by EarleH@afda.co.za | May 15, 2023 | Alumni, News
AFDA alumna Ofentse Thinane is the new SABC1 channel head and replaces Thuli Hhlapo who was acting channel head at the biggest TV channel in South Africa in terms of television ratings and audience reach. Since her appointment from March 2023, Ofentse is the 4th...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | May 11, 2023 | Alumni, News
Gambit Films is an independent, multi award-winning film and television production company based in Cape Town. The company was co-founded by AFDA Cape Town alumni Nosipho Dumisa, Travis Taute, Daryne Joshua and Simon Beesley in 2009, a year after they graduated from...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | May 5, 2023 | Alumni, News
AFDA Cape Town Live Performance alumnus Lemogang Tsipa plays the titular role of ‘Shaka’ in the upcoming drama series “Shaka Ilembe” about the founder of the Zulu nation. The date has been set for the launch of much-anticipated Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) series which...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Mar 31, 2023 | Alumni, Awards, News
AFDA is proud to announce that alumna Berenice Barbier won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 58th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards held at Oude Libertas Amphitheatre in Stellenbosch on Sunday, 26 March for her role as ‘Honey’ in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf....
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Mar 24, 2023 | Alumni, News
UNESCO and Netflix have announced the global launch of “African Folktales, Reimagined”, an anthology of six short films featuring a variety of tales as old as time from across the African continent, reimagined and retold by a new generation on-screen talent. The AFDA...
by EarleH@afda.co.za | Mar 17, 2023 | Alumni, News
Netflix recently dropped the official trailer of the much anticipated new South African series ‘Unseen’. The crime thriller series has a host of AFDA alumni in key roles, both in front of and behind the scenes. Behind the scenes we find the creators of ‘Unseen’, AFDA...
