Yaya Mavundla

"Reyka   is a rich and compelling story and we couldn’t be happier to have Kim and Iain onboard to bring these complex characters to life" - Julie Hodge, Editorial Director, Global Drama, Fremantle Production has started on M-Net and Fremantle’s eight-part contemporary crime drama   Reyka,  which   will star South African born actress Kim Engelbrecht ( Isidingo, Dominion and The Flash ) and acclaimed British actor Iain Glen ( Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey ). The international co-production is being filmed in South Africa and is set to debut on M-Net (DStv channel 101) in July 2021.  The series will be distributed globally by Fremantle. Reyka  follows a flawed but brilliant criminal profiler, Reyka Gama (Kim Engelbrecht). Haunted by her past, she investigates a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer in the sugar cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal.   Having been abducted as a child by a farmer named Speelman (Iain Glen), Reyka is trauma...

IMAGES SUPPLIED Amanda DuPont, Langa Mavuso, Thapelo Mokoena, Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida were among top South African celebrities at Momentum's Science of Success Festival.   The festival is organised by trusted financial wellness partner, Momentum, whose aim is to bring attention to the way in which behavioural patterns can affect – either accelerate or decelerate – your financial health The 2020 Science of Success Festival, recently held in Johannesburg, brought a fresh perspective to household financial wellness using data and insights from the Momentum Unisa Household Financial Wellness Insights report in an accessible and unconventional way. Now, in its second year, the festival is a long-term commitment to the financial success of South Africans, seeking to enable and empower households to take on a positive outlook of their financial futures. It is an opportunity to take back financial control for all, a call to overcome barriers to success and provides a...

Every child’s behaviour can be tied to a decision made by their parent or guardian. This week’s   NESTLÉ NESPRAY’s Level Up Their Immunity  Campaign encourages parents of children who are 5 years and older to take action by providing their children with opportunities to exercise. According to the World Health Organisation, exercise is a subcategory of physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and aims to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness. Benefits of regular exercise include stronger bones, heart and muscles; a leaner body; healthier growth and development; better outlook on life; and improves classroom concentration. One of the recommended ways to get kids to be more active is to limit the amount of time spent in front of a television or phone screen. This means parents need to set strict guidelines and encourage their kids to do more physical activities. Child experts recommend that school-going children should at least get 1 hou...

  Lovecraft Country to Us and more Halloween lineup now streaming on Showmax 2020 has been plenty scary enough: I imagine in years to come, kids will dress up in Covid-19 masks just to see the shivers run down their parents’ spines. But horror is about more than just the jump scares: it’s also about the collective release that comes after. So for everyone looking to let out some of that built-up fear and stress from the worst year in recent memory, Showmax has a monster Halloween line-up full of things that go bump in the night…     US   |   Movie Kenyan Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o ( Black Panther ,   12 Years A Slave )) stars as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe ( Black Panther ’s Winston Duke), and their two children. But their idyllic summer getaway turns to chaos when their doppelgängers begin to terrorise them.    Directed by Jordan Peele,   Us   was the 31 st   biggest bo...