Former ‘Generations’ stars Menzi Ngubane, Sophie Lichaba, Sonia Mbele and Katlego Danke have reunited in a new television show.

‘Family Secrets’ will make its debut on SABC1 soon.

One social media user said: “They better make Sonia Mbele and Menzi Ngubane a couple again.”- Menzi Ngubane, Sophie Lichaba (also known as Sophie Ndaba), Sonia Mbele and Katlego Danke will star in a new television show on SABC1 – According to entertainment commentator Phil Mphela, Family Secrets will premier this coming Sunday – The four Mzansi stars were part of the cast of the popular defunct soapie, Generations PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Briefly.co.za News on your News Feed! Sophie Lichaba (also known as Sophie Ndaba), Sonia Mbele, Katlego Danke and Menzi Ngubane were very popular some years ago for the roles they played on the defunct soapie Generations. Some of their fans were not happy when they were not included in Generations: The Legacy, which currently airs on SABC1. The four stars’ fans will get another chance to see their faves in one TV show. They have reunited for a new series titled Family Secrets. The new programme will make its debut on Sunday, 6 September. The news was shared by entertainment commentator Phil Mphela on social media. Mphela wrote: “Casting news: Sophie Ndaba, Sonia Mbele, Katlego Danke & Menzi Ngubane in new series. Former Generations stars have reunited for a new series, Family Secrets. The show premieres Sunday, September 6th on SABC1 at 19h30.” Tweeps have shared mixed reactions to Phil’s post. Some of them are excited that the stars have reunited while others expressed that they are tired of the same faces on their small screens. @Brenda_Black_ commented: “Lol this will be amazing… They should bring Khaphela too.” @Lipra_LM wrote: “Hai no Kgopolo, sikhathele (we’re tired). It’s the same people over and over.” @njaps12 said: “They better make Sonia Mbele and Menzi Ngubane a couple again…”

he Durban International Film Festival has set its sights on putting on a film spectacular for the country despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the festival goes digital this year, film lovers can still get their dose of doccies, features and short films available free online.

Festival manager Chipo Zhou said while the format will be very different, they still expect to deliver a high-quality experience.

“I am humbled to be a part of the first virtual edition; the last few years have been nothing short of an amazing experience. We will have our opening night and closing night events at the Durban Country Club as drive-in screenings and we hope that will create a similar kind of hype as our previous events have done,” said Zhou.

Although the festival is virtual, it is geolocked to South Africa, but Zhou said it has garnered a lot of interest in participation. And they anticipate that the 59 shows from 33 countries worldwide will be sold out.

This year bookings will be reserved, starting a day before the festival, and there will be a limited number of daily tickets available for films which will be valid for streaming for 24 hours.

“All the films on offer are worth watching. “Our Lady of the Nile”, “Lusala”, “This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection”, “Softie” and “143 Sahara Street” are just a few of my favourites on this year’s selection,” Zhou said.

This year’s festival also sees a few changes to the usual structure.

“Our screenings have expanded into greater KwaZulu-Natal with our drive-through programme, which we are very excited about. The isiZulu Scriptwriting Residency is under way, a programme we piloted last year that will now be a permanent feature of the Isiphethu programme. Our partnership with the US means our industry workshops for the Isiphethu will have a greater international engagement. And there will be lots of social interaction with film-makers, great films and engaging workshops,” she said.

Zhou said despite the pandemic, everyone banded together to make DIFF possible.

“Our stakeholders were very supportive. Covid-19 has affected all spheres of life and so we were very grateful to have had everyone’s support,” she said.

Controversial poet Ntsiki Mazwai has fired back at the presenters and producers of SABC 3 talk show, “Trending SA”. This comes after an interview this week in which she felt she was attacked by the show’s presenters.

Viewers of the show, which recently went through a rebranding that saw MaBlerh, Elma Smit and Refiloe Mpakanyane replace Pabi Moloi, Kuli Roberts, Nina Hastie and Musa Mthombeni as presenters, agreed with Ntsiki.

Many viewers tweeted their frustrations about what they labelled an attack on the star when the show’s presenters took her to task on whether she was a Twitter troll. They also went into the Twitter archives and dug up tweets about Ntsiki which viewers said were nasty and unnecessary.

After the interview, Ntsiki took to Twitter to express how she regretted agreeing to do the interview.

“I can’t believe this TV interview put me in such a horrible space on my birthday week…. Like Wow. You guys just want me to be miserable nje. It’s amazing. SA media is amazing. To call me all the way there just to try break my spirit”, she tweeted.

She went on to say that she was humiliated for ratings.

“It’s amazing how tv producers don’t mind humiliating someone for ratings. I wasn’t even paid for this shoot. Thank you to all of you who came to my defense. I’m sad for the new presenters who just tainted their energy for cheap publicity that didn’t even work.”

Trevor Noah has made it onto this year’s Fortune 40 Under 40 list of influential people in the world.

Our boy featured for the 1st time in the publication’s media and entertainment category.

The likes of Beyoncé, Issa Rae, Marcus Rashford and Lewis Hamilton, among others, are in the same category as the Mzansi comedian.

Trevor Noah has made it to this year’s Fortune 40 Under 40 list alongside Beyoncé, Lewis Hamilton and Marcus Rashford, among others. Congratulations funny man.Mzansi comedian and US TV host Trevor Noah has made it to the prestigious Fortune 40 Under 40 list of influential people in the world – The funny man featured for the first time in the publication’s media and entertainment category – The South African comedian is in the same list as Beyoncé, Issa Rae, Marcus Rashford and Lewis Hamilton PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to sn your News Feed! Mzansi’s very own funny man Trevor Noah has continued to wave our colourful flag very high in the world. The star has made it to this year’s Fortune 40 Under 40 list of most influential people in the world. The comedian featured in the media and entertainment category, which mixed established stars with some of the brightest emerging talent in the world. Read He is in the same category with talented entertainers like Beyoncé, Issa Rae, Lewis Hamilton and Marcus Rashford, among others. This is the first time that the host of The Daily Show has featured on the list. The publication described Trevor as one of the most visible comedians in the US: “Since 2015, South African Trevor Noah has become one of the most visible comedians in the U.S. and beyond as the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, succeeding the wildly popular Jon Stewart. Noah is also an actor, writer, producer and political commentator.” The Superman hitmaker shared Drake’s “stimulus package” on Instagram and applauded him for always helping other artists get into the Hot 100 chart. Drake has also helped other artists such as 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, French Montana and Future, among others, chart on the Hot 100. The Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the US for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play and online streaming in the US.