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Crucial role: Showmax gave South African storytellers the freedom to experiment. Photo: File

After Showmax: Who controls the future of African film and television?

As Canal+ takes control of MultiChoice, the end of the African streaming service highlights growing fears that South African storytelling is becoming dependent on foreign media…

MultiChoice, part of Canal+ SA, has announced it will discontinue Showmax after a strategic review found the streaming platform’s mounting losses unsustainable in an increasingly competitive global market; but jobs are safe

MultiChoice shuts showmax amid global streaming challenges

MultiChoice, part of Canal+ SA, has announced it will discontinue Showmax after a strategic review found the streaming platform’s mounting losses unsustainable in an increasingly…

Social media sensation: The documentary Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within tells the story of Masaka Kids Africana, a bustling home for more than 30
orphaned children. Picture: Supplied

Top binge entertainment picks

From transformative books to binge-worthy series, these South African titles will keep you entertained this holiday season

A listening ear: Relebogile Mabotja hosts and is the associate producer of Untied, a series in which each episode focuses on one woman’s story of breakup and healing.

The art of holding space: Relebogile Mabotja on love, loss and Untied

Relebogile Mabotja holds space for loss and healing in her deeply empathetic series Untied

Mommy Club Season 3: New faces, unfiltered drama

The series returns with new cast members and an intimate look at the bold, stylish, and complex lives of modern South African moms

Netflix’s strategy has been to offer a blend of local and global entertainment

Netflix’s epic African journey

The global streaming giant’s strategy has been to offer a blend of local and global entertainment

Local story: Behind the scenes at the shooting of the South African movie Greytown Girl, in which former newscaster Uveka Rangappa (centre) plays her first acting role. Photo: Supplied

Uveka Rangappa: The bittersweet emotions of a first-timer

We speak to Uveka Rangappa about her first role as local stories queue up for film and TV awards

Fast becoming popular: The local series Spinners won a top award in China last month. Photo: Charlie Sperring

South African series Spinners triumphs at Shanghai TV Festival, winning Best Foreign TV Series award

The local series Spinners won a top award in China last month.

MultiChoice accepts Localisation Certificate at 12th Proudly South African Localisation Dinner

The certificate underscores its steadfast dedication to supporting and amplifying local content, talent and industries

Well red: Nqobile Nunu Khumalo plays the lead in the thriller TV series Red Ink. (Supplied)

Red Ink: True crime television can teach

Author hopes the new series will induce viewers to think about the causes of violence

A graphic rendition of Rosemary Ndlovu. (Multichoice)

Digging deep on a serial killer

Documentary probes the case of Rosemary Ndlovu, who killed six people close to her

Nordic warrior: Alexander Skarsgård plays Prince Amleth in the film ‘The Northman’. Photo: Courtesy MultiChoice

‘The Northman’ is brutal but beautiful

In ‘The Northman’ lawlessness and mysticism rule Viking culture as seen through modern eyes

MultiChoice’s Showmax has been struggling to compete with Netflix because of its technology interface, but a new deal is set to change that. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Showmax can now compete with Netflix thanks to new deal

MultiChoice’s Showmax has been struggling to compete with Netflix because of its technology interface, but a new deal is set to change that

Arguably South Africa’s only Christmas series, How To Ruin Christmas is back with season 3.

Big viewing on the small screen: Ten shows to binge watch

Grab something to eat and drink, then sit back and relax with these more-ish TV shows

PCCW’s HKT unit will unveil the entertainment service as early as next week.

Africa media consumption shifts to local content, but not by African authors

Local content is beginning to outcompete international films in Africa as rapid smartphone penetration and an affordable and expanding internet bring African creatives closer to…

SA female filmmakers exhibit their work at Festival de Cannes

A candid story about love; and how human beings’ shortcomings get in the way

Sibling rivalry: Succession’s Roy family, may not know how love works, but they all know a lot about hate. Photo: HBO/Showmax

Screen Grab: Try the snake linguini in ‘Succession’

HBO’s ‘Succession’ is back, at last — and as bitterly gripping as ever

Screen Grab: In the land of the lotus eaters

Hawaii hotel drama ‘The White Lotus’ is a shade warmer than ‘Succession’ in its assault on American privilege — but it carries a riptide of savage wit.

In the Afrikaans sci-fi gem on Showmax, found footage reveals an inexplicable object in the Karoo

Screengrab: ‘Wesens’ has the final weird

In the Afrikaans sci-fi gem on Showmax, found footage reveals an inexplicable object in the Karoo

Righteous depravity: A still from the new Showmax series ‘Devilsdorp’, a documentary about the Electus Per Deus murder cult

Screen Grab: The devil is in the retail in Krugersdorp

In the true crime docuseries “Devilsdorp”, Cecilia Steyn emerges as an entrepreneur of depravity who monetised white South Africa’s legacy of moral panic about Satanism