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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...

IN a week Kalushi: The Solomon Mahlangu Story will finally hit local cinemas after nine years in the making.  Written and directed by Mandla Dube and produced by Walter Ayres, the film that won the Rapid Lion Award last year and was screened at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), the film will host it's first official screening and premire this weekend in Pretoria.  But it hasn’t been an easy road for the filmmakers who’s production cost more than R20-million, as they begged and borrowed including asking the South African Air Force to assist with helicopter scenes and asking the Department of Correctional Services for permission to film at the original gallows — “which would have been expensive for us to reconstruct”. “I put my property up for sale because the funding was coming in dribs and drabs,” said Dube. Luckily, funding came through before the house was sold. “The money we had wasn’t enough and at times we pulled in favours.” It tells a s...

Comedian and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. PICTURE: WEB Nickelodeon   (DStv channel 305) today announced the nominees for the  2017 Kids’ Choice Awards , the only live event where kids’ votes count and the biggest stars of the day line up to get slimed. Celebrating kids’ favourites from across the worlds of film, television, music and pop culture, this year’s all-star list of nominations include Yemi Alade, Funke Akindele Bello, Trevor Noah, Lupita Nyong’o, Pearl Thusi and Wayde van Niekerk - all nominated in the “Favourite African Star” category.  Quantico actress Pearl Thusi. PICTURE: BONA Hosted by WWE Superstar John Cena , Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards takes place on Saturday 11 March at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles and premieres simultaneously on Nickelodeon (DStv channel 305) and NickToons (DStv channel 308) at 15:40 CAT on Wednesday 15 March. African stars will be in good company alongside fellow nominees Ben Affleck, Henry C...