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Seriously Single (film)
''Seriously Single'' is a 2020 South African film directed by Katleho Ramaphakela and Rethabile Ramaphakela, written by Lwazi Mvusi and starring Fulu Mugovhani, Tumi Morake Tumi Morake (born 22 December 1981) is a South African comedian, actress, TV personality, and writer. In 2018, she became the first African woman to have her own set on Netflix. She is also known to be the first woman to host Comedy Central Pres ... and Bohang Moeko. Cast Release ''Seriously Single'' was released on July 31, 2020 on Netflix. References External links * * * 2020 films 2020s English-language films English-language South African films Zulu-language films Afrikaans-language films Tswana-language films English-language Netflix original films {{SouthAfrica-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katleho Ramaphakela
Katleho Ramaphakela, is a South African filmmaker, film producer and actor. He is best known as the director and producer of popular television serials and films ''Check Coast'', ''Thulani No Thuli'' and ''Seriously Single''. Personal life He has one brother: Tshepo and one sister: Rethabile. Career Along with his brother and sister, Rethabile co-founded the film production company 'Burnt Onion' in 2010. In 2012, he played the role 'Thami' in the SABC1 drama series ''Intersexions'' and in which he later nominated for a SAFTA Award in the category Best Actor in a Drama Series. He produced the SABC1 sitcoms ''My Perfect Family'', ''Thuli noThulani'', and Vuzu mockumentary ''Check-Coast'' through the production house. Other than production, he then appeared in popular television sitcoms and serials such as ''Scandal!'', ''Wild at Heart'', ''Isidingo'', ''Backstage'' and ''Kota Life Crisis''. Apart from television, he starred in few number of films including: ''Blood and Oil'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Chiume
Connie Temweka Gabisile Chiume (born 5 June 1952) is a South African actress and filmmaker. She is known for her film roles in ''Black Panther'', ''Black Is King'' and ''Blessers''. On television, she appeared in ''Zone 14'', ''Rhythm City'', and '' Gomora''. Early life Chiume was born in Welkom, South Africa. Her father Wright Tadeyo Chiume (d. 1983) was from Usisya, Nkhata Bay, Malawi and her mother MaNdlovu (d. 2020) hailed from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her cousin, Ephraim Mganda Chiume is a Malawian politician. Chiume spent her early childhood in Welkom. She completed her matric in the Eastern Cape and went on to graduate with a degree in teaching in 1976. After few years of teaching, she quit to travel and moved to Greece. Career Chiume began her acting career with roles in ''Porgy and Bess'', ''Ipi Ntombi'', and ''Little Shop of Horrors''. Upon returning to South Africa, she was cast as Thembi in the 1989 series ''Inkom' Edla Yodwa'' and then the 1990 film ''Warriors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulu-language Films
Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of its population. It became one of South Africa's 11 official languages in 1994. According to Ethnologue, it is the second-most-widely spoken of the Bantu languages, after Swahili. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written with the Latin alphabet. In South African English, the language is often referred to in its native form, ''isiZulu''. Geographical distribution Zulu migrant populations have taken it to adjacent regions, especially Zimbabwe, where the Northern Ndebele language ( isiNdebele) is closely related to Zulu. Xhosa, the predominant language in the Eastern Cape, is often considered m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language South African Films
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s English-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Films
2020 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films were still in theatres where guidelines enabled them so. As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers. Highest-grossing films The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojak Lehoko
Mojakisane 'Mojak' Lehoko, is a South African actor, Stand-up comedian and scriptwriter. Personal life He was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. Career He started stand-up comedy acting at Cool Runnings in Melville in 2009, and his shows have featured at the Ghramstown Arts Festival. Also known as 'The Underground', Cool Runnings is the longest running comedy club in South Africa. Due to his success as a stand-up comedian, he was able to performed in numerous comedy clubs all over South Africa such as 'Parker’s Comedy & Jive' (Johannesburg), 'Tings & Times' (Pretoria), 'Zula' (Cape Town) and 'Jou Ma Se Comedy Club' (Cape Town). Then he was nominated for a Comic’s choice award for the television show ''Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola''. He also wrote the script of the show. He was nominated for an International Emmy for the show as well. He was also nominated in the Newcomer category in the inaugural Comics Choice awards. He produced the popular television seria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Fresh (South African DJ)
Thato Sikwane (born 15 October 1972), better known by his stage name DJ Fresh, is a Motswana disk jockey, producer and entrepreneur based in South Africa. He is most well-known for his career on 5FM and Metro FM. Sikwane previously worked for YFM in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the 1990s, he released a series of South African house music records, mostly named Fresh House Flava. Different volumes of the compilations were released. Life and career Sikwane developed interest on deejaying while he was in Botswana before relocating to South Africa, in 1994 to pursue his studies and obtained a Media Studies diploma at Johannesburg's Boston Media House. Sikwane obtained the opportunity to work at YFM while he was completing his third year and spent 8 years at the station before moving to 5FM's popular "Drive Time" slot. He was a radio presenter at 5FM for more than 10 years before moving to Metro FM in 2017, where the "Fresh Breakfast Show" became one of the station's most-lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabomo Vilakazi
Kabomo Vilakazi (born 27 July 1978), or simply as Kabomo, is a South African actor and singer. He is best known for the roles in the films and television serials: ''Zabalaza'', ''Sink'' and '' Seriously Single''. Apart from acting, he is also a writer, poet, editor, musician, rapper, producer and an artist manager. Personal life He was born on 27 July 1978 in Benoni, Gauteng. Career Kabomo's first single, "Uzobuya", was released in 2012. Success came with two albums, ''All Things Grey'' and ''Sekusile''. In the soap opera ''Zabalaza'', he played a minor role, which led to an invitation to play the starring role in the Vuzu sitcom ''Check Coast'' in 2014. In 2015, he appeared in the film ''Sink'', then in the television serial ''Sober Companion'', followed by appearances in popular shows such as ''Soul City'', ''Scandal'', ''Thola'', ''Saints & Sinners'', ''Umlilo'', ''Captain Bozaa'' and ''Tshisa''. As a songwriter, he made several popular songs for the singers: Tshepo Tshol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mthunzi Ntoyi
Mthunzi Ntoyi (born 3 March 1986), is a South African actor. He is best known for the roles in the films and television serials: ''Thula's Vine'', ''Intersexions'' and ''Taryn & Sharon''. Apart from acting, he is also a stand-up comedian and musician. Personal life He was born on 3 March 1986 in South Africa. Career Before entering drama, he studied and trained at AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy (AFDA). He is also appeared in several minor and supportive roles in the television serials such as: ''Khululeka'', ''Montana'', ''Intersexions'', ''Stash'', ''Single Galz'', ''Sokhulu & Partners'', ''The Wild'', '' Scandal!'', ''Home Affairs'' and ''The Lab''. In 2014, he played the role of 'Zola Yili' in the SABC1 drama series ''Montana''. Then he was selected for the role 'Waka' in the Mzansi Magic soapie ''Zabalaza''. The role became very popular as he then recurred for three seasons. In 2014, he was nominated for the Golden Horn Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpho Osei Tutu
Mpho Osei Tutu (born 31 December 1981), is a French-born South African actor and voice artist of Ghanaian-Mosotho descent. He is best known for his roles in the films and television serials: '' Seriously Single'', ''Mrs Right Guy'' and ''The Jakes Are Missing''. Apart from acting, he is also a screenwriter, director and producer. Tutu also starred as the leading character of the South African 2018 series called ''The Imposter'' which was the second boy's vision following the first girl's vision, he played the role of Tebogo and Gary Mokoena. Personal life He was born on 31 December 1981 in Paris, France to a Ghanaian father and Mosotho mother. Due to being of multinational origin, he has lived in several countries: Lesotho, France, England, Togo and Ghana. In 1992, his family settled in South Africa. He started drama at the age of eight. He later obtained a B.A. (Hons) degree in Dramatic Art from Wits University. He is married to Tumi Morake, a fellow actress, comedian and write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
