๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. MultiChoice and StudioCanal to film biopic The Road Home about Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba in Cape Town with Cynthia Erivo, Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce:
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๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ. M-Net's Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) channel adds 10 new mini-series from May to DStv's local slate produced by youth-led South African production companies:
t.ly/ouvSb
๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น. Another part of M-Net just died - another chunk gone forever as perhaps a sign of what's to come:
t.ly/aYh7b
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น. 31 workers in customer call service of Canal+'s MultiChoice fired without notice - report:
t.ly/hy10r
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐
๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐ญ๐ณ-๐ญ๐ต๐๐ฝ๐ฟ)
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Project Hail Mary
You, Me & Tuscany
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Drama
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (new, Sun Africa)
Reminders of Him
Hoppers
Brothers Under Fire (new, Filmfinity)
Bhooth Bangla (new, Nolava)
๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐
๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐ญ๐ฌ-๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ)
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Project Hail Mary
You, Me & Tuscany (new, UIP)
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Drama
Reminders of Him
Hoppers
Scream 7
GOAT
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come
๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ. Zozibini Tunzi joins as Top Billing presenter:
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๐ฅ๐๐ฃ. Legendary beauty queen and actress Cynthia Shange dead at 76 after illness:
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๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ผ. The SABC is still using and giving media the old logo but magazine show Top Billing will return to SABC3 on Thursday, 30 April at 7pm (a month later than planned) with this new logo.
Repeats will be Sundays 1pm (SABC3), Tuesdays 9:30pm (SABC1).
๐ฅ๐๐ฃ. Beloved VIA Lanbouweekliks and kykNET's Kwela presenter Johnny Davids dead at 48 after heart attack:
t.ly/lt7EX
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ. Canal+ drops MultiChoice's DStv Delicious Festival - report:
t.ly/AWUBZ
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Stained Glass TV's Uzalo adds four actors to season 12 on SABC1 for 'more heart, more tension and honest storytelling':
t.ly/4XPhi
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐. Netflix adds 7-episode documentary series The Trials of Winnie Mandela from 23 April with never-before-seen footage from Emmy-winning director Mandy Jacobson:
t.ly/sEv_7
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐. 2026's 20th Metro FM Music Awards on 25 April in Durban to honour icons in music excellence, adds Maskandi and Lekompo categories:
t.ly/ylcUN
๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ. Look inside Hisense South Africa's first-ever premium brand store in Cape Town and the biggest TV in Africa:
t.ly/Zn5yW
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. Stephanie Pillay upped to MultiChoice Botswana CEO:
t.ly/Q94kk
๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐. 'Oubaas' and 'Hilda' reunites on-screen as Pierre van Pletzen joins Annelisa Weiland in kykNET's Suidooster:
t.ly/aApX6
๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. MultiChoice gives eligible Showmax subscribers the chance to switch for a year to DStv Stream Compact for R99 per month:
t.ly/GG3Kw
๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ. Abrupt "farewell note" from Ricardo Guise, president & publisher of WorldScreen, that the 40-year old publication that covered the international TV biz "will cease publishing today" 31 March 2026. No explanation why.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. Why M-Net's Carte Blanche is exiting its Ferndale office space and switching to a work-from-home staff format:
t.ly/Ln4Zf
๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ. First HBO Harry Potter series official teaser released as Canal+'s MultiChoice and M-Net have still not secured it for DStv:
t.ly/yvi2z
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. Trace has a channel rebrand event for Trace Ngoma TV channel on DStv, MultiChoice CEO notes 'the evolution of a brand':
t.ly/F6sze
#TraceNgomaIsHere #WeAreTraceNgoma
๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. The first teaser for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the new HBO Original series, that will start Christmas 2026 on HBO Max. M-Net (DStv 101) still doesn't have it:
๐ฬ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒฬ. Angry MultiChoice execs sidelined by Canal+ are frustrated and fearful for the(ir) future after decision-making moved to Paris - report:
t.ly/eQCxO
๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐'๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ข๐. On yet another M-Net PR failure and failed promises about Mzansi Magic's Big Brother and nothing being done to properly communicate with media trying to cover it:
t.ly/xp4pc
๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช. NFVF's badly done 19th SAFTAs mirrors a haphazard film biz in crisis:
rb.gy/4bk3vc
