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Hustle (South African TV Series)
Hustle is a South African television drama series directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka with executive producers Bridget Pickering, Dan Jawitz and Neil Brandt. It is an e.tv original produced by Fireworx Media for eKasi+ and stars Brenda Ngxoli, Zolisa Xaluva, Dineo Ranaka, Petronella Tshuma, Mandisa Nduna and Masello Motana. The series follows a washed-out superstar who attempts to redeem herself and revive her career. Plot Kitt Khambule (Brenda Ngxoli) started her music career well in the 80s with The Sparrows, a trio with her sister and her best friend. Her extraordinary voice and ambition led her to break away from the trio and rise to superstardom. Her career crashes and burns after a series of no-shows in her concerts, cut ties with those close to her, and her drug addiction. She tries making a comeback with her latest concert, only to fail again in pitching on time. This forces her to flee back home, broke, desperate and on the run from creditors. She takes street urchins Bab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Ngxoli
Bongiwe Brenda Ngxoli (born 3 July 1981), is a South African actress, model, dancer and director. She is best known for her roles in the television serials; ''Home Affairs'', ''Ses' Top La'' and ''Hustle''. Personal life Ngxoli was born on 3 July 1981 in Eastern Cape, South Africa. She grew up in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town. In 1997, she matriculated in Muizenberg. Then in 2000, she graduated with her BA degree in Theatre and Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama from the University of Cape Town. From 2013 onwards, she took seven-year sabbatical and left Johannesburg to start a farm in the Eastern Cape. Career She started acting in theatre, where she performed in several stage plays such as, ''Pick Ups'', ''I-Klips'', ''Yes Medem'', ''Docs Wife'', and ''Sacred Thorns''. After that, she appeared in the commercials, "Polka" and "MTN". In 2004, she directed the stage play ''Through Thick and Thin'' at the Market Theatre. Then she appeared in the show '' Strictly Come Dancing' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisanda Henna
Sisanda Henna (born 18 March 1982) is a producer, director, and actor. His acting career exploded on South African screens in 2003, with the TV series ''Tsha Tsha''. He won the Duku Duku Best Actor award in 2004, and had started working in production since 2003. As a runner, PA, co-ordinator, AD and then producer, he worked on many projects, including working as a trainee producer under Genevieve Hofmeyr on Clint Eastwood's ''Invictus''. Henna moved to Los Angeles to pursue work in Hollywood in 2007. He worked at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival, assisting the festival director with a variety of things. He launched his professional directing career, directing a commercial for the Department of Roads, South Africa in 2010. He trained as a story and script editor at Masters level through the South African National Film Video Foundation (NFVF). He completed the International Financing program offered by the NFVF. He then went on to star as Sisansa Nkosi in the MNet series In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dineo Ranaka
Dineo Ranaka (born 16 December 1983) is a South Africa, South African radio personality, television presenter, actress, DJ and TV producer. Dineo is a seasoned and experienced radio broadcaster, she started her career at 5FM in 2003 presenting The Fanta World Chart Show with Brown Sugar, she then moved to YFM, 947 (radio station), Highveld Stereo, Metro FM, and CliffCentral, Cliff Central. She was the co-host and producer of the YFM drive time show the ''Essential Rush.'' Upon her return from a long break she joined Metro FM to host a mid-morning show ''The Bridge,'' and shortly after, the ''Metro FM Top 40.'' She is the current main Anchorwoman, anchor of Kaya 959's breakfast show. She garnered local attention after her show ''Dineo Live on Drive'' on YFM was a great success, it is her talent combined with her "can-do" attitude that landed her in the driver’s seat as YFM's first female afternoon drive time jock on "Dineo Live on Drive" which she hosted every Monday to F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EExtra
eExtra (sometimes called e.tv Extra) is a South African digital satellite television channel owned by eMedia Holdings, offering a variety of lifestyle, dramas, telenovelas, court shows, sitcoms and movies. History e.tv as a broadcaster launched eKasi+,eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as new sister channels as the first of its planned set of TV channels for digital terrestrial television (DTT). e.tv, the SABC and M-Net plan to each roll out their own collections of additional TV channels in South Africa eventually. The networks will eventually be a part of South Africa's digital terrestrial television system, but began airing over OpenView HD while the launch of DTT is coordinated. as eToonz+ along with eKasi+ (now eExtra), eAfrica+(now defunct) and eMovies+(now eMovies). eKasi+ was later added to the StarSat platform on 17 December 2015. The network was rebranded as eExtra was launched on 1 April 2017 on Openview HD and StarSat . It was later added to DStv on 17 May of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1080p
1080p (1920×1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; the ''p'' stands for progressive scan, ''i.e.'' non-interlaced. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a resolution of 2.1 megapixels. It is often marketed as Full HD or FHD, to contrast 1080p with 720p resolution screens. Although 1080p is sometimes informally referred to as 2K, these terms reflect two distinct technical standards, with differences including resolution and aspect ratio. 1080p video signals are supported by ATSC standards in the United States and DVB standards in Europe. Applications of the 1080p standard include television broadcasts, Blu-ray Discs, smartphones, Internet content such as YouTube videos and Netflix TV shows and movies, consumer-grade televisions and projector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronella Tshuma
Petronella Tshuma (born 13 January 1990) is a South African actress. She won Most Promising Actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. She also received a Golden horn best actress in a leading role nomination for her role in ''Of Good Report''. She has featured in several South-African television series including ''Scandal'', ''Hustle'', ''Mzansi Love'', ''Sokhulu & Partners'' and ''90 Plein Street''. She currently plays the character of Pearl Genaro on etv's ''Rhythm City''. Early life Tshuma was born in Zimbabwe and moved to South Africa at the age of five. It was at church in downtown Johannesburg in 1997 that she fell in love with acting, landing her first role in a nativity stage play. As her love for story telling grew, she began to perform in school plays and in the local Yeovill, Hillbrow and Berea area. In 2001, Petronella moved to the United Kingdom to live with her father in Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Press (South Africa)
City Press is a South African news brand that publishes on multiple platforms. Its flagship print edition is distributed nationally on Sunday, and it has a daily newsletter, online platform, and other social media platforms. These include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The publication also runs a popular, daily morning newsletter called ''On a Point of Order'', a play on the South African Parliament scene, which frequently sees members of Parliament rising "on a point of order" to protest against something that somebody has said. Its other newsletters include: * Football Fever, a thrice weekly curation of news and analysis on the beautiful game; * Sundays With City Press, which features all the highlights of the print edition; and * #Trending – The Good Guide, a guide to all the latest culture, entertainment and tech news. History and operations The newspaper was established in 1982 as the ''Golden City Press'' by James R. A. Bailey and the South African Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. History George Harrison and George Walker are today credited as the men who discovered an outcrop of the Main Reef of gold on the farm Langlaagte in February 1886. The fledgling town of Johannesburg was laid out on a triangular wedge of "uitvalgrond" (area excluded when the farms were surveyed) named Randjeslaagte, situated between the farms Doornfontein to the east, Braamfontein to the west and Turffontein to the south. Within a decade of the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, 100,000 people flocked to this part of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek in search of riches. They were of many races and na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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