Gab Post SA

Scene from film Kalushi actors Jafta Mamabolo, Thabo Malema and Wandile Nzuza. PICTURE: SUPPLIED. THIS week marked a celebration for movie Kalushi which on Human Rights’s Day made R254 452 at Box Office which grossed a total of R1 614 773 with 28 755 attendances within 12 days of hitting local cinemas. The film directed by Mandla Dube, is a biopic of the life of struggle activist Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu which has taken nearly nine years to complete and tells the story of Kalushi  (played by Thabo Rametsi) whose life was ended at the age of 23 by execution during the height of apartheid. Actor Thabo Rametsi as Kalushi. Within seven days at the cinema it had made R783 877, as it’s actors Rametsi, Thabo Malema, Pearl Thusi and more have been campaigning on social media rallying locals to go watch the film, and although it’s working the film could find itself being removed at several cinemas if it doesn’t make the top five highest grossing films by the end of t...

While celebrating 30 years of timeless magic this October, M-Net is calling upon local storytellers to submit their original ideas for contemporary films in any South African vernacular language, including Afrikaans.  “Movies have been the heartbeat of our business right from the start,” says M-Net CEO Yolisa Phahle. “Way back when, we revolutionised local television by bringing the spellbinding power of Hollywood’s silver screen to our viewers without any ad breaks. Through the years, we also committed ourselves to develop and boost our own film industry – first with initiatives like the New Directions and EDiT short films project and more recently by supporting an increasing number of authentic local feature films -  both financially and creatively.”   In the past three years M-Net has backed more than forty theatrical feature films under the M-Net Movies, Mzansi Magic  and kykNET Films banners. Among these movies are the smash hits  ...