The Showmax Original telenovela The Wife is ending 2022 the way it started it: at the top of the charts on Showmax.
The third and final season of The Wife has focused on Tswana doctor Naledi (Gaisang K Noge), who is heir to the royal throne, and her Zulu ‘commoner’ lover, Qhawe (Kwenzo Ngcobo). They’ve already been dubbed ‘Qhaledi’ and ‘Mr and Mrs Woolworths’ by Twitter.
After taking home Favourite Rising Star at the 2022 DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards, Kwenzo has stepped into the lead role in Season 3 of The Wife with style. Whether he’s risking his life to try save Naledi from her kidnapping, or learning Tswana to woo his lover, or apologising with a private jet to Zanzibar, Kwenzo has been raising the bar for South African men.
This weekend, Kwenzo won the People’s Choice Award at the GQ Men of the Year Awards. He’s also on the cover of GQ this month with the rest of the Zulu brothers, having also graced the cover of Sowetan‘s S Mag earlier in the year.
Also look out for new episodes of the critically acclaimed Showmax Originals Donkerbos and Tali’s Joburg Diary every Tuesday and Friday respectively, with new episodes of the hit reality series This Body Works For Me every Wednesday.
THANDO | Stream now
Thando’s affair with her “blesser” crumbles when she falls pregnant, but itʼs the viral video of her being bullied at school that sends her completely over the edge…
Directed by Kagiso Modupe (Losing Lerato), Thando stars SAFTA winner Thembi Nyandeni (Isibaya, How To Ruin Christmas), SAFTA nominees Zikhona Bali (Is’thunzi, DiepCity) and Mpho Sebeng (Savage Beauty, Collision), and The Wife stars Gaisang K Noge and Siyabonga Shibe.
Thando is currently the #1 movie on Showmax, ahead of international blockbusters like The Lost City and Dune.
SAFTA nominees Ivan Botha and DonnaLee Roberts star in Beurtkrag, a romance about Jasper, who doesn’t want to be alone, and Fransie, who is independent and prefers it that way.
Moving in together promises a hopeful new beginning for the pair. When loadshedding strikes on their first night together, they try to make the best of a bad situation, but darkness confronts them with the baggage of the past, forcing them to unpack their shared history.
Botha and Roberts, who are married in real life, are the king and queen of local romcoms, responsible for breakout box office hits Pad Na Jou Hart and Vir Altyd. Botha adapted the script for Beurtkrag alongside director Jozua Malherbe (winner of the 2021 Best Director SAFTA for Griekwastad) from the 2015 Silwerskermfees short film of the same name.
Other Afrikaans highlights to look out for include S2 of Alles Malan, kykNET’s hit family drama co-created by René van Rooyen (multi-award-winning Oscar entry Toorbos), and the thriller Vlugtig, starring Arno Greeff (Blood & Water) and SAFTA nominee Jane de Wet (The Girl From St. Agnes) as actors rehearsing for Red Riding Hood in an isolated forest cabin.
MOJA LOVE CLASSICS | From 15 December 2022
From 15 December 2022, Showmax is releasing two episodes every Thursday of Umndeni S1, about polygamy; Mamazala S11, about troubled relationships with in-laws; Lenyalo Le Thata S2, about marriage counseling; Amabishop S2, about church leadership; and Giants of the City S1, about people living with dwarfism.