by Thinus Ferreira
Netflix South Africa will release a new film in 2025, Meet the Khumalos, produced by Urban Vision Productions and starring Khanyi Mbau, Ayanda Borotho and Jesse Suntele in a story where a woman's "perfect world" is disrupted when her high school rival moves in next door.
Meet the Khumalos is directed and produced by Jayan Moodley and written by Gillian Breslin and Wendy Gumede.
Meet the Khumalos is an adaptation of 2017's Meet the Kandasamys which was written and directed by Jayan Moodley and became the highest-grossing South African film at the box office that year.
The cast of Meet the Khumalos also includes Khosi Ngema, Connie Chiume, Bonga Dlamini and Siyabonga Shibe.
In the film, Grace Khumalo's "perfect world" is disrupted when her high school rival, Bongi Sithole, moves in next door. Both mothers are horrified to discover that their children are secretly dating and join forces to break up the young lovers.
Netflix announced Meet the Khumalos as well as its other new upcoming South African content at the end of last month as part of a preview of its global content offering for 2025.
