Congratulations Trevor Noah! South Africa’s popular comedian announced Friday that his contract with The Daily Show has been extended! All the way until 2022! In true Trevor style, the SA expat went straight to gratitude… and South Africans were at the top of his list. “Let me begin by saying thank you – thank you […]

American filmmaker Mendel Katz, who is married to South African expat Mushkie Lewin, has captured a “short but sweet” documentary about South Africa. Mendel and Mushkie married last year in July and went for a two-month tour around South Africa for their honeymoon. “I wanted to go a bit ‘off the beaten path’ instead of the […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has won his first Emmy (of hopefully many to come!) for his YouTube comedy special, “The Daily Show: Between the Scenes”. The episodes include funny, interesting and varied titbits that Trevor offers as he engages the audience during the ad breaks, between the scenes that are actually broadcast for “The […]

Now that South African expats in many countries abroad can enjoy ‘Carte Blanche’ – just two days after it’s aired in SA – here’s what you can watch this week… available right now to subscribers of Showmax International. Declining Adoption Numbers In recent years, the rate of child adoptions in South Africa has declined substantially. Now […]

‘Noem My Skollie’ was definitely chosen as South Africa’s official entry to the Oscars for a reason: this is a world-class movie, telling a story that pulls at your heartstrings through the use of incredible cinematography, excellent acting and outstanding directing. And it’s now available on Showmax International for South Africans abroad to watch and enjoy. […]

Now that South African expats in many countries abroad can enjoy ‘Carte Blanche’ – just two days after it’s aired in SA – here’s what you can expect this week… available from today to subscribers of Showmax International. City of Joburg Billing Blunders II For years, at least a decade, the City of Johannesburg’s rates, […]

South African action thriller, Jagveld, written by acclaimed writer Deon Meyer, has been awarded ‘Best Dramatic Feature Award’ at the 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival in the USA! The Jagveld producers congratulated director Byron Davis, author Deon Meyer and the cast and crew “who gave this project life”! They also thanked kykNet, who played a critical role […]

Following on from sold-out concerts across South Africa, Portugal and Canada, South African award-warning trio Mi Casa will be returning to London to play a show at the Scala on Friday 11 August. (And we have two pairs of tickets to give away – see details at bottom of page.) Known for their incredible signature […]

Two young South African choirs have brought chills to the world stage this week with Tuks Camerata bringing the house down in Spain, and the Drakensberg Boys Choir doing the same in Japan! Tuks Camerata’s performance – at the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music, in Barcelona – was so brilliant that Choral Stream have […]

Nearly forty years after he began one of music’s most remarkable careers, Johnny Clegg is embarking on his Final World Tour, titled The Final Journey. See below for your chance to win free tickets to the show in London!!! Johnny Clegg was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and underwent chemotherapy treatment. As he is in remission, Johnny […]

Award-winning Kearsney College Choir delivered an incredible performance live on East Coast Radio (ECR)… to the delight of presenter Jane Linley-Thomas… who had wanted all of KwaZulu-Natal to hear them. She said afterwards: “When we went live and they started singing, I was fixated, and you will be too after watching it.” As reported by […]

It was inevitable. Instead of a Dear Gupta’s open letter, here’s an open song… from ‘South Africa’ to the Gupta family (who are suspected by many South Africans of having captured the state). With music by Rusty Cage and Kazuley, and lyrics by ATSGemwolf (R.P.), the video is described as “a song with a message […]

Showmax is the only place where South Africans living abroad can get their homegrown TV fix, express from South Africa… and this week Showmax launched several exciting new seasons. Showmax – the internet TV service available in more than 60 countries worldwide – has a fantastic selection of the freshest South African shows available exclusively […]

Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a politician. How could this be, the interview team wondered, when these same people had just described being tear gassed, playing at illegal gatherings and making recordings they knew could be banned? When we […]

Two South African schoolgirls have become an overnight sensation, thanks to American rap star Nicki Minaj who posted a video of them on her Instagram account this week. Nicki asked her followers: “What country are these girls from? This rlly inspired me. Music transcends all borders.” After being informed, Nicki updated with “#SouthAfrica represent!!!!” South […]

Charlize Theron has revealed in an interview with W Magazine that she has a bad temper which has sometimes got her into trouble… particularly at the start of her career when she hadn’t yet learned how to channel her energy. In the interview (watch below), Charlize says that during the famous catfight scene with Teri […]

It had to happen. South Africa’s legendary ‘Van der Merwe’ – the butt of many jokes – finally has his own movie! With Rob van Vuuren in the lead, the film is set on a farm in South Africa; and centres around Van’s daughter, Marike (Reine Swart), who returns home from a gap year in England […]

Revolting Rhymes – which South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation worked on – scored a hat-trick this weekend: first winning Best Storytelling at Shanghai International Film and TV Festival in China, then Best Animation at the World Banff Media Festival in Canada, and finishing off with the Cristal for Best TV Production at Annecy in France, the world’s […]

South African musician Don Clarke has published several videos that have gone viral (see bottom of page). They’re usually controversial and outspoken… but always have unity and peace at their heart. His latest – The Colour of Lies – is no exception… Don writes: “My friends, these are troubled times in which the flames of […]

South Africa’s favourite Do-It-Yourself Goddess – SuzelleDIY – is starring in the first Showmax Original series. Well, rather the talented actress – Julia Anastasopoulos – who has become a national sensation with her alter ego SuzelleDIY, is the one starring. Filming on the mockumentary, Tali’s Wedding Diary, began in Cape Town last week… Building on the phenomenal success […]

Eish… South African expat Charlize Theron is, in the words of Universal, “Brilliant, Badass, Blonde”. Watch the trailer for ‘Atomic Blonde: Chapter 1’ below and see for yourself. No man is safe! Universal says: “Oscar® winner Charlize Theron explodes into summer in Atomic Blonde, a breakneck action-thriller that follows MI6’s most lethal assassin through a […]

Due to exceptional public demand and SOLD OUT shows in the first phase of the World tour, Johnny Clegg has added additional South African and #London shows to his Final Journey World Tour, according to his management team. There will now be a second show at the Grand Arena in Cape Town on Friday 30th […]

“It is impossible to look past the fact that the festival could serve as a diversion from the human rights violations being committed by the state of Israel” A South African film director has pulled out of the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, citing Israel’s human rights violations as his reason. John Trengove is a […]

There was a huge buzz at Sandton City in South Africa on Saturday when fans spotted ‘Justin Bieber‘ wandering through the famous shopping centre. Bieber was in Johannesburg for a show on Sunday night. Unfortunately for his fans, it was a prank… brilliantly pulled off by local Aidan Atcheson, and his mates. Aidan said: “THANK YOU […]

The innovative South African film-makers of ‘Bypass’ – Africa’s first medical thriller – recently created a heart-stopping, head-turning scene in Cape Town with their creative guerrilla marketing campaign! They drove through Cape Town with two doctors on the back of a truck, performing surgery on a model body. It stopped Capetonians in their tracks! And […]