Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Pimville Non-Payment Scandal: Crew and Cast Told 'This is Not Netflix. We're Not Shooting Lion King' as Bakwena Productions Claims SABC Cut Budget 38% while SABC CEO Nomsa Chabeli is Set to be Hauled Before Parliament Committee

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by Thinus Ferreira As cast and crew members are evicted over unpaid rent and fume over a lack of toilets and even water on set although an e...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Pimville Non-Payment Scandal: TOLDJA! SABC Confirms Pimville Abruptly Going Off Air Tonight After 75 Episodes After Bakwena Productions Runs Out of Episodes and Disrupts SABC2 Schedule

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by Thinus Ferreira The SABC has no choice but to finally end the derailed Pimville , causing massive SABC2 schedule disruption after the imp...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Pimville Non-Payment Scandal: Producer Rashaka Muofe Keeps Telling Crew and Cast the SABC Didn't Pay and Isn't Communicating as He Threatens 'to Fold the Show', as SABC Says Payments Are Fully Up to Date and it is Trying to 'Stabilise the Situation'

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by Thinus Ferreira Somebody is lying: Either Pimville producer Rashaka Muofe of Bakwena Productions who remains in failure to pay the cast a...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Top Billing Lures 133 320 Viewers in First TV Return, Revives SABC3 Primetime Ratings as Cardova's Glam Lifestyle Magazine Show Viewership Holds Steady and Builds

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by Thinus Ferreira "Good night and God bless" indeed: The revived Top Billing , back on SABC3 after an absence of six and a half y...

'Ooh, so much reverence, ooh so much respect': Canal+ and PSL's Irvin Khoza glaze each other after a meeting on how important South African football remains for DStv

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by Thinus Ferreira Although Canal+ Africa is busy with aggressive cost-cutting that also affects content it will continue to pay a lot of mo...

Disney+ Hikes South African Prices by 12.5% to R179 Per Month

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by Thinus Ferreira Disney+ is increasing prices in South Africa by 12.5% per month to R179 for the video streaming service's monthly pre...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

New 10-episode Adventure Time: Side Quests set for October release on Cartoon Network in Africa

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by Thinus Ferreira The new animated series, Adventure Time: Side Quests , will make its debut on 5 June on Hulu and Disney+ in the United St...

Canal+'s StudioCanal and Sun Africa Sign 3-year Theatrical Distribution Deal for StudioCanal's English Films in South Africa

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by Thinus Ferreira Canal+'s StudioCanal and Sun Africa Group (SAG) have signed a 3-year deal to do theatrical distribution for StudioCan...

e.tv Again Looking for South African Regional Documentaries 'with Thought-provoking and Entertaining Characters'

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by Thinus Ferreira e.tv is again commissioning a few regional half-hour documentaries, preferably from first-time producers, who will get R2...