from directors in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Showmax and the Joburg Film Festival have joined forces to look for Africa's next great storyteller.

THE Real Housewives of Durban season 3 is coming back.