Khanyi Mbau and Masechaba Lekalake are both getting their own talk shows on eKasi+, e.tv's new local content TV channel sources are confirming to me.
eKasi+ is one of the four new TV channels including eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ which e.tv will launch on Platco Digital's OpenView HD platform in October.
As I reported yesterday, e.tv is also commissioning a new weekly lifestyle magazine show for black 18 to 35 viewers for eKasi+ which will start on the TV channel in 2014.
I'm told that Masechaba Lekalake will be presenting a daily new talk show in the vein of SABC3's Three Talk with Noeleen for eKasi+.
Meanwhile Khanyi Mbau, previously a hot booking for the local TV talk show circuit as a guest, will now turn the tables and sit on the other side when she presents a weekly entertainment talk show on eKasi+ similar to Nicky Greenwall's Screen Time with Nicky Greenwall on e.tv.
Khanyi Mbau was roped in by e.tv for the recent reality show Reality Check, appeared in the eKasi and Mzansi Love series on e.tv and is now expanding her presence and relationship with the free-to-air broadcaster.
e.tv will officially announce the four new TV channels and their names, as well as some of the content next week.
Besides the talk shows e.tv's programming executives are planning a weekly music cooking show for eKasi+ similar to its current Cooking Gospel presented by Katlego Mlambo, as well as a weekly music show presented by Ntombi Mzolo.
eKasi+, similar to M-Net's Mzansi Magic channel and hoping to attract viewers away from SABC1, will be geared towards entertainment and lifestyle shows focusing on South Africa's black, aspirational and urbanised market.
