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Saturday, November 7, 2026

National Geographic adds TV Special, Expedition: Saving our Seas, on 16 November Exploring All 5 Ocean Basins

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by Thinus Ferreira National Geographic is adding the hour-long TV special, Expedition: Saving Our Seas , that will premiere on Monday, 16 No...

Samsung Rolls Out Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S12+ With Substantial Price Hike

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by Thinus Ferreira Samsung has rolled out its Gala xy Tab S12 tablet series - its Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Tab S12+. Both the  Galaxy Tab S1...

Canal+'s MultiChoice Dumps Another Streamer As It Rips Away GOtv Stream in its 9 African Markets After 3 Years

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by Thinus Ferreira Canal+'s MultiChoice is getting rid of another one of its video streaming services months after it axed Showmax and ...
Thursday, November 5, 2026

Canal+ Dumps Africa Magic Family Channel on DStv Replaced by Africa Magic+

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by Thinus Ferreira Canal+'s MultiChoice and M-Net have dumped the Africa Magic Family channel after 12 years on 5 November 2026, replaci...

LIV Golf Collapses and is Done as Saudi Arabia's Sports-washing Leaves Canal+'s SuperSport with Egg on the Face

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by Thinus Ferreira Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf sports-washing, which was publicised and showcased by Canal+'s SuperSport without qualms,...

You Might Never Have Heard of MIFF - not the Melbourne Film Festival but the Mpumalanga International Film Festival Running Since 2013 with a Conservation Cinema Focus

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by Thinus Ferreira Well, this is embarrassing for somebody covering South Africa's film and TV industry: There exists a film festival I...

Why Southern African Countries Get 5 Rejigged DStv Packages with Premium Changed to Ultimate and Countries in West Africa and East Africa Only Get 4 Including Ultimate

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice Namibia is also restructuring its various DStv packages and will have the Movies & Series package like in...

9th Joburg Film Festival Opens Entries for 2027's Young Voices Short Film Competition, Adds New MultiChoice Emerging Filmmaker Award

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by Thinus Ferreira Next year's 9th Joburg Film Festival has opened entries for its short film competition, which forms part of its Youn...

8th Hluma Film Festival set for Pietermaritzburg with 16 Films

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by Thinus Ferreira The Hluma Film Festival in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province will take place from 14 November in Pietermaritzburg...
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Thinus Ferreira is an independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa and reports breaking news about the TV industry. He writes trend and analysis pieces about the TV business and continues to write extensively about TV - chronicling what's on it and happening behind the scenes.
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