Phat Joe has scored the honour of hosting the ultimate relationship test, Temptation Island SA.
The international pop culture phenomenon has been adapted in about 25 countries and it’s the first time it will receive a local spin-off.
Filmed on holiday paradise in Knysna in the Western Cape, the show will see four couples commit to the ultimate relationship test by living separately and moving in with 20 single men and women in search of love.
“Temptation Island South Africa has no prizes, there is an ultimate goal, which is to find true love. If you don’t find true love the goal is to answer few basic questions such as, do we belong together? Or do I belong with someone else? Or do I belong on my own?” Phat Joe said.
The temptation coming in the form of the 20 single contestants includes comedian Tats Nkonzo, musician J-Moscow, actor Eve Rasimeni and rapper Gigi Lamayne.
The couples include call centre agent Precious Khumalo, 25, and biokineticist Grant Manuel, 27. The Capetonians have been together for four years.
Close protection officer Justin Fritz, 31, and 30-year-old human resources manager Estelle Langa recently started seeing each other exclusively. The Joburg couple have been dating on-and-off for 13 years.
Another Joburg couple is 26-year-old software developer Musa Qubinkomo and 27-year-old actor Sifiso Ndlazi, who have been together for over a year.
Joburg entrepreneur Nthabiseng Maphago, 26, has been dating 29-year-old fitness trainer MJ Maponya for almost two years.
The show will air on Showmax from next month.
Coming to the streaming service next month as well is adventure traveller and filmmaker Othmane Zolati's documentary Africa and I.
Zolati set on a four-year journey where he walked, hitchhiked, cycled and skateboarded from his home country Morocco to Cape Town.
The 27-year-old explorer started the journey in 2015 and travelled over 30,000km through 24 countries.
Zolati captured his escapades on his camera and the footage forms part of his documentary.
It took Zolati six years to complete the 90-minute film – four years filming and two years editing.
“It was always a childhood dream and the curiosity about what is on the other side of Africa,” Zolati, back in Morocco, told Sowetan.
“I always delayed when I was going to do it, until I realised the timing will never be perfect – whether you have a camera or not; whether you have money or not.”
Zolati walked and hitchhiked from Morocco to Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali and Ivory Coast. In Ivory Coast he bought a bicycle and proceeded to Ghana, Togo and Benin.
But due to visa challenges in Nigeria and Chad, he flew from Benin to Ethiopia. He then continued to cycle across Djibouti, Somali, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Tired of cycling, Zolati then purchased a skateboard that transported him through Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and SA.
“I want people to take away from this the possibilities of this continent. I also want Africans to believe in themselves and their dreams, no matter how hard it is,” Zolati said.
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.