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Stories van hoop en groei in kykNET se nuwe reeks. Om in die oomblik te leef beteken nie slegs om doelbewus in die hier en nou te wees nie, dit beteken ook om bewus te wees van die hoofstuk én seisoen waarin ons ons tans bevind. In die Oomblik is ’n nuwe kykNET-reeks wat op 6 Januarie om 2019 om 09:30 begin en waarin ons deur ander ...

Rapper Riky Rick from Rikado Replaces Khan in the New Voice’s Coaching Ranks! M-Net recently revealed that radio and TV star Anele Mdoda had been signed as the new host of The Voice South Africa. But she is not the only larger-than-life personality who will soon be setting the brand-new stage at Urban Brew studios alight in the 3rd season of this popular talent search. Multi-talented rapper and record ...

Out with Bobby and In with Riana, as the new Afrikaans Coach in The Voice SA’s 3rd Season. There’s some serious competition coming your way from another new coach in the third season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa. One of strongest female voices and most successful songwriters in the South African music industry, Christian and pop music star Riana Nel, took a seat in one of The Voice SA’s famous red ...

Lady Lira returns for Season 3 as the Longest Sitting Voice Coach in South Africa. Fans of The Voice South Africa are in for an electrifying third season. The sparks are bound to fly when new coaches Riky Rick, Francois van Coke and Riana Nel compete for talent.  To add to the star wattage, Lira is back in her old red seat, as the most capped Voice Coach in SA! As a confirmed coach ...

Francois van Coke replaces Karen Zoid as the Rocker on the new Voice’s Coaching Panel! The coaching panel for The Voice South Africa Season 3 would include three hitmakers from different backgrounds and music genres: a Flamboyant male rapper and producer, an Afrikaans gospel, country and pop darling and an Afro-chick soul diva. Missing from the mix was a rebellious rocker… and perhaps a little more testosterone.  ...

M-Net’s The Voice SA, delivers Anele Mdoda as the new Host in its 3rd Season. One of South Africa’s best-known media personalities has landed her dream job. The third season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa, will be hosted by the effervescent, always-colourful radio and television star, Anele Mdoda. Anele, a self-proclaimed super fan of the popular television franchise, took on this coveted role when the show’s Blind ...

In Fact, There is So Much More than just The #VoiceSa! On 3 February 2019, the 3rd Season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa will return after a year’s break, just after Craig Lucas and Richard Stirton were announced the Season 2 and Season 1’s winners respectively. It seems that it is M-Net’s mission to impress South Africa with a range of locally produced shows, with ...

The Must have Christmas Album this year. It is no surprise that a Christmas song is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling single ever – there is a universality to Christmas music that transcends the end of year madness and reminds us of what the season is truly about. This year, the song set to spark the Christmas spirit in South Africans, ...

You can Win the Must Have Christmas CD of the Year! With thanks to Starburst Promotions, we are giving away two copies of Helene Fischer’s new Album, Merry Christmas. This year’s Christmas Song, sets to spark the Christmas spirit in South Africans, is German artist Helene Fischer’s Merry Christmas, performed with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album also includes fantastic duets with the likes of legends Frank ...

Filming wraps on Showmax’s first original drama! The Girl From St Agnes, Showmax’s first original drama, wrapped-up in November 2018 after filming in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and in Johannesburg. The eight-part whodunnit will premiere on Showmax on 31 January 2019. The first Showmax Original, last year’s light-hearted comedy Tali’s Wedding Diary, had the most successful launch day of any series on Showmax ever, and according to ...

New Sunday news show for SA’s most opinionated puppet! Chester Missing – South Africa’s most vocal and politically-opinionated puppet – is joining eNCA with a brand new show, Almost News with Chester Missing, which will air weekly at 19h30 from this coming Sunday, 25 November. The show will take an irreverent look at the current affairs landscape and put high-profile politicians through their paces in interviews only the ...

Realiteitsreeks vereer SA kunstenaars by Wêreld Kampioenskap. Riaan Grobler en Wian Smith was onlangs in Los Angeles vir ñ baie spesifieke rede… en het alles op kamera vasgevang. Hollywood, Hier Kom Ek, is ‘n nuwe realiteitsreeks op VIA en volg die reis van span Suid-Afrika en Namibië na die Wêreld Kampioenskap van Uitvoerende Kunste. Hollywood, Hier Kom Ek begin uitsaai op VIA vanaf 30 Oktober, elke Dinsdag om 17:00. VIA kan gekry ...

South-Africa’s 1st Bachelor has all the Media scooping… The secret is out! On Sunday, 7 October 2018 just after Carte Blanche, M-Net gave viewers a glimpse of the handsome hunk who will forever be known as South African reality television’s first Bachelor. The name is Lee, and Stage and Screen found this introductory video of him of two  years ago… Lee is an accomplished all-rounder. He ...

From Earthlings to Martians… Season 2 of National Geographic’s Mars portrays what life could really be like once we settle on the Red Planet. The acclaimed hybrid series, Executive Produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard returns, starting Sunday, 11 November 2018, with veteran show runner Dee Johnson, at the helm. Expert ‘Big Thinkers’, including Elon Musk, Bill Nye, Ellen Stofan, Naomi Klein and Stephen Petranek, ...

Ok ma’ Lekke Stupid as jy hierdie gaan mis… kykNETters kan uitsien na nog ‘n seisoen van die gewilde komediereeks Ouboet en Wors wanneer dit vanaf 8 Oktober weer op die lug is. Ouboet van Tonder en Wors Visagie is soos, wel, pap en wors of snoek en patats. Pure komedie met sy wortels stewig in Suid-Afrikaanse grond geplant. In die nuwe seisoen, wat op ...

Trevor Noah’s Talent Search on Showmax! September is turning into a great month for comedians Tsitsi Chiumya and Phil De Lange. Not only did Tsitsi win Best Newcomer and Phil the Next Level prize at this weekend’s Comics’ Choice Awards, both comedians are featured in Trevor Noah presents NationWild, a 13-part comedy showcase coming to Showmax this Heritage Day, 24 September 2018. Trevor handpicked all 13 comedians ...

Fox Life to showcase the Vibrancy and Extravagance of Nigerian Weddings. In a brand new show that will bring you some of the most glamorous and ostentatious weddings, Nigeria Top Wedding, hosted by British-Nigerian award-winning presenter and multimedia personality, Shedzi, will premiere on 19 September.  Said to be a million-dollar industry, with up to 1 000 guests for the most high-end and lavish weddings, the Nigerian Wedding scene ...

The Voice SA is back and you can enter NOW! Have you been blessed with the voice of an angel? Can you belt out big songs that elicit standing ovations? Can one hear a pin drop in the audience after you had hit those high notes with perfect pitch?  Then it’s your time to shine! M-Net confirmed today that The Voice South Africa will return for a third season ...

Global TV powerhouse launches exclusive channel for African audiences. “It’s a beautiful world” with Star Life – the brand-new HD lifestyle channel that is launching on DStv, GOtv and Openview on 27th of August, 2018.  Star Network has announced that the new channel, which has been created exclusively for African audiences, will be a 24/7 English language channel showcasing the very best family dramas, celebrity ...

Kyk Wie Is Terug… Hotel, die Afrikaanse mokumentêr, is terug! Die reeks handel oor ’n middeljarige hotelbestuurder, Ferdie Kruger, en sy kleindorpie-personeel wat spartel om dié substandaard-hotel se deure oop te hou. Hulle gaan dalk nie in die geskiedenis afgaan as die beste personeelgroep nie. Dalk ook nie as die flukste of hulpvaardigste nie. Maar dié kleindorpie-personeel van Fransenburg het om ander redes in ons harte ingekruip. ...

Bolhuis: Onder die vergrootglas. Spesialis-ondersoeker Mike Bolhuis, die man wat wetsoortreders se broeke laat bewe, is vanaf Oktober op kykNET in die misdaadsreeks, Bolhuis, te sien. Mike, wat beskou word as een van Suid-Afrika se top ondersoekers, was al betrokke by van die land se grootste moord- en bedrogsake. In dié reeks delf ons dieper in van die sake wat al op sy lessenaar beland ...

Nuwe kykNet drama maak nuwe Spore op Dinsdae. kykNET-kykers weet teen hierdie tyd dat die drama-gleuf op ’n Dinsdagaand nooit teleurstel nie en met die nuwe reeks, Spoorloos, wat op 9 Oktober begin, gaan dit ook nie anders wees nie. Die storie speel af in die dorpie Digtersdal in die Oos-Kaap. Dis ’n spookdorp op soek na genesing en herlewing, maar ná dertien jaar se onopgelosde ...

Vat ‘n Vet Kans om gewig te Verloor.  Of dit is omdat jy mooi wil lyk in jou trourok op jou groot dag, saam met jou kinders bal wil rondskop sonder om uit asem te raak, ’n goeie rolmodel vir hulle wil wees of bloot omdat jou gewig jou selfvertroue knou, bykans almal wil graag gewig verloor, maak nie saak of dit 5 kg of ...

Van Ouma se skate, tot op die Kassie. Op 1 Oktober begin Tiaan Onthou waarin Tiaan Langenegger die land deurkruis op soek na oumas se geheime in die kombuis. Sy grootste vrees, sê hy, is dat ons gaan vergeet hoe om werklik te kook. Volgens Tiaan, is dit deesdae net te maklik om klaargemaakte kos te koop of self disse te maak wat jy net in die ...

kykNET & kie bring Telenovela soos nog nooit tevore. kykNET & kie bring vanaf 1 Oktober die eerste splinternuwe telenovela, Arendsvlei, wat drie dae ’n week van Maandag tot Woensdag te sien sal wees. Arendsvlei  is ’n fiktiewe dorp in die noordelike voorstede van Kaapstad. Hoërskool Arendsvlei, is ’n onafhanklike skool en vorm die middelpunt van alles.  Die skoolhoof Beatrice, vertolk deur Jolene Martin, het die skool ...

Tom Outwits, Outplays and Outlasts to Claim the Sole Survivor title. Despite rubbing almost every other Castaway up the wrong way at some stage during the course of this season, Adventure Camp Manager Tom Swartz still convinced the Survivor South Africa: Philippines Jury to award him the R1 Million prize money and title of Sole Survivor. The announcement was made during a gripping two-hour Survivor SA Finale on ...

Survived with Attitude and Luck. By Louw Mulder With the Top 3 survivors now known to the millions of viewers in this season of M-Net’s Survivor SA: Philippines, no one, not even herself, would have bet on this lady to be the dark horse of the season, making it to the final three. But the lucky Annalize Sainsbury outwit, outlasted and outplayed her fellow contestants, with only ...

Table two steps up to the plate in My Kitchen Rules SA! Last Sunday My Kitchen Rules SA completed its first five-week cycle in which five teams hosted five very different Instant Restaurants, and there was as much action at the table as in the kitchen. The cycle ended with the elimination of the team that posted the lowest score. Now it’s time to introduce a brand-new group ...

The Bachelor SA is looking for YOU to make the first move! M-Net has secured the rights to produce a local version of yet another worldwide reality television smash hit. This time, the channel is bringing roses and romance to our screens with The Bachelor South Africa.  The dashing South African Bachelor’s first date with M-Net 101 viewers is scheduled for the next Valentine’s Day, Thursday 14 ...

Nat Geo WILD’s SharkFest Takes the First Bite, We are going to need a bigger boat. Nat Geo WILD’s SharkFest is back with more teeth than ever! Get out of the water and into your living rooms because Nat Geo WILD’s sixth annual SharkFest gives viewers a whole week of fin-tastic good shark TV. We have got the latest insights from the top shark researchers, a comprehensive look at the many shark species ...