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The Action Centre is Johannesburg’s only black theatre. The accent here is put on the collective work of the members of the Centre to create and to keep this very different kind of cultural centre going.

When Max, the owner of a brick manufacturing company, is given 50 carats worth of diamonds to smuggle out of the country for a fee of R5 million, he is completely unaware he is being set up.With an undercover cop closely keeping surveillance, Max sets out with two comrades and while on route to their destination, the diamonds mysteriously go missing. In the end, Max and his accomplices are arrested by the undercover cop, and it’s revealed that they are the ones that tried to double cross Max by secretly stealing the diamonds for themselves.

When Zep dumps his pregnant teenage girlfriend, and later discovers she committed suicide as a result of this, he acts out. Angry and confused, he undertakes a childish crime spree in order to deal with what has happened.

While out on a cross-country run in unfamiliar territory, two friends stumble upon an illegal drug operation in the woods. Soon taken hostage by the notorious drug-lord, they face the threat of becoming drug slaves themselves. Forced to work the plantation for the man known as “Cobra”, the two friends will have to rely on one another and use their wits if they wish to defeat the armed guards holding them captive.

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

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.

“Wathinta abafazi, Wathin’imbokodo” (you strike a woman, you strike a rock) is a phrase commonly used to describe the strength of a woman. It is used to describe the epitome of strength found in women. Sizani, an eight-year-old girl, uses ukuqoqisa – a storytelling form where rocks are used as characters in a story – to tell the story of how she was sexually violated.

South African Film

Father’s Day is a short film about Alakhe a 12-year-old boy who is raised by a single mother. Being the nerd of the class, Alakhe is selected to give a speech for a Father’s Day school event. He decides to go against his mother’s word and sets out to find the father he’s never met which opens a can of worms. Eventually he discovers who his real father is.

Langa, a young man trying to make the most of his lot in life, learns that his father is about to marry his pregnant girlfriend. But after the new Stepmother moves in, things soon start to turn for the worse for the young man when the conniving woman, unbeknownst to both Father and Son, starts using muti, a form of traditional medicine, to take control of the household. With the Father completely under her spell, she convinces him to kick young Langa out of the house and onto the streets, all in an evil plan to bring her own son, Sipho, into the fold. With her diabolical plan in motion, she and Sipho manage to kill the Father, but their crime is not a prefect one as a policeman witnesses Sipho fleeing the scene and both Stepmother and son are ultimately brought to justice.

A mysterious wild man known as Ivondwe has been held captive for years with the purpose of preventing his exposure to others. This, however, has only made him even angrier, and more of a danger to any who might meet him. The evil mastermind behind his imprisonment, as well as all the other vile deeds in the community, is a lawyer by the name of Benzi, known for harassing his staff and treating the locals poorly.

SiSwati drama

A game ranger and his chief ranger set out on a daring rescue mission when his two nephews are kidnapped by dangerous poachers deep in the African bush.

Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond is a South African television drama series created and written by Chris Barnard and produced by Sonneblom Films about beautiful people, good wine and respectable neighbours living on the banks of the Hartebeespoort Dam with lives that are seemingly idyllically peaceful and romantic, but which harbour deep secrets just beneath the surface of the facade.

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.

Based on the book with the same name; meet Mart Vermaak, the disillusionment of her growing up takes place against the political backdrop of the turbulent late 1970s, while an older Mart finds herself in a disillusionment of a different kind.

A band of freedom fighters invade the trial of a white police officer who shot a Black man — and a hostage situation unfolds on screens nationwide.

Lukas, a former mercenary haunted by PTSD, roams the city as a waste picker with his trolley. At the homeless shelter where he lives, he salvages scraps to help others. Using his metalworking skill, he crafts statues and sells them to raise funds, quietly battling the violent past he longs to escape.

Seeking revenge for her tragic past, a mysterious woman embeds herself in a powerful family who possess a global beauty empire — and dark secrets.

A drama series set in the town of Stellenbosch which revolves around two men - one a tech wizz who has developed an app; the other a wannabe "dollar millionaire" investor. The series is framed around the burning question: how far will one man go to get what he wants?

A gutsy teenager fights aggressively for the chance to compete on the international stage, but what she gains as she climbs over friends and family is not the victory she was aiming for.

A teacher at a struggling school is devastated by the death of her star pupil at the hands of a criminal ex-boyfriend. She accidentally avenges the murder and quickly finds herself in the gray area of vigilantism, and surrounded by the challenges of today's youth.

SA's Got Talent (also known as South Africa's Got Talent or shorten to SAGT) is a South African television show that's part of the Got Talent series. Singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other performers compete against each other for audience support. The winner of each season received R500,000 (R250,000 in Seasons 1 to 5).

Ekstra Medium (Extra Medium) is a South African, Afrikaans-language comedy-drama television series about a man in his thirties who finds himself at a crossroads, which forces him to take stock of himself and his life.

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.

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.

In the shadow of South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mysterious killer begins executing local poachers. As the body count rises, local Inspector Jack Phatudi is drawn into a dangerous manhunt to unmask the vigilante.

Scout's Safari is a children's television series that aired on the Discovery Kids Channel and Saturday mornings on NBC. The series was created by Thomas W. Lynch.

On the banks of the Chobe River, a large lion pride dominates the highly prized floodplain territory. Led by two charismatic brothers and a plucky lioness, the pride consists of 18 members. And then there's Einstein; the wayward son who should have left home long ago. As the series unfolds, births and deaths are inevitable, and battles many

Four young men are trying to find their way in a new country, fighting from their dirt poor beginnings to make their names in this gritty period drama.

Eight women get the opportunity to evaluate one man by firstly scrutinizing his social media profiles, then meeting him in person.

Kruispad takes place over 13 years between 1994 and 2007 and focuses on the impact of the new dispensation on the prosperity, business interests, and ability of two Afrikaans families to adapt or not adapt.