Award-winning South African film The Wound was announced as one of nine international films that have been shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the upcoming 90th Annual Oscar Awards. […]
Having been part of the film cast that scored South Africa an Oscar win for the movie Tsotsi, Terry Pheto is certainly no newbie to the world of bagging trophies for her work. And on Saturday her winning streak continued as the actress and businesswoman walked away with the FILM award at the 6th annual Mbokodo…
Nothing says the year is over like the media banging out lists that reflect on the year that was. And on Wednesday YouTube released their viral #YouTubeRewind clip. The video looks back at the hottest memes, videos, music, and more, that shot through the roof in the year. Just like you, we are also taking…
The last time we caught up with Priddy Ugly over two years ago in this exclusive interview, he was diligently exploring alternative avenues for pushing his music independently. At the time the rapper, who had just dropped a mixtape that he didn't consider a mixtape because of the meticulous attention to detail and visual support he…
She departed from the show half a decade ago. And after the 5-year break, Pam Andrew returns on Rhythm City as Gail October. Her return is happening on the popular eTV soapie on November 20th. Gail returns with the hope of a new life and measure of stability from David, but everything comes at…
South Africa’s first international gold medalist and Guinness World record skateboarder, Jean-marc Johannes, successfully returned to the FISE World Series podium following the most heated final of his career, this past weekend 4 November, in Cheng Du, China. After finishing first in the Am Street Division qualifying rounds on Saturday 3 November 2017, Jean-marc went…
Meet the 2018 Standard Bank Young Artist Award recipients. These are six of the brightest young creative talents working and living in South Africa today. Now in its 36th year, the Standard Bank Young Artist (SBYA) awards are the country's leading arts award conferred by the National Arts Festival and Standard Bank on deserving young…
There's a refreshing feeling about going out to catch an authenticly South African film. Dynamics of the experience itself can be as interesting as the film itself. For one, key aspects of the storyline can be intimately relatable for you. Vaya, indeed proudly one of our own, kicks off in the cinemas on Friday, October…
Brickz, real name Sipho Ndlovu, was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentencing was handed down at the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court, where the Kwaito artist was found guilty of raping his then 14-year-old niece in November 2016. According to Media24, the rape survivor, who is now aged 22, revealed in a statement…
Tresor says that while he has "seen many horrible things in (his) life growing up in war", he has never seen anything 'that close to death'. The Congolese chart-topper on Wednesday posted a shocking note, in which he vividly chronicles the moment he survived an attempted hijacking, at gunpoint. There's certainly no doubt that crime…
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