Showmax Drops First-Look Teaser for New Telenovela The Wife

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Showmax has released a teaser for The Wife, the first Showmax Original telenovela, premiering on 11 November 2021. ALSO READ: First glimpse of Mqhele and the Zulu brothers in Showmax Original telenovela The Wife When Showmax announced they were making a telenovela inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube’s bestselling novel Hlomu the Wife, overjoyed fans immediately took to social media … Read more

First glimpse of Mqhele and the Zulu brothers in Showmax Original telenovela The Wife

Showmax Original telenovela The Wife

When Showmax announced they were making a telenovela inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube’s bestselling novel Hlomu the Wife, overjoyed fans immediately took to social media to offer their casting suggestions for the lead roles of Hlomu and Mqhele. ALSO READ: Fulu Mugovhani is caught in a love triangle with a twist in Showmax’s ‘Umakoti Wethu’ Now … Read more

Showmax announces diverse slate, including their first telenovela and romcom

The eighth Showmax Original in eight months, Temptation Island South Africa, launches this Thursday, 26 August 2021. Now the African streaming service has announced a diverse slate of eight more series – and three more movies – on their way, including Showmax’s first telenovela, romcom, and scripted West African Showmax Original. ALSO READ: Showmax drops … Read more

Devilsdorp breaks Showmax records; launches companion podcast

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The first Showmax Original true-crime series, Devilsdorp, launched on Thursday, 29 July 2021 to five-star reviews, topping Showmax’s SA Top 20 and setting a new record for the most hours watched in its first four days of launch of any film or series ever on Showmax – outperforming the likes of Game of Thrones, The … Read more

Devilsdorp: Showmax brings true crime closer to home with Krugersdorp Killings docu-series

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Hell comes closer to home in the first-look trailer for Devilsdorp, the first Showmax Original true crime docu-series, which will be available to binge from 29 July 2021. ALSO READ: Uthando Lodumo: Showmax takes viewers inside Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s marriage In 2016, a spate of brutal Appointment Murders gripped the town of Krugersdorp, leaving … Read more

Uthando Lodumo: Showmax takes viewers inside Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s marriage

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Uthando Lodumo started streaming first and only on Showmax at midnight last night, with fans staying up to binge the full series before 3am this morning, according to Twitter. The three-part Showmax Original reality series follows Bongekile Simelane and Mandla Maphumulo, better known as gqom superstars Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha, from a proposal live on … Read more

First-look trailer for Cape Flats neo-noir murder mystery Skemerdans, the next Showmax Original

Ilse Klink (SHIREEN) in Skemerdans

Showmax has just released a stylish first trailer for Skemerdans, the next Showmax Original, which will be available to binge from 28 April 2021. ALSO READ: A South African story about addiction, redemption and family-ties now on Showmax Skemerdans is a Cape Flats neo-noir murder mystery set at the Oasis jazz club, the centre of … Read more

Showmax Original DAM now streaming; drawing comparisons to HBO’s The Outsider

Pallance Dladla and Lea Vivier in DAM

The Showmax Original DAM, a small-town psychological thriller set in the Eastern Cape, is now available to binge. ALSO READ: Showmax Releases A first-look Trailer for Showmax Original DAM Early reviews are glowing, with YFM’s resident critic Yazz the Student comparing DAM to HBO’s The Outsider and saying the “eerie” and “unsettling” show feels “different … Read more

Lebo M faces the music in new Showmax Original reality series

Showmax Lebo M – Coming Home

Lebo M – Coming Home, the latest Showmax Original reality series, is now streaming. It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: a front-row seat into the life of one of South Africa’s most successful exports, Lebohang Morake, affectionately known as Lebo M. ALSO READ: First look trailer: Lebo M – Coming Home The Soweto-born … Read more

Lea Vivier, Pallance Dladla star in Dam, a new Showmax Original psychological thriller

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Filming has wrapped on the Showmax Original Dam, a small-town psychological thriller shot in the Eastern Cape. ALSO READ: 11 African highlights to stream on Showmax, from Chasing the Sun to Die Verhaal Van Racheltjie de Beer Silwerskerm Best Actress winner Lea Vivier (Wonderlus, Fynskrif) stars as Yola Fischer, who returns from Chile to the … Read more