The Brand Staal-company made its owner, Willie Brand, very rich. However can fortune like his buy happiness? He had eveything his hart desired, a beautiful wife, a sexy secretary with whom he had an affair, an ambitious daughter, a couple of sharp sons and a youngling which was the apple of his eye. But his financial relations suddenly got a knock, his marraige was on the rocks and an accident changed his and his family's life forever.
On Simmenau Farm, just outside Windhoek, Namibia, lives Ruben Lambrechts, a young man with a massive digital following: 1.2 million followers on Instagram, over 1.4 million on Facebook and almost 500 000 on TikTok. But it’s not Ruben who steals the spotlight – people can’t get enough of the antics of Cindy Crawford the baboon, meerkats Jerry and Minki, and a host of other animals who call Simmenau home.
Mooiweer en Warm is a South African, Afrikaans-language television drama series which revolves around the lives of the weekend hawkers at a small town church.
Adri Joubert has been the cool, calm, reassuring face and voice of the evening news for two decades. But then her husband is murdered, and her life becomes news as a national crisis shakes the country. She is forced to put aside her personal trauma to guide viewers through the state of emergency from behind a red-hot news desk.
The documentary series celebrates and explores all these aspects in eight captivating episodes. With rich archival material and more than a hundred authoritative voices, this series traces the fascinating true stories of the characters, clashes, loves and long journeys that have woven the language through four centuries and tied it to the African soil – from the melting pot at the Cape where three continents met to the turbulent present where there is as much excitement as concern about the language.
We meet ordinary people with unusual hobbies and passions, and find out what makes their hearts beat faster. It follows their preparation for a show or competition and also shows their participation in it.
Participants will have to prepare everything in the flames, on the coals, inside the ashes or on the grill, to impress the award-winning chef Bertus Basson and braai guru Kobus Botha.
Herders explores themes such as inclusivity in the church, the evolution of the NG (Reformed Dutch) Church, churches in small towns and the lives of famous personalities and newsmakers who lead congregations.
Mike Bolhuis is considered one of South Africa's top specialist investigators. He has been involved in some of the country's biggest murder and fraud cases. The series delves deeply into some of the cases that have come across his desk. Mike wants to show viewers what the reality is in South Africa and bring hidden issues to the fore.
The slight twist on this version of a local cooking reality competition, is that recipes and challenges will revolve around so-called Afrikaans "legacy foods" - or nostalgia laden meals - classic Afrikaans history and "remember foods", updated but still with the same taste and historical legacy behind it.
The new show will consist of 10 contestants competing and each having to complete 3 challenges per episode. Just like Kokkedoor, the focus is on tradition and innovation, but there is no competition in teams. Cash prizes, as well as weekly prizes are up for grabs in the search for the first Koekedoor.
In this lifestyle program, Carmen Niehaus - Huisgenoot's former food editor and author of around 25 cookbooks - will not only cook a dog from a bush, she will also take celebrities with her on a food journey.