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A historical narrative that depicts the daily routines in a dormitory in the 1990s.

As Ziki sits in the park reading, he sees another boy, Junior, who catches his interest. Junior is smoking a cigarette and Ziki goes over to ask for a light, the first tentative attempt at contact. Once they have both lit their cigarettes, they start talking to each other and the conversation doesn't seem to want to end. Soon it is more than just the lighter that sparks.

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It’s been three months since Simon’s father passed away and to date his house has been left abandoned. Simon and Friday arrive one day to find their friend, Ntombi, waiting for them. The trio enter the house to do an inspection, and Friday soon becomes convinced the place is haunted, refusing to be left alone at any time. Simon, not sharing Friday’s supernatural suspicions, finds his friend’s nervousness amusing.

The Boss is the leader of a gang who plan to kidnap a pastor's nephew as part of a sinister plan in order to make himself rich by extracting a heavy ransom from the lad's wealthy parents. The threatened boy must use his ingenuity and that of his young friends in order to outwit the criminals and thwart their plans.

Sihle reluctantly offers to drive his DJ friends to their gigs, but the night turns upside down when they get a call about a lifeless body in an apartment.

iMbali ka Baba is the story of a teenage girl Mbali from Tugela Mouth, KZN. She longs for what she deems a "perfect family". A father, mother and siblings but is raised by her single mother Anna. Her father lives across the valley with his wife and two kids, his weekly visits to Mbali are not enough. On her birthday, she demands more.

Spha is a cattle herdsman who discovers he has the ability to connect with the afterlife. Through this supernatural ability, he uncovers a family secret that could change the course of his life.

Musa, growing up in rural KwaZulu-Natal moved to Johannesburg to escape the guilt of being responsible for the disappearance of her childhood best friend, Zwelo. The guilt prevents her of living a fulfilling life. Triggered by recurring nightmares of the incident, she returns to find closure

A documentary short that focuses on medical and legal issues facing intersex and transgender people in South Africa, and the ongoing human rights struggles that continue to position the community as second-class citizens. We meet Denis Motlatla, who talks through his ongoing struggles with the State Departments of Health and Home Affairs, each of which had failed him at critical points in his life. Denis’ experience highlights the profound challenges faced by transgender and intersex people when attempting to access basic and crucial civic services. His story is one of overcoming adversity, strength, and resilience.

Sizzling singles hook up at an idyllic villa in the Cape in this local version of the internationally popular reality series Love Island. As the “Islanders” embark on the ultimate journey to try and find the perfect love, host Leandie du Randt will introduce the show’s secret twists, plots and love matchups, while the witty Warren Robertson navigates their love journey.

Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.

Three estranged brothers find their way back to the family farm, Nêrens, where secrets, heartbreak and the truth surrounding their mother's death threaten the path to redemption.

A young runner is given a second chance at life when he is offered a track scholarship, but can he chase his dreams without tripping on his lies?

To save a kidnapped family member, an enterprising furniture tycoon must use his secret diamond smuggling operation to transport guns across the border.

The series revolves around South African born businessman Jacob Makhubu Abayomi, a son of an ANC stalwart who finds that his biological father is actually a Nigerian tribal chief. Jacob's subsequent desire to build an African oil and gas business empire in the shadow of both of his fathers is set against the backdrop of family feuds and betrayals.

Fishy Fêshuns is a South African television sitcom based on the 1960s BBC sitcom The Rag Trade by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney which revolves around the goings on between workers and their boss in a clothing factory in Cape Town.

A cup of tea may be just the thing that lets people open themselves up to a good, honest, and friendly chat.

Jozi-H is a one-hour hospital drama series set in Johannesburg, South Africa, set in the Johannesburg General Hospital. It is a Canada-South Africa co-production. It first aired in Canada on CBC Television on 13 October 2006, and in South Africa on SABC3 in 2007. Producers are Morula Pictures and Inner City Films Inc.. The series was co-created by South Africans Mfundi Vundla and Karen Briner. Currently being shown on OH-TV, Sky Digital channel 199.

In a picturesque South African town, an eclectic group of endangered penguins flock together to find mates, raise families and mix with the locals.

Molly en Wors is a situation comedy (sitcom) that was broadcast on kykNET from 2009 to 2011. The program revolves around the dysfunctional Visagie family who live in a luxurious Tuscan Villa within Johannesburg. The family members consist of Wors, Molly, Vaatjie and Blapsie. The underlying humor lies in irony, the exposure of double standards, allusion, as well as the "parvenu" that comes out.

Die Sentrum (The Centre) is a South African telenovela which revolves around a group of eight diverse counsellors who work together at a helpline call centre.

The South African edition of the Survivor reality television game show format in which contestants are isolated in a remote location and progressively eliminated by the vote of their fellow contestants.

Suddenly forced to leave her mother in the US to join her father's stepfamily in South Africa, Ella is swept up in a whole new reality as an expat.

Jukebox is a South African Afrikaans-language music video request television show in which a selection of viewer's choice music videos are played.

Somewhere in South Africa there is a town called Schusterton. And like any other town in the country, Schusterton has a security company that looks after the safety of the residents. There are only two problems. First of all, Schusterton is the safest town in the country where there is little to nothing going on. Secondly, the big boss was sent to prison for all sorts of irregularities and the security company, Taktiek, is now in the hands of his daughter.

When the bodies of six children are found in the backwater forests of Donkerbos, Limpopo, an ostracised detective must wrestle with her dark past, her family and a distrustful community to catch the killer before another child is taken.

Pop le Roux is a beautiful, but relatively uneducated, boer girl from a poor family. The young men of the county all compete with each other to win her favor. The man she loves is Manie Cronjé, He is just as poor and Pop sees no chance of suffering further. She eventually marries Jan Greyling, the rich widower. Gradually she adapts to her new life and becomes a good wife for Jan.

Ten well-known South African comedians and performers compete to discover who can maintain composure while simultaneously trying to make their opponents laugh and lose.