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Kingpin: Mo Masire, played by Zolisa Xaluva, in a scene from Kings of Jo’Burg season 3, which is on Netflix. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
AFRICAN CINEMA

Power, blood and spirits: Inside season 3 of Kings of Jo’Burg

An electrifying saga of supernatural warfare, family loyalty and the high cost of power in the Joburg underworld

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
5 min read
Tendeka Matatu, Netflix Director of Content, Africa
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI

The Netflix effect

South Africa’s youth take centre stage in film boom

  • Jamaine Krige
7 min read
A scene from the popular series See You in My 19th Life.
KOREA

From Seoul to Soweto: Netflix brings more K-Romance to local screens

Streaming execs reflect on SA’s love affair with Korean content

  • Jamaine Krige
6 min read
IIntrigue: Rosemary Zimu plays Zinhle Manzini, on whom the Bhengu family tested its skin-lightening creams, in the new Netflix drama series ‘Savage Beauty’.
DUMISANE MBEBE

One Show, Two Takes: ‘Savage Beauty’

There’s nothing cute about ‘Savage Beauty’

  • Hlabangani Mtshali
  • Gugu Tshabalala
5 min read