Case C - Screen Africa

Profile 

Top of the pops 

By Karen van Schalkwyk 

Channel O’s general manager, Yolisa 

Phaahle, is passionate about music. 

Her background is as versatile as her 

career has been so far. Born in South 

Africa but forced into exile with her parents 

to the United Kingdom under apartheid, she 

is an intriguing crossover of both Africa and 

Europe. 

Phaahle studied classical piano and violin 

in the UK and travelled as a performing artist 

for some time. She was also an artist with the 

leading band Soul II Soul and worked in radio 

and television in the UK. She was BBC Radio 6 

Music’s senior producer for four years where 

she produced numerous programmes for the 

station. She has over 10 years experience in 

the field of radio and held other positions 

such as Radio 1 music producer, BBC World 

Service music producer, studio manager and 

television presentations operations assistant 

for BBC1 and BBC2. 

In addition to her experience in these 

fields, Phaahle has also produced live events, 

including programming for Glastonbury and 

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42 SCREENAFRICA – October 2007 

radio programmes for Womad. 

However, it is her passion for world music, 

and specifically music from Africa that inspires 

her. She says that of all her years in radio and 

television in the UK, she is most proud of the 

documentary she produced for BBC Radio 

2 on Ladysmith Black Mambazo. “I had to 

really sell the brand to the commissioners, 

who were not sure of the mainstream appeal 

and secondly, my mother’s family come from 

Ladysmith. As a British South African living 

in the UK I have always promoted the great 

music of South Africa.” 

Phaahle says that music has been her life. 

“Even though my passion is for African music, 

I love all music and I think this has been the 

result of many of my experiences. When I was 

studying classical music I was one of the few 

black people doing so. However I soon found 

the whole atmosphere too snobbish and onedimensional. 

The thing is that even Mozart 

and Beethoven were the rock musicians of 

their day.” 

Phaahle explains how she got the top job 

EvERYTHINg’S 

A “O” KAY – 

Yolisa Phaahle 

at Channel O. “I came back to South Africa 

to visit my parents, who had returned from 

exile. I stayed for a while, then the money 

started running out and I sent my CV to 

M-Net. They called me for an interview and I 

got the position of general manager. 

“This is the best job in music television in 

the world. I travel into Africa to experience 

different styles of music and programmes 

and select the content for the channel. I am 

also very involved in the whole look, feel and 

style and select all the presenters. It really is 

challenging at times but a great way to see 

African music being exposed and recognised 

for what it is.” 

Phaale adds that Channel O is the only 

local music channel in Africa. “This means 

that we have a great responsibility to reflect 

the sounds of the continent and 40% of what 

we air is African. The channel is also more 

popular than MTV. I think it’s very important 

for people to see themselves reflected on TV. 

African music is also gaining a worldwide 

reputation and we have many enquires from 

overseas about how they can buy or access 

our content.” 

The channel’s target audience is young, 

aspirant and urban. Phaahle elaborates: “It 

is the most watched channel with black, 

coloured and Indian audiences. Young South 

African audiences really are starting to 

support and show their enthusiasm for local 

music. I think the reason for our success is 

our incredibly strong branding. We will be 

celebrating our 10th birthday in October and 

I am sure that we will only go from strength 

to strength.” 

InteractIve 

Phaahle explains that part of their vision is to 

make the channel as interactive as possible. 

“We are developing a host of strategies to 

meet these demands, including a lifestyle 

aspect, website, competitions, events and 

developing all new media. The world is 

changing at such a rapid pace and we need 

to keep up with those changes and reflect the 

changes. We aim to combine culture, music 

and technology and keep abreast of global 

trends.” 

Phaahle elaborates that some of the most 

innovative and exciting programmes recently 

have been Mzanzi Ridez, hosted by Ready 

D and Saskia Falken. The show features 

all car gadgets that are synonymous with 

car customising, from car budget builds to 

cosmetic aspects like mag wheels and safety 

issues. Phaahle explains that everyone is 

interested in cars and music. The show has 

been running since January and has been 

successful.” 

The other show is O-Access and is hosted by 

Nonhle, who takes viewers on a rollercoaster 

ride with the biggest names in hip hop and 

R&B in the US. The show is shot on location 

in New York, Lost Angeles, Miami and 

Jamaica. Nonhle has spent time interviewing 

people like John Legend, Bow Bow, 50 Cent 

and many more. 

Phaahle says: “We are thrilled with this 

success and are witnessing the birth of 

Channel O’s international recognition. The 

fact that we can now secure interviews with 

the biggest names in urban music is proof of 

this. Best of all is the amount of support we 

are receiving from the industry both here at 

home and internationally.” 

Phaahle concludes: “I really believe South 

African and African music are coming home. 

After all, it is the home of music all over the 

world. I believe that we get stronger and 

stronger the more we take part and own our 

heritage and I am thrilled to be a part of this 

development and vision.”

Nollywood’s impact on Africa 

The positive or negative influences of film 

on the average individual often bring 

about a different approach to issues 

and their day-to-day relationships. 

Just as Hollywood movies can be said to have 

influenced the film industries in most part 

of the world, Nollywood movies have taken 

over a large percentage of filmmaking in 

West Africa. 

According to the director general of the 

Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board, 

Emeka Mba, Nigeria is currently recognised 

as the third largest movie producer in the 

world after India and the US. Says Mba: 

“Nigerian film products are widely available 

and in demand by not only Nigerians but 

by other Africans. The demand for Nigerian 

movies outside of Africa is driven by a huge 

population of expatriate Nigerians and other 

Africans living outside the continent. 

“No other realm of endeavour by Nigerians 

has so profoundly conveyed the value, 

character and promises of the nation in the 

global brand view. This is despite the fact 

that professionalism and quality are usually 

sacrificed on the altar of ‘speed and quantity’. 

Furthermore, the vast majority of Nigerian 

movies depict aspects of our national life 

which often reinforce the negative stereotypes 

of Nigerians.” 

However, not all movies shot in Hollywood 

are of a high quality either. Most Hollywood 

movies have presented the average American 

on the street as a gun toting individual, but 

that has not stopped millions of people 

thronging American embassies the world 

over. 

The Nigerian movie industry had existed 

before what is today known as Nollywood. 

Movie veterans like Ogunde, Baba Sala and a 

host of others shot films that met international 

standards. In those days film units were used 

purely as agents for acculturation or social 

change. 

With the advent of Nollywood practitioners 

consistently churning out movies every 

day, many Nigerian youths who might have 

opted for a career in crime have taken to 

acting, scriptwriting, wardrobe, make-up, 

photography and videography. This trend 

has since spilled into neighbouring countries 

which have seen the birth of young video club 

owners stocking their shelves with the latest 

Nollywood movies. Lots of movie sellers have 

also emerged. 

The successes achieved by some Nigerian 

actors not only put the country on the world 

map but made a celebrities out of them. 

Foreigners from as far as Tanzania come to 

Nigeria to purchase the latest Nollywood 

movies. 

FInancIal prospects 

According to the Global Media Entertainment 

Outlook Report commissioned by 

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the film 

and entertainment industry is one of the 

fastest growing sectors in the world economy, 

turning over billions of dollars and generating 

millions of jobs. The PWC report projects that 

the global entertainment industry is expected 

to generate over US$600bn by 2007. 

In the last 15 years the Nigerian 

industry has experienced tremendous 

growth in the television and motion 

pictures industries. It’s been argued that 

our film industry alone generates over 

N30bn worth of economic activities. 

Nollywood has over the years turned many 

of its practitioners into millionaires and the 

financial benefits and prospects accruable 

from the industry are enormous. Recently 

it has attracted investors form the banking 

sector. The banks are beginning to see the 

future of an industry that has grown beyond 

their wildest imagination. 

However, distribution and piracy are 

regarded as the two monsters plaguing the 

industry today. The majority of the Nollywood 

movies found in other countries are pirated. 

Some Nigerian movie practitioners have 

had to look for measures to curb piracy. 

At some point they have collaborated 

with government agencies like the Nigeria 

Copyright Commission, which came out 

with a scheme known as STRAP. 

QualIty and IdentIty 

There have been some who have complained 

about the video and audio quality of 

Nollywood movies. But a major issue of 

concern is ‘the bandwagon syndrome’, 

where a filmmaker produces a film similar 

to another just because it has made money. 

Often if an actor is used in a particular film 

and it is successful, the same actor is then 

called upon to appear in the same movie but 

under another name and maybe with some 

slight changes to either the storyline or the 

scenery. 

Yet, according to scholar and analyst Zainab 

Omaki, despite the flaws 

inherent in most Nigerian 

movies, Nollywood has 

been able to create a sense 

of nationhood. However, 

she frowns on the 

duplicity of storyline and 

story lifting. “If civilisation 

started in Egypt, I believe 

other cultures borrowed 

from Egyptian culture 

and improved upon it. 

That can’t be applied to 

Nollywood. Nigerians 

have absorbed the art of 

filmmaking, but they have 

failed to present their own 

creativity in their movies.” 

Omaki’s main complaint 

is that “films are generally meant to 

be national signifiers: they reflect the culture 

and the beliefs of a society. Nigerian producers, 

however, have absorbed western culture 

and mixed it with indigenous ones to make 

films that are neither Nigerian nor western. 

It is common knowledge that media consumption 

can affect the way people act. This 

is particularly true in Nigeria where much of 

the population is under 20 and interested in 

Nollywood. These mishmash movies are inspiring 

young people to shun their identity 

because the values instilled by producers do 

not reflect Nigerians objectively. 

“The producers rely on an overload of 

romantic and interpersonal conflicts, while 

the intelligence, creativity and normalcy of 

Nigerians are too often missing. By focusing 

on the country’s problems, Nollywood films 

give their viewers very little pride in their 

country. The movies that are not westernoriented 

are hardly an improvement, with 

their emphasis on black magic or ‘juju’. That 

has caused other West Africans and the rest 

of the world to view Nigerians as uncivilised 

and untrustworthy.” 

West aFrIca 

A scan through the TV channels of most 

West African countries will reveal a large 

dominance of Nigerian movies and soaps, 

such as 70% in Ghana. Arguably, Nigerian 

movies might be said to have changed the 

lifestyle of most West Africans. Most West 

African countries have adopted some aspects 

of the Nigerian dress sense. 

A case in point is the Nollywood blockbuster 

Abuja Connection and its sequel, which led to 

an Afro-like hairstyle in Cameroon becoming 

known by the same name. In addition, the 

costume design in the movie was also adopted 

by some Cameroonian ladies in the belief that 

it was the style of the nouveau riche. 

Some Ghanaian movie makers now shoot 

the majority of their blockbusters using 

notable Nigerian actors as leads. This process 

AfriCA 

The Nigerian film industry, dubbed Nollywood by Western journalists, is known worldwide for its 

prolific output. Not only can a thriving film industry impact positively on its national economy, it 

can have other far-reaching effects as well. Nigerian industry consultant TAIWO O TAIWO takes 

a closer look. 

NIgERIAN STORY – Taiwo O Taiwo 

has not only yielded a huge turnover in 

movie sales in both countries but has created 

a synergy and an enabling environment for 

ideas exchange and co-existence between 

them. 

In Uganda there are viewing centres 

where citizens flock to see African movies. 

According to a study titled Survey of Content 

and Audiences of Video Halls in Uganda 

2005–2006, Ugandans are willing to pay 

more money to watch local, East African or 

Nigerian productions than for Hollywood 

and Bollywood blockbusters. Local 

productions apart from Nigerian, Ghanaian 

and some Kenyan films are very scarce, with 

the operators and owners concerned about 

copyright issues. 

However, some Africans have complained 

that Nigerian films are full of ritual scenes; 

trends they feel are crippling to the fabric 

of their own society. It should however be 

noted that these films were made to show 

the repercussions of believing in rituals as a 

means to solving life’s problems. 

One unique aspect of the average Nollywood 

story is that it tells the Nigerian story, with the 

tourism potential of the country and its way 

of life brought to the fore. Sometimes foreign 

producers cash in on Nollywood to produce 

movies which they aim to sell mostly in 

Nigeria or to Nigerian communities overseas. 

An example is Phat Girlz in which African- 

American actor Jimmy-Jean Louis played the 

role of a Nigerian doctor who falls in love 

with a voluptuous American lady played by 

Monique, another African-American. 

MovIes as a vehIcle 

For change 

Former Nigerian president Chief Olusegeun 

Obasanjo challenged Nigerian filmmakers 

to make movies that would help fight 

corruption. Many a filmmaker yielded to the 

call and made films that frown upon Advance 

Fee Fraud, popularly known as 419. Many 

more films exposing Internet fraud were 

produced. 

To ensure that these films were suitable 

for public viewing, the National Film 

and Video Censors Board embarked on a 

massive campaign aimed at sanitising 

the film industry. It declared total war on 

dubious practitioners who would not allow 

their movies to go through the normal 

classification process. 

With more and more movies coming out of 

Nollywood every week, Nigerian filmmakers 

have braved the odds and made good use 

of their talent in an economy that was not 

conducive to success. They have been able 

to tell the Nigerian story to the best of their 

abilities. One can only hope that other 

African countries who continue to watch 

these movies are inspired to produce movies 

that will tell their own stories. 

October 2007 – SCREENAFRICA 43

AfriCA 

Documents of life By Karen van Schalkwyk 

Jihan El-Tahri is a world-renowned 

documentary filmmaker. Her film, The 

House of Saudi (2005), was nominated 

for an Emmy Award and she has gained 

a reputation for being a filmmaker who 

searches for the truth. 

El-Tahri comes across as being resolved 

and focused on whatever she puts her mind 

to. She explains this impression with the way 

she approached the making of The House of 

Saudi. “Through the film I was trying to tell 

the story of the Saudi Royal family and their 

relations with the United States. The central 

question was why, after 9/11, 15 of the 19 

terrorists were from Saudi Arabia. The film 

tries to understand the relationship between 

America and the Arab world.” 

El-Tahri’s documentary, An African 

Odyssey, recently screened at Encounters. 

This documentary chronicles a section of the 

Cuban Revolution. 

El-Tahri’s background was as a print 

journalist for Reuters, The Washington Post and 

the Financial Times. “I was a correspondent 

for the Middle East and covered many of 

the wars like Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. I was 

also born in Egypt, which made my need 

to understand these worlds more acute. It 

was during the time of the Gulf War that it 

suddenly struck me that even though I was 

covering it, I could not put the conflict in a 

greater context. I felt deeply distressed about 

this and this really was the catalyst for me to 

turn my hand to documentaries.” 

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El-Tahri says that it was also during 

this time that she won the Edwin Hood 

Award for diplomatic correspondence. 

“The strange thing was that it did not 

even mean that much in relation to 

this distressing need to place things in 

greater context. From then on I decided 

that if I wanted to examine something, 

I would have to look at everything and 

try and find out and know as much as 

I could about the subject.” 

El-Tahri adds that it was at this 

point that she started redefining her 

identity. “I am first and foremost an 

African, even though I live in Paris. 

Secondly, I am an Egyptian. However, 

unlike South Africa, where a lot of this 

identity issue seems to be based on the 

colour of one’s skin through the prison 

of apartheid, mine was simply about 

an attitude of mind.” 

This is also interesting, El-Tahri says, 

“because Egypt was really the battle 

ground for colonial powers and Africa. 

The simple thing about identity is that 

I think it relies on no-one’s approval. 

I do not need others to affirm who 

I am.” 

However El-Tahri says that the political 

debates remain complex. “The documentary 

that encapsulates this for me is Darwin’s 

Nightmare. The film is by a Norwegian 

filmmaker, and although it is beautifully done, 

I had to question its sense of perspective. 

Need a life coach? 

Life coaching has become a big business 

from Hollywood to South Africa, and is 

aimed at people who feel the need for 

advice and direction in their lives. In 

South Africa, Claire Wrogemann’s company, 

Highflite, provides this service to the many 

freelance artists in the industry who feel the 

need for some assistance to improve their 

professional lives. 

Wrogemann explains that when she 

began the company, “I never realised how 

big life coaching had become. I just knew 

that I wanted to offer people help in terms 

of bettering their lives. Life coaching helps 

people achieve their goals, maximises their 

potential and makes the best of what they 

can offer.” 

Wrogemann elaborates that it was a 2005 

life coaching course that made her realise this 

was a worthwhile path to follow. “I started 

thinking that helping people might be ‘it’ 

for me. The other inspirational source was 

the actors. I was an actors’ agent with Leads 

Artists Agency for 10 years.” 

The process, Wrogemann says, is strategic. 

“I ask the person who books a session with 

me to give me an idea of what is bothering 

them, or what they want to change about 

their lives or about themselves. I sit with that 

piece of information before they come to me, 

TRAININg FOR A BETTER LIFE – Claire Wrogemann 

intuitively get a feel for what kind of process 

I could take them through and pre-plan the 

session, laying out a process that I think will 

work best. 

“In the session I ask them quite a few 

SEEKINg TRUTH – Jihan El-Tahri 

Was it too degrading about Africa? There is 

a point in the film where the camera is the 

vantage point and there seems to be a disdain 

for the people. However I must stress that 

there is no blame. This is the interesting thing 

about documentary filmmaking: it allows for 

different perspectives.” 

questions to establish their complete 

awareness of the problems they have 

and what they would like to change. 

We then decide together on what 

changes to work on, what goals to 

set and initiate the process of how to 

change.” 

Wrogemann adds that her 

techniques are not based purely on 

life coaching. “I also incorporate 

counselling techniques, universal 

teachings, aspects of Neuro- 

Linguistic Programming (NLP) and 

when required, a lot of my nearly 20 

years in the entertainment industry. 

I call myself a life-skills advisor and 

developer.” 

Many freelance artists face massive 

insecurity due to the nature of their 

work. Wrogemann explains: “I work 

with people across the board, and 

when I did research with casting 

directors and agents to see if there 

was a need for this, the response was 

overwhelming. Basically, as a freelance 

artist you may consider your talent to be 

your greatest asset. However, it is how you 

manage that talent and define your success 

that makes the difference.” 

Wrogemann also runs audition workshops, 

El-Tahri is currently filming a documentary 

about the history of the ANC (African 

National Congress). “The film is a coproduction 

between Arte, BBC and ITVS. It 

follows the transformation of the liberation 

movement into the present day. I have been 

filming for three years and have done an 

incredible amount of research. I believe this 

film will be very important for the continent. 

“The challenge with this type of documentary 

is that there are so many angles and one 

can fall into sentimentality, but they key is to 

be ruthless in terms of what you choose to 

put across. The sentimental elements come 

and go but that is not the profound nature of 

this kind of story, so should really be avoided 

at all costs.” 

El-Tahri says that she approaches 

filmmaking, “by firstly trusting my instincts. I 

can tell what is profoundly political and what 

not to do. The key then is to search and make 

sure you do all the research. Also, African 

filmmakers must make use of archives. 

There is a tremendous amount of valuable 

information that would also help one to see 

stories in a different light.” 

El-Tahri concludes: “With An African 

Odyssey I wanted to convey that even though 

the battle was fought and the war was lost 

the Cuban Revolution is something that 

must be remembered. I think of it in terms 

of a ‘requiem for a revolution’. A requiem is 

composed for the person to be remembered. 

The same is true of this.” 

where she deals with everything relating 

to auditions except the camera or stage 

techniques that artists would study prior to 

entering the industry. 

“I have developed this course to help actors 

cope better with auditions on a mental, 

emotional and practical level. For instance, I 

teach them to create the audition experience 

on levels other than the textual by changing 

the way they think about and approach them. 

I teach visualisation and affirmation, two very 

powerful tools that help them to manifest 

work for themselves.” 

While there are no formal regulations 

governing this industry, Wrogemann 

says that there are some bodies trying to 

implement more formal training operating 

rules and structures. “However the coaching 

session structure is quite a definitively taught 

process, very much dependent on ‘pulling’ 

the answers out of clients.” 

She concludes: “I have been doing this for 

nine months, and I want to continue doing the 

work and am passionate about it. However I 

want to balance this with living a good life. 

I have always been a very hard worker, a 

self-driver in fact, as are many people in the 

industry, but right now I am taking my own 

good advice to others and learning to balance 

my life.”

This monthly feature selects prominent local productions and 

ranks them in terms of AR ratings. Selected foreign programmes are shown only for comparison. 

ARs are weighted over the period of transmission and the number of transmissions during the calendar 

month. Data is supplied by the South African Advertising Research Foundation and processed by 

Interactive Market Systems (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd. 

the top FIve prograMMes 

saBc1 

Rank Programme Date Genre AR 

1 Generations 26/07/2007 Soap 25.46 

2 Zone 14 23/07/2007 Dram 21.34 

3 Soccer Build- Up 18/07/2007 Spor 19.77 

4 Laduma On 1 26/07/2007 Spor 19.69 

5 Soul City 17/07/2007 Dram 18.84 

saBc2 


1 Muvhango 03/07/2007 Dram 15.34 

2 Stokvel 15/07/2007 Sitc 13.33 

3 7de Laan 03/07/2007 Soap 11.81 

4 Nuus 31/07/2007 News 9.74 

5 Strictly Come Dancing 12/07/2007 Vari 8.70 

saBc3 


1 Days Of Our Lives 02/07/2007 Soap 10.79 

2 Isidingo:The Need 23/07/2007 Soap 7.86 

3 Built For The Kill 22/07/2007 Docu 7.49 

4 Music 20/07/2007 Musi 7.40 

5 The Oprah Winfrey Show 02/07/2007 Maga 6.31 

M-net 


1 Derailed 22/07/2007 Movi 2.48 

2 Carte Blanche 29/07/2007 Maga 2.48 

3 The Break-Up 29/07/2007 Movi 2.47 

4 Rumour Has It 15/07/2007 Movi 2.18 

5 Prison Break 17/07/2007 Dram 1.86 

e.tv 


1 International Raw 22/07/2007 Spor 15.22 

2 The Medallion 21/07/2007 Movi 14.05 

3 Street Fighter 14/07/2007 Movi 14.02 

4 Charlie’s Angels 15/07/2007 Movi 13.11 

5 Beverly Hills Ninja 07/07/2007 Movi 12.87 

the creaM oF the local productIons 

Key: Day/s refers to the day or days of the week the programme is transmitted. Frequency refers to how often it is 

transmitted – D=Daily, W=Weekly, S (followed by a number) indicates a series of that number of episodes. Television 

Universe estimated at 5.232 million households. One ratings point of all viewers represents about 145 590 viewers. 

Key to genres: Actu: Actuality, Docu: Documentary, Dram: Drama, Educ: Education, Maga: Magazine, Musi: Music, News: 

News, Quiz: Game Show, Real: Real life, Reli: Religion, Sitc: Sitcom, Soap: Soap, Spor: Sport, Vari: Variety, Y.Ent: Youth 

Entertainment, 

3rd Degree Maga 20:00 Tue W e 2.93 3.21 

50/50 Maga 19:30 Mon W 2 4.89 4.13 

7de Laan Soap 18:30 M-F S5 2 10.34 10.21 

CarTorque Maga 17:00 Sun W 3 1.90 1.74 

Carte Blanche Maga 19:00 Sun W M 2.14 1.98 

Egoli-Place of Gold Soap 18:00 M-F S5 M 1.34 1.42 

Fokus News 18:30 Sun W 2 6.24 5.42 

Generations Soap 20:00 M-F S5 1 22.49 23.38 

Gospel Gold Musi 09:00 Sun W 2 7.57 6.53 

Isidingo:The Need Soap 18:30 M-F S5 3 6.54 6.34 

Jam Alley Vari 18:30 Fri W 1 12.05 11.73 

K-TV Y.Ent Vari M-F S5 M 0.20 0.25 

Laduma on 1 Spor Vari F-S S3 1 8.95 8.03 

Morning Live Maga 06:00 M-F S5 2 2.47 2.46 

Muvhango Dram 21:00 M-T S4 2 11.63 11.71 

News at Seven News 19:00 Daily D e 6.82 6.96 

News at Seven on 3 News 19:00 Daily D 3 4.35 4.29 

Pasella Maga 19:30 W W 2 6.77 6.17 

Rhythm City Soap 18:30 M-F S5 e 5.82 

Scandal Dram 19:30 M-T S4 e 7.47 7.56 

Selimathunzi Vari 18:00 Sat W 1 11.35 10.85 

Special Assignment Docu 21:30 Tue W 3 3.75 2.65 

Top Billing Maga 19:30 Thu W 2 3.99 3.06 

Tube Y.Ent Vari M-F S5 2 2.08 2.64 

Yo-TV Y.Ent Vari M-F S5 1 2.17 

Zola 7 Maga 20:30 T W 1 15.95 16.24 

The above represents a selection of programmes only, and is calculated on the total calendar month’s weighted average of the total audience over all age groups. If you want a 

particular programme included, please e-mail Enid Venter at enid@702mail.co.za. The purpose of the schedule is to show the types of programmes South African 

audiences view, and to what extent. 

Name 

audIence ratIngs 

July 2007 

Genre 

Top foreign shows 

Days of Our Lives Soap 17:10 M-F S5 1 8.68 9.08 

International Smackdown Spor 20:30 W W e 11.09 11.34 

The Bold and the Beautiful Soap 18:00 M-F S5 1 13.23 14.80 

Start Time 

Day/s 

Frequency 

Channel 

July 2007 AR 

June 2007 AR 


P R O D U C T I O N U P D A T E S 

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Those productions in red are newly listed this month 

order oF InForMatIon 

1. Title 

2. Production Company 

3. Director 

4. Genre 

In the pIpelIne 

DIvINE EXPERIENCE 

Africam Century Television 

Dir:Khosi Zulu & Thami 

Mthiyane 

Documentary 

IN THE SHADOW OF 

WINgS 

Buzz Trading 128 (Pty) Ltd. 

Dir: Arthur Alan Seidelman 

Feature Film 

ITUTHANE 


Dir: Khosi Zulu & Thami 

Mthiyane 

Feature 

KNILCHER – WHEN 

LOvE HURTS 

Two Oceans Productions 

Prod: Giselher venzke/bertha 

spieker 

Feature 

MALUJU MAME 


Dir: Khosi Zulu & Thami 

Mthiyane 

Short Film 


PROJECT HAMMER 

Two Oceans Production 

Prod: Giselher Venzke/Bertha 

Spieker 

WIDE COUNTRY 


Prod: Giselher Venzke/Bertha 

Spieker 

Feature 

south aFrIca 

In developMent 

2000 CARATS 

Crazy Apple Motion Pictures 

Dir: Craig Tarling 

Feature Film 

A CLASS APART 

House of Madzaland (Pty) Ltd 

Dir. A. Onomen Asikele 

Feature Film 

A MILLION COLOURS 

Ma-Afrika 

Dir: Peter Bishai 

Feature film 

A SHOT AT THE BIg 

TIME 

Just Do It Productions cc 

Director: Russell Underhill & Ian 

Roberts 

Writer/Producer: Janet van Eden 

A.F.R.I.C.A 

KRO Pictures 

Dir: Kit Reynolds 

Feature film 

AFROX CUSTOMER 

SERvICE CENTRE 

FC Hamman Films 

Dir/DOP: FC Hamman 

Corporate 

AFTER THE 46664 

Atomic Productions 

Dir: Fiona Tudor Price 

Documentary 

ALBERT SCHWEITZER 


Prod: Giselher Venzke 

AMBUSHED 

Bush Coffee Productions 

AN ARICAN PRINCE 

International Radio Productions 

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BoilerRoom FilmWorks 

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APART FROM THE HATE 

Southern Images 

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Feature film 

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Ad Astera Productions 

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Feature Film 

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Feature film 

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little L.A. productions 

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Samsodien 

Music Teen Film 

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Feature Film 

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Feature Film 

EINSTEIN INC. 

Sphere Pictures 

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Sitcom 

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Documentary 

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TV Magazine Programme 

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Feature Film – Romantic 

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Drama 

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Feature Film 

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Current Affairs Films and 

Jungleworks 

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Neville Josie 

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Features Film – Family 

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Barbara Barde of UpFront 

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(working title) 

Full Frontal Films 

Feature film 

HEART OF THE HUNTER 

Film Afrika / David Altman 

Feature Film 

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Black Drop Productions 

Dir: Sechaba Morojele 

Documentary 

HOLA MPINJI! 

ADvENTURES OF 

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TV Drama 

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Prods: Giselher Venzke & Bertha 

Spieker 

JHOTI (WORKINg 

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New Wave Productions 

Dir: Munier Parker 

Feature film 

KALAHARI 

SA Prodution Co. 

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Prods: Geselher Venzke & 

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KINgS OF 

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Creative Media Projects 

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Drama Action Series 

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Bobby Heaney Productions 

Dir: Bobby Heaney 

TV Series 

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little L. A. productions 

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Samsodien 

Feature film 

MAgNATE FAMILY 

Motsepe Productions 

Dir: Manase Motsepe 

Documentary 

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9mm Films 

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TV Sitcom 

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Induction Programme 

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Feature Film 

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Drama 

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Feature film 

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African Renaissance Opera 

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TrueAfrica Pictures 

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Reality 

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Southern Exposure 

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Drama 

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Film Hiring Services 

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2 x 90 min series 

SCARPIN 2 

Sosiba Entertainment 

Comedy fillers 

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African Century Television 

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Variety – series 

SHADOWS OF JUSTICE 

Blast Fillms 


Legal Drama Series 

SINS OF OUR FATHERS 

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Wild Side Productions 


Feature film 

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Prods: Giselher Venzke/Bertha 

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Feature Film 

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THE CHILIMILA SAFARI 

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Documentary 

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Feature Film 

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Feature Film 

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Sentinel Entertainment 

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House of Madzaland PTY Ltd. 

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Documentary 

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Commercial 

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A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF 

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Uhuru Productions facilitating 

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Televised stage productions 

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Documentary 

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Wildlife Documentary 

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African Century Television 

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Southern Exposure 

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Soapie 

SCANDAL 


Dir/s: Maynard Kraak / Denny 

Y Miller / Kevin Smith / Ian van 

Wyk 


SCHOOL Tv @ HOME 

Rapid Phase Pty (Ltd) 

Dir: Steve Berry 

SELIMATHUNZI 

Shonyama Productions 

TV Variety 

SHADOWS OF DIvINITY 



SHOgUN KHUMALO IS 

DYINg 

DC Studios 

Dirs: Daron Chatz / Jahmil X.T. 

Qubeka 

Martial Arts short film 

SISTAS gHANA 

Hot Shot Production (GH) Ltd 

Dir: Ben Chiadika 

Sitcom 

SIYAYINQOBA BEAT IT! 

Community Health Media Trust 

/ SABC1 

Dir: Jack Lewis 

TV Magazine Programme. HIV / 

Aids Interest Programme 

SOPHIATOWN – THE 

REMOvALS (WORKINg 

TITLE) 

Catalyst Media/Sentient Pictures 

Dir: Steven Cholerton 

Documentary 

SOUTH AFRICA’S 

WOMAN JUDgE’S 

Luna Films 

Jane Lipman 

Documentary 

SPIRIT SUNDAE 


Exec Prod: SABC TV Religion 


STAMP OF FORTUNE 


Prod: Anna Linda du Toit 

TV Game Show 

STANDARD BANK BLUE 

WAvE 


Prod: Mark Vorwerg 

Corporate 

STAR MATHS 

Delapse / Flying Pictures (UK) 

Educational focus on Maths 

STARSHIP TROOPERS 

Film Afrika 

Feature 

STRICTLY COME 

DANCINg SEASON 3 

Rapid Blue 

Prods: Jennifer Guy & Louise 

Parri 

Variety 

STUDIO 53 

M-Net Inhouse Productions 

Insert Dirs: Navan Chetty / 

Enver Samuels / Vicky Letsoalo / 

David Mostert / Danie Albertze 


STUDY SLAMS 

Afro Electro 

Prod: Inayet Motara 

SABC Education 

SUN SISTERS 

Current Affairs Films 

Dir: Jane Thandi Lipman 

Film 

SUNLIgHT KANYA 

EKHAYA SHOW 

Bragge film and TV 


Mini Reality show 

SUPER SWIMMER 

Media Ventures 

Dir: Chris Moolman 

Sport Magazine 

September shows a good increase in the number of commercials through the labs. Cape 

Town taking the Lions share, Johannesbug however not far behind. Only one feature 

currently being processed through Cape Town however it is understood that at last one 

feature is being shot in Johannesburg this month. 

We would like to thank the laboratories for the information they have supplied this year. So 

once again we present our research on the number of Features, TV programmes, Commercials 

and Corporate Productions made in a particular month. 

We make no attempt to identify the title of the production, or the production house or any 

other information as this is often confidential information – we supply simply the number. 

We rely on the co-operation of broadcasters, suppliers of commercial material to broadcasters 

and local film laboratories for information however at the moment local broadcasters are not 

forthcoming in providing these vital statistics. 

Efforts will continue to be made to build on this statistical data base in order to improve 

the accuracy, and should readers have comments or other ideas in terms of statistic gathering, 

please send an e-mail to web@screenafrica.com. Your comments would be appreciated. 

SURPRISE 

Endemol SA 

Dir: Paul Ruven 

Dutch Feature 

SURvIvOR SOUTH 

AFRICA: MALAYSIA 

Endemol SA 

Reality Show 

TAKE 5 

Combustion Pictures (Pty) Ltd 

Dir/s: Faqeek Dyer / Shandu 

Nesengani / Navan Chetty / 

Deeno Naidoo 

TV Magazine programme 

TAKE 5 WEB 


TECHNO CHALLENgE 



TV Series. Children Science 

Challenge for SABC Education 

TELKOM SPLASH 

Media Ventures 

Dir: Chris Moolman 

Sport Magazine 

THE BIg QUESTION v 


Dir: Kate Stegeman/Emily 

Richards 

Michael Schneider 

TV Series 

THE CRADOCK FOUR 

Shadow Films 

Dir/DOP: David Forbes 

Feature Documentary on High 

Definition 

THE DEAL 

35mm to Digi Beta 

THE ENTERPRISE ZONE 

Kagiso Educational Television 

Dirs: Makhubalo Ikaneng / 

Surekha Singh 


THE gAME FACT SHOW 


Exec Prod/Dir: Clive Morris 

THE HISTORY OF CATO 

MANOR 



THE LAMP 



Feature Film 

THE MOST AMAZINg 

SHOW 11 


Dir: Nadia White 

TV series 

THE PRISONER 

HBO Feature 

THE SCREAMINg OF 

THE INNOCENT 

Adapted by & written by: Mark 

Jaffee / Adam Pickett 

Vital Sta’ tis’ tiks 

statIstIcs For septeMBer 2007 

through the laBs: 

THE SWITCH 


Dir/Producer: Victor Phume 

Reality TV Show 

Pilot Programme 

THE THIEF 



Feature Film 

THE WEDDINg SHOW 


THE WORLD UNSEEN 

Enlightenment Films and DO 

Productions 

Feature Film 

TOP BILLINg 

Tswelopele Productions 

Dirs: Gerry Jennings / Tombie 

Auret / Caitlin Ferraz / Jeanine 

Cameron / Lizzie Staughton / 

Mark Jackson 


TRAvEL 

Africade Productions 

Prod: Katrin Bohlendar 

Series 

TRAvELLINg 

UNPLUggED 


Dir: Byron Taylor 

Series 

TYCO TRUCKS 



Corporate 

UNICORNS WHALES & 

DRAgON’S TALES 

Cabaret & Theatre 

Dir: Dawn Lindberg 

Live Theatre Music Show for 

Children 

UPSTREAM IN AFRICA 

ProAfrica Productions 

Dir: Didi Schoeman 

TV Series. African Adventure / 

Travel Series 

vIBE’Z 


Tech Dir: Quentin Haffern 

Reality TV Show 

vILLA ROSA 

Spectro Productions 

Dir/s:Vickus Strijdom, Andries 

van der Merwe, Leroux Botha, 

Isabel Smit 

TV Drama 

WHAT’S THE STORY? 


Dir: Nadine Zylstra 

Game Show 

WHAT’ YOUR FLAvA?- 

SERIES 11 

Okuhle Media 

Dir: Charlie Alves 

Series 

WHATS BREWINg 


Exec Prod: Jenny Lenahan / Sally 

Kennedy / Mark Vorwerg 

Corporate 

WHITE LION 

Nationwide Distributors 

Dir: Michael Swan / Ben 

Horowitz 

Family Adventure Feature Film 

WILD AT HEART 3 


Company 

HBO Feature 

WILD AT HEART USA 


Company 

HBO Feature 

WOZA LIvE 



111 


Exec Prod: Danie Ferreira 

Sports Entertainment 

YO BIZ 


Dir/Prod: Linda Gumede 

Children’s Business Reality TV 

Show 

YO.Tv 


Insert Dir/s: Herbert Hadebe 

/ Sebulelo Phakisi / Terri 

Cooperman / Guy Hubbard 


YO-Tv IMAgINg 

The Brewery @ Urban Brew 

Dir/Ed: Freddy Louw 


YO.Tv LAND 


Dir: Herbert Hadebe 


ZIYAWA 


Dir: Quintin Haffern 

Drama series 

ZOLA 7 SERIES III 


Factual Entertainment 

ZONE 14 

The Bomb Shelter 

Series 

post productIon 

1815 

Freelance Producer 

Dir:Howard Nithite 

ALBANY “FRESH 

BUSINESS’ 

BFTV (Bragge Film & TV) 


Training Video 

Johannesburg 

Features Shorts Commercials Doccies 16mm 35mm 

0 5 62 9 36 40 

cape town 

Features Shorts Commercials Doccies 16mm 35mm 

1 3 78 0 29 53 



ANNER HOUSE 

Little Bird 

ATMOSPHERE FOR 

MIRACLES 

VIP Production 

Commercial religion 

BARREN 

AFDA Cape Town 

Dir: Quinton Lavery 

Short Film 

BAY OF PLENTY 

Cinga Productions 

Dir: Various 

TV Series 

BIg FELLAS 

Rogue Star Films 

Dir: Philip Roberts 

Feature Film 

BLUEBERRY KISSINg 

In assoc. with City Varsity 

Productions 

Dir: Estelle Dreyer 

Short Flim 

BOILED EggS 

Buso Pictures 

Prod: Sonwabile Mfecane 

Short Film 

BORDERLINES 


Documentary 

BORN TOO SOON 


Prod/Dir: Fiona Tudor Price 

Documentary Social/Medical 

BUSH AFRICA SAFARIS 

Chill Out Pictures 

Dir: Dirk Hurter 

Marketing Video 

BUSHMAN’S SECRET 


Dir: Rehad Desai 

CHILDREN OF THE 

WILDERNESS 

Tekweni TV Productions 

Dirs: Sandra and Neville 

Herrington 

CONFESSIONS OF A 

gAMBLER 

Roza Films 

Dir: Rayda Jacobs 

Feature Film 

CHUBWA 

Regional Co-Production of a 

series of 10 fiction Films 

Prods: Imruh Bakari / Shane 

Mohabier / Beatrix Mugishagwe 


CREATIONS 

Media Corner 

Talk Show 

DARK ROOM 

AFDA 

Prod: Brian Baloyi 

DAS TRAUMHOTEL 


Dir: Otto Retzer 

TV Drama 

DESTINATION! 

Vuyani Films/AFDA 

Dir: Padraic O’Meara 

Short Film 

DIE NUTSMAN 1v 

Clive Morris Productions cc 

Line Prod/Dir: Lindi du Preez 

TV Series 

DIE vLEISvRETERS 

Spectro Productions cc 

Dir: Gerrit Schoonhoven 

TV Drama 

DISgRACE 


Prods: Brigid Olën/ Marlow de 

Mardt 

DIS HOE DIT IS MET 

STEvE 

Clive Morris Productions cc 

Dir: Clive Morris 

Talk Show 

DNA STRINgS FIRST 

CONCERT DvD 

Di Rosen Productions 

Dir: Di Rosen 

DO gIRLS WANT IT? 


Documentary 

DR ROBB THOMPSON 

(US OF A) 



ELEPHANT ARMY 



Documentary 

ERRSONDES 

Imani Media 

Director: Bobby Heaney 

Afrikaans TV Series 

ESCAPE FROM SHADY 

PINES 

DT Film Studios 

Dir: Guy Sclanders & Michelle 

Nivison 

Short Film 

Emotional Skills for 

Performers 

& Freelancers 

Custom Flight Cases for all applications 

CMC Cases and Cabinets c.c. 

Unit 2, The Avenues, 7th Avenue, Retreat, Cape Town 7945 

Tel: +27 21 713 0273/4 Fax:+27 21 713 0274 

Cell: 084 799 5584 Email: cmccases@telkomsa.net 

FAIR IS FOULED 

Masimini Productions 

Prod/Dir: Peter M Masimini 

FLASHBACKS OF A 

FOOL 

Moonlighting 

Feature Film 

FINALE 

December 8 / Do not print on 

Iron Pictures 

Dir: Francois Coetzee 

FISHY FESHUNS 2 

Penguin Films/ Broadcaster: 

SABC 

Dirs: Vusi Dibakwane / 

Mark Graham 

Sitcom 

FOUR DAYS 

AFDA & Light Box 

Entertainment 

Dir: Darryl Evan Fuchs 

Short Film 

FROM STREET TO STOEP 

INDIAN ENOUgH 

AFDA 

Dir/Wr: A. Savvides 

Documentary 

gARY PLAYER MASTER 

CLASS 

FC Hamman Films. Distrib 


TV Series 

gLND WORLD TEAM 

CONFERENCE IN CAPE 

TOWN 


Dir: FC Hamman 

gREY 

AFDA 

Dir: Jan Joubert 

Experimental 

gROEN 


Dir: Jaco Loubser 

Environmental Programme 

HEART OF WHITNESS 


Dir: Rehad Desai 

HOLA 7 

Bite for Velocity Films 

Animation for commercial 

HOLIDAY 

AFDA 

Dir: Benjamin Magowan 

IgODA COAL 

– AN AFRICAN gIANT 

AWAKENS 

Dir: Kit Reynolds 

Corporate Video 

JERUSALEM ENTJHA 

Feature Film 

JO’URg POPS 

Wildside Productions 


SABC2 

JOHNNY vAN DONgEN 

Neil Sonnekus Productions 

Dir: Neil Sonnekus 

Short Film 

KAZI BURI 

Regional Co-Production of a 

series of 10 fiction Films 

Prods: Imruh Bakari / Shame 


LAND OF THIRST 


Margaret Gribble 

TV Drama 

LEDgENDS OF THE 

LAKE 

Luma Media 

Dir: Maanda Ntsandeni 

Documentary 

LIFE WENT ON: 

THE TRC FROM BELOW 


Dir:Madoda Ncayiyana 

MADAM AND EvE 

Penguin Films. Producer 

Dir/s: Andre Odendaal / Shirley 

Johnston / Gerhard Mostert / 

Adrian Alper 

Sitcom 

MTN PULSE 

Global Access 

Technical Dir: Phil Wright 

MUvHANgO 6 

Word of Mouth Productions 

Dir/s: Magic Hlatshwayo / Archie 

Mzazi / Tony Kgoroge 

Drama series for SABC2 

NAMIBIA – THE 

STRUggLE FOR 

INDEPENDENCE 

Namibian Government 

Writer/Dir: Charles Burnett 

Feature Film 

NATURAL SELECTION 

The Vision Corporation (TVC) 

Exec Prod: Esther Campbell 

Dir:Chris Reed 

Commercial 

NIME CHOKA 

Regional Co-Production 

Prods: Imruh Bakari / Shane 


NORTHERN CAPE 

TOURISM 

Tekweni TV Productions 

Dir: Sandra Herrington 

PEPSI, AQUA MINERALE 

“vILLA” 

Collective Energy 

Dir: Greg Francois 

Comercial to be flighted in 

Russia 

PRINCESS FOR SALE 

M-Net/AFDA 

Dir/Wr: Wolfgang Muller 

Short Film 

PUNCH 


Prods: Marlow de Mardt / Brigid 

Olën 

REDEEMED CHRISTIAN 

CHURCH 


Commercial religion 

SAB MILLER 

VWV Productions 

Exec. Prod: Mark Steinhobel 

Corporate 

SAB MILLER (WE LIvE 

BEER) 

VWV Production 

Dir: Warren Stewart / 

Jon Samuelsson 

Corporate Video 

SCHOOL Tv / THE 

PEZOOLIES 

Rapid Phase Pty (Ltd) 

Dir: Steve Berry 

SECURE THE FUTURE 

Shadow Films facilitating for 

MultiVu (USA) 

Pr/Dir: Reni Mitchell 

Corporate for global distribution 

SEvEN OF DARAN 

Enigma Pictures 

Dir: Lourens Blok 

Feature Film 

SHOOTINg STARS 

Penguin Films 

Etv drama 

SHOUTINg SPIRITS 


Dir: Maanda Ntsandeni and 

Mohau Memeza 

SIMCHA A 

CELEBRATION OF LIFE 

Spiritsister Productions 

Dir: Dianne Rosen 

Magazine- Spiritual 

SLIQ ANgEL 

– KOROBELA – SONY 

MUSIC 

Soul Picture 

Dir: Shaft Moropane 

SOPHIATOWN 

THROUgH THE YOUTH 



Documentary 

SPOON 

Inspired Minority Pictures 

Feature Film 

STREET LAW 

Retro Productions 

Dir: Robert Kriel 

Feature Film 

TAKALANI SESAME 

Triggerfish Animation 

Dir: Jacquie Trowell 

TV Series 

THE OPPENHEIMER 

FAMILY AND THE 

DIAMOND INDUSTRY 


WDR Germany 

Associate Prod /Dir: Jane Lipman 

THE PATH FROM 

DAMASCUS 


Exec Prod: Richard Lackey 

Documentary 

THE SUPREME 

ADvENTURES OF 

SPIRAL BURPINg BOY 

AFDA 

Dir: Ben Rausch 

Short Animation 

THE SWITCH 



Reality TV Show Pilot 

THETHA MSAWAWA II 

Fuzebox Productions 

Dir/s: Ramadan Suleman / 

Norman Moloi 

TV Drama 

TILL DEATH DO US 

PART – IT’S ONLY A 

NUMBER 


Dir: Bransby Diplock 

TIMBUKTU TABLE 

MOUNTAIN 

Rapid Blue 

Dir: Saami Sabiti 

TO BE FIRST 


Dir: Patrick Reams 

TSHA TSHA III 


Dir: Rolie Nikiwe 

Educational Drama 

TUNNEL RATS 

Zen HQ 

Dir: Uwe Boll 

Feature Film 

TYgER WHEEL AND 

TYRE 

Haptics 

Commercial/Corporate 

vODACOM “MAN UTD” 

Picture Tree 

Dir: Brett Wild 

TV Commercial 

vUTFHAMO PROJECT 

Panda TV 

Exec Prod: Phoebe Anderson 

Film about AIDS Orphan project 

at Orange Farm 

THE WEAKEST LINK 

SEASON 5 

Rapid Blue 

Prod:Louise Parrie & Jennifer 

Guy 

TV Game Show 

WHAT HAvE WE DONE 

Vx Pix/Gatirisano 

Dir:Portia Rankoane 

WHICH WAY 

NOkuhle Media 

Dir: Charlie Alves 

Children’s travelling show 

WILD SQUADRON 

Imageworks/Off the Fence 

Dir: Anthony Irving 


WORD ART 

Griffin Films 

Dir/s: Jemima Spring / Vincent 

Moloi / Izzette Mostert / Teddy 

Mattera / Nokuthula Mazibuko / 

Tina-Louise Smith 

TV Series 



Art Dir: Dewett Meyer 

Sports Series 

XHILOvO 

Funny Face Productions 

Dir: Isaac Diloro 


ZOLA 7 SERIES II 


Dir/s: Donald Clarke / Khadija 

Magardie / Terence Neale 

TV Series 

coMplete 

ADvENTURES AT THE 

WATER HOLE 3RD 

SERIES 


Prod: Julie Frederikse 

AMBUSHED 


Prod Motheo Seleke 

Wildlife series 

BEAUTOWN 


Prod: Motheo Seleke 


BUSH BABIES 




CREATIONS 

Media Corner 

Talk Show 

FACINg THE ISSUES 

International Radio Pictures Inc. 

Dir: Amanda Holiday 

Series 

FLEISCH/MEAT 


Feature 

gALLOW WALKER 

Prod: Joanne Reav 

Feature Film 

Namibia 

gET BUSHIWE 

DewClaw Productions 

Dir:Sophia Vartan 

Children’s Vartan 

IZOSO CONNEXION 

Mindpool Productions 

TV Drama 

MARY KINgSLEY 

TROPENFIEBER 

Africade Productions 

Dir: Freddie Rpeckenhaus 

Documentary 

OIL ON WATER 

Tidal Wave Productions 

Prod: Peter Matthews 

Feature 

PARLIAMENT IN 

ACTION 

Born Free Media 

Dir: Rolisiwe Nikiwe 

SABC Drama Series 

SINKINg THE 

LUSITANIA 


Prod: Marlow De Mardt/Brigid 

Olën 

TV Drama 

STRICTLY COME 

DANCINg 

Rapid Blue 

Dir: David Hickson 

THE TIME OF THE 

SNAKE 


Feature 

TEARS OF MEN 



Documentary 

THE WORLD UNSEEN 

Do Productions 

Prod:MArlow de Mardt/Brigid 

Olën 

TRC FROM BELOW: 

LIFE WENT ON 

Margaret Gribble 

Documentary 

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pay-tv players Muscle up 

equipment supplier sector. Telkom Media was at the forefront 

of assessing its technology requirements by attending the 

IBC broadcast and digital media exhibition in Amsterdam 

in September. Screen Africa has learnt from reliable sources 

that Telkom Media has already appointed three consultants, 

namely Television Systems Ltd (TSL), a UK-based creator 

of integrated broadcast systems and a supplier of broadcast 

products; internationally-based Ascent Media Consulting 

Services which is currently a consultant for the SABC; and 

local broadcasting company Spescom. 

E.sat, sister company of South Africa’s first free-to-air 

channel, e.tv, is expected to engage UK-based broadcasting 

systems integrator, Magahertz Broadcast Systems Ltd, as its 

main consultant. Megahertz was involved in the installation 

and equipping of much of e.tv’s facilities when the channel 

was first launched. 

At the time of going to press which was only two weeks after 

the ICASA announcement, it was already clear that the five 

pay-TV broadcasters were preparing to compete head on with 

each other to ensure strong positioning in the subscription 

arena. 

Key to gaining position in the pay-TV market will be the 

date by which the new contenders launch their services and 

the entry subscription rate they offer. ODM’s general manager, 

Vino Govender, said its pay-TV service would launch a unique 

40-50 channel digital satellite pay-TV bundle some time in the 

second half of 2008. 

Govender revealed that ODM would invest R1.2bn before 

going operational to expand the viewing choices for a 

larger portion of the population in South Africa. The ODM 

consortium is reportedly backed in part by the South African 

arm of SES, the Luxembourg-based satellite group, together 

with the quasi-government owned Industrial Development 

Corporation (IDC) and the investing arm of the trade union 

Cosatu. Its service price will range from between R149 to 

R369 for a full offering. Users will be able to pay only for what 

they want, which would allow subscribers to create their own 

bundles. Govender predicted that approximately 1.8 million 

subscribers who previously could not afford DStv would 

migrate to the less expensive ODM. 

Also promising to be on air in Q2 2008 is Telkom Media, 

part of South Africa’s telecommunications giant Telkom. It 

has announced a 15-channel bouquet which includes a 24hour 

news channel which will be headed by Jimi Matthews, 

former SABC and e.tv chief of news. Two factors give Telkom 

Media a significant advantage: firstly, its comprehensive fibre 

network, which will enable it to deliver content to subscribers 

cheaply and effectively. Secondly, it has a whopping R7bn 

budget with which to launch its subscription broadcasting, 

video-on-demand and television-via-broadband services. 

Telkom Media is set to offer middle-income consumers a 

range of sports, movies, music and educational channels for 

less than R100. 

The religious satellite broadcaster Walk on Water has said it 

could be up and running as early as this Christmas. It aims to 

offer a wide range of programmes based on “Christian lifestyle 

principles”. It sees its support coming from Christians whom it 

ayanda WIns BotsWana tender 

from all the major news and production server system 

suppliers in late 2006. “Key criteria were to maintain the 

professional advantage by improving further on the workflow 

and adding capacity to our channel,” says Kingsley Reetsang, 

General Manager (Engineering Services) Botswana Radio & 

Television. 

As part of extensive investment in new infrastructure, BTV 

has purchased two Enterprise sQ systems, one each for the 

newsroom and transmission area, as well as a number of sQ 

Edit Plus craft editors and graphics paintboxes. The order 

includes four servers plus more than 30 journalist workstations. 

Installation at BTV will take place over the next few months. 

AMT was also awarded the tender for the Media 

Management solution and is presently preparing to install the 

internationally developed solution. 

“AMT secured the latest contract after satisfying the criteria 

set out in the tender,” says Dennis Herold, General Manager 

of AMT. 

says form 80% of the South African population. It is unclear at 

what subscription rate it intends to enter the market. 

E.sat has planned for 21 channels, based on movies, sport 

and including a 24-hour news channel. Although e.sat has 

not confirmed a launch date, in order to make it competitive 

it will have to be on air within the next 12 to 18 months. 

Stakeholders in e.sat are Hosken Consolidated Investments 

(HCI) and Venfin. Chairperson of e.sat is Marcel Golding, who 

has gained valuable broadcasting experience from heading 

e.tv and is engaged on an African broadcast acquisition trail. 

During e.sat’s presentation to ICASA, Golding was crossquestioned 

by ODM on whether there would be double 

employment of staff by e.tv and e.sat. He said this could only 

occur among senior management who would oversee both 

operations. There would be “no cross-subsidiaries in costs and 

staff between e.tv and e.sat”. Golding has yet to reveal e.sat’s 

entry subscription level. 

MultiChoice has a clear advantage over the other operators. 

For one, it will not have the enormous start-up costs associated 

with satellite TV. It has had a monopoly position up to now and 

has been able to establish an impressive pay-TV and Internet 

subscriber base of more than one million customers. 

It has also tied up strong content, which will appeal to South 

African viewers. One of its DStv channels, SuperSport, was 

awarded a R6bn broadcast soccer rights deal by the Premier 

Soccer League (PSL) which presents a huge sports viewing 

attraction to existing and new subscribers. That MultiChoice 

is intent on offering top entertainment is evident from its 

new raft of bouquet channels, namely M-Net Stars, Sony 

Entertainment TV, Animax, One Gospel, plus an unnamed 

“lifestyle” channel which is due to kick off in November. It 

intends increasing its DStv bouquet by up to 30 video and 

audio channels. In preparation MultiChoice embarked on a 

shuffle of its DStv bouquet by renumbering its channels from 

one or two digits, to three digits on 1 October. 

saFta’s BIg nIght 

awarded on the first night and the Performance awards on 

the second, all categories will be combined in a single threehour 

event, to be televised live on SABC2. Outside broadcast 

services will be provided by Air Time Outside Broadcasts, 

utilising their HD (high definition) unit. 

For the second year running, CAP Events has been contracted 

by the NFVF (National Film and Video Foundation), 

the custodian of the SAFTAS, to stage the event. 

Says SAFTAS event producer Mark West: “The decision to 

go for a single day event is in line with the major international 

awards like the Emmys, Oscars and BAFTAS. A lot of people 

are nominated across the categories so rather than spread the 

ceremonies over two days, we’re going for a single glamorous 

and stylish event. Popular local stand-up comic David Kau 

has been signed as our presenter. David will be joined by 

personalities from across the film and TV spectrum who will 

present the Golden Horn [the official SAFTAS trophy] in the 

different categories.” 

Approximately 2 000 guests will be invited for the event. 

Because of the scale of the show, West has to make use of 

a really high end supplier, namely Gearhouse South Africa. 

“Gearhouse will supply the lighting, sound and AV equipment 

and do the lighting design. Gearhouse MD Offer Lapid offers 

a lot of input for this event.” 

The stage will take up one entire wall of the Gallagher Estate 

venue. This and the staircases leading up to the stage will be 

constructed by Stage Magic. “Because of the new advanced 

digital cameras [ie. Sony XDCAM] which pick up every detail, 

we have to make sure that everything fits together exactly. 

There will be a single central screen at the back of the stage 

and plasma screens behind the podiums.” 

The AV for the nominees packages will be done by Rapid 

Blue, as well as a special video opening sequence for the event, 

much like the Oscars. 

There will be a crew of about 110, including the OB 

technicians, working on the night of the event event. Runthroughs 

will commence four days prior to the event, with a 

full dress rehearsal the night before. 

Last year’s first night event was struck by lightning just before 

it commenced, which resulted in a delay. On the second night 

CoNTiNUeD froM PAGe 1 

regIonal IntegratIon 

on saBa agenda 

General Assembly sessions which have sometimes turned 

into talk shows. This year’s General Assembly will give us the 

opportunity to take stock of the problems SABA faces so that 

we can re-organise ourselves to meet the challenges of the 

future, such as the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and 

the issue of sports rights acquisition as a whole.” 

Other keynote topics to be addressed at the General 

Assembly are the impact of digital migration for the region’s 

broadcasters and the concept and funding of public service 

broadcasters. 

An organisation devoted to promoting excellence in 

broadcasting in the SADC region, SABA is putting a special 

focus at this year’s General Assembly on broadcasting reforms. 

Members will be asked to present a report on the state of 

broadcasting reform in their country. In addition, a SABA 

working group established in December 2006 is to present 

its report to the conference with proposals for a common 

understanding of the concept of public broadcasting in the 

region. A study on sustainable income generation for SABA 

members will also be presented. 

At last year’s General Assembly, SABA president Advocate 

Dali Mpofu urged the organisation to become a more 

strategically focused and visible association that takes an 

activist and interventionist role in upholding democracy in 

the region. 

Says Lopes: “Following that call, a strategic planning meeting 

was held in December to discuss how we could make SABA’s 

lobbying mandate more proactive. Due to financial and other 

reasons, we could not visit any country in the region, as 

envisaged, to pursue our advocacy and support our members 

in the reform process. However, we’re obviously hoping to 

change this in the future and the first step has been to improve 

our communication with members.” 

SABA is presently wrapping up its Information 21 Project 

within which SADC Calling, a weekly 40-minute programme 

featuring news from the SADC region, falls. “This has been 

a very successful project which has received lots of positive 

feedback. We’re hoping to continue SADC Calling for another 

six months at least, but it is all dependent on funding, which 

came to an end on 30 September. At the moment we’re 

negotiating for further funding. We are also in the process 

of completing SADC Vision, which is the visual part of the 

Information 21 Project. SADC Vision is a six-part TV series 

that profiles the SADC region and includes interviews with 

heads of state,” explains Lopes. 

Another SABA activity is its Exchange Programme, a training 

initiative in which technical broadcast staff visit different 

SADC broadcasters for skills transfer. Lopes comments: “We 

thought that before we sent people on this programme that we 

should run training workshops for producers in preparation. 

A workshop for Anglophone producers was recently held and 

we are obviously planning to run more.” 

The SABA General Assembly each year attracts delegates 

from its member countries – Angola, Botswana, DRC, 

Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South 

Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius 

and Seychelles. SABA also has international partners such 

as the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) and 

Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), 

as well as international associate members such as public 

service broadcasters BBC and Deutsche Welle. 

Originally created to represent public service broadcasters, 

SABA’s sphere of activity has been extended to include 

associate members who comprise community, private and 

commercial broadcasters in Southern Africa, the African 

continent and the rest of the world. 

there was a technical hitch when the auto cue went down. Says 

West: “The presenter who was at the podium at the time made 

rather a meal of it, making sure everyone noticed the hitch. 

To prevent that happening again we’re having a meeting in 

advance with the presenters to discuss on-stage protocol. 

“This year we’re making the show simpler, more glossy, 

stylish and elegant. It’s important that the award winners 

themselves become the show.” 


CloSe UP 

people to people 

Marc Schwinges (Underdog) and Mikhail Peppas 

(Durban University of Technology) 

FEPACI’s Lebone Maema and 

Seipati Bulane-Hopa 

Andy Honmacott (Electrical Storm) and Peter 

Heaney (9mm Films/1 Big Door) 

oBiTUArY 


Professor Bhekizizwe 

Peterson 

sad loss For Industry: reo ruIters 

Reo Ruiters was born in Holland on 13 February 

1938 and passed away on 7 September 2007 in 

Johannesburg. Reo’s death is a sad loss to the 

film industry, and he will be missed by many. 

Renowned as the “Grand-daddy” of South African 

stuntmen, Reo inducted, trained and mentored many 

of the local stunt people in the industry today. Reo 

was hugely instrumental in making the local stunt 

industry what it is today. He educated his trainees by 

drawing on his own experiences as a stuntman, second unit 

director and stunt co-ordinator. Reo’s own achievements 

were impressive, including two world records, which he 

held for many years. (He held the World Record tunnel of 

fire on a motorbike which appeared in the Guiness Book of 

World Records.) 

Reo was a very strong, stubborn and hard-headed man, 

Feizel Mamdoo 

vincent Moloi (A Pair of Boots and a Bicycle) and 

Steven Markovitz (Encounters) 

Anthony Wayment (Platypus Productions) and 

Natalie Hands 

Jihan El Tahri (Egyptian filmmaker), Riaan 

Hendricks (Young Lion Films) and Francois 

verster (The Mother’s House) 

SACOD’sTambudzai Madzimure with Dr Martin 

Mhando and Professor Keyan Tomaselli 

screen aFrIca BreakFast BrIeFIng – JohannesBurg 

SP Studios’ Paul Wright and Sheila 

McCallister 

Leandra Thompson (vodacom) and Zilane 

Tambo 

Lynne Widgerow (Starlady 

Productions) and Renee goedhals 

(global Access) 

Jeremy de Kock, Steve Mannering and Durand 

le Sueur 

Shokie Bopape (FPB), Nosipho 

September and Yyavar Chetty (FPB) 

SABC’s Zandi Nkosi,gerhard Pretorius 

and Mbali Ngobese 

screen aFrIca BreakFast BrIeFIng – cape toWn 

Stanley Edwards (Platypus Productions) and 

Christian Sawyer (Rolling Pictures) 

Angela van Schalkwyk (Screen Africa) and 

Jason Xenopoulos (Mass Hysteria) 

who demanded respect and perfection, 

and nearly always got his way. He pushed 

hard to raise the standard of stunt work 

in South Africa, and he has left a proud 

legacy. 

Reo loved what he did, and put his heart 

and soul into everything. He was a very 

good adviser, and would often put others 

before himself. Reo was always ready 

to lend a helping hand, and would do 

everything in his power to help others. 

Reo was also famous for his sense of humour, especially 

during those quiet times on set. He was the kind of person 

who would make everyone laugh so hard that they’d end 

up crying. 

The industry is privileged to have been given the 

opportunity to have worked with such an insightful person. 

Nic Grigg 

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18 8th Screen Africa Annual Industry Golf Day 

CMR Golf Club, Maraisburg, Roodepoort 

Competition: Better Ball Stableford 

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Green Fees: R140 per player Dinner: R140 per person 

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21 – 24 SABA General Assembly 2007 

Safari Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia 

Contact: Ms. Cornelia Mupopiwa cmupopiwa@nbc.com.na 

25 – 26 Promax/BDA Africa 2007 

Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg 

www.promaxafrica.tv 

26 & 27 The SAFTA 2007 Awards 

Venue to be announced www.nfvf.co.za 

noveMBer 

7 Reshaping Media Seminar 

The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay, Cape Town 

Natalie@platypus.co.za 

14 Reshaping Media Seminar 

Protea Balalaika Hotel, Maude Street, Sandton, 

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21 MultiChoice VUKA! Awards 

Bass Line, Newtown, Johannesburg 

www.vuka.multichoice.co.za 

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