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South African features including the next title in the Happiness franchise and four-part anthology, Umjolo, will start streaming on Netflix later this year, revealed Ben Amadasun, Netflix’s vice president of content for the Middle East and Africa, at Mip Africa.

Happiness Is is the third in a franchise of romantic comedies about a group of friends, following Happiness Is A 4 Letter Word and Happiness Ever After. The first two films were both directed by Thabang Moleya, however Netflix declined to comment on who is directing the third film.

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Netflix unveiled a first look at some of its upcoming films and a series from South Africa at Mip Africa on Tuesday.

Ben Amadasun, Netflix’s vp of content for the Middle East and Africa, unveiled the slate additions, which the streamer says are “showcasing Netflix’s ongoing commitment to delivering authentic local stories from South Africa across a variety of formats and genres.”

Among the upcoming content is a South African edition of the international reality show Love Never Lies, a new movie in the Happiness franchise, a four-part anthology of features, and a film called Disaster Holiday.

“We are incredibly excited to continue strengthening our relationships with our production partners in South Africa and bringing diverse and authentic local stories by local storytellers to our local and global audiences,” said Amadasun. “We have seen South African stories not only be loved locally, but they have also found a...

Netflix is at Cape Town’s Mip Africa event this week, and has unveiled a South African version of reality show Love Never Lies and a batch of feature films to delegates in attendance.

Netflix’s VP of Content for the Middle East and Africa, Ben Amadasun, unveiled the slate, which he said would “continue strengthening our relationships with our production partners.”

Mip Africa has been taking place this week in South Africa, bringing many of the continent’s top content creators together, with the likes of MultiChoice unveiling strategies and programs.

Love Never Lies: South Africa comes from prolific local producer Rapid Blue and is based on the streamer’s 2021 reality series from Spain. It will feature six couples who must test their trust with an eye-scanning lie detector to win money. The series debuts on Netflix on November 29.

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The South African rom-com film Lobola Man revolves around Ace Ngubeni, a womanizer who was also a popular lobola negotiator. In South Africa, the groom’s family pays a price to the bride’s family before marriage, and the practice is known as lobola. Ace had built a booming business playing the role of a negotiator. He was hired by the groom’s family to bring down the price, and he always managed to satisfy his clients. Ace was good at his job, but soon everything changed when a client begged him to carry out a lobola negotiation on his own. It was risky because it meant that the groom would be completely lying about his family. But the pay was great, and Ace ultimately decided to take up the challenge.

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“Lobola Man” is a South African movie directed by Thabang Moleya starring Lawrence Maleka and Kwanele Mthethwa.

This Friday, July 12th, Netflix takes us on a hilarious journey of romance, confusion, hustles, and beautiful women with the South African movie “Lobola Man”. It’s a lively rom-com that, while not groundbreaking, sure knows how to make us laugh.

The crux of the movie is built around the concept of Lobola, a tradition in South Africa where the groom’s family pays the bride’s family. Usually, such negotiations involve an intermediary or broker. Enter our dubious hero, Ace Ngubeni.

Ace, who is hired by a shy client to negotiate with his rich fiancee, is nothing short of a hustler. He is crafty, charming and, unfortunately for his client, only has his eyes on the money. You can imagine how such a negotiation might turn out.

“Lobola Man” is not meant to revolutionize cinema,...

Netflix has a couple of major series airing all or part of their final seasons in July 2024. The hit Spanish drama Elite is set to premiere its eighth and final season in full this month with one final mystery (July 26), Vikings: Valhalla is setting off on one final adventure with its third season (July 11), and Cobra Kai is also entering its swan song era with the first part of its final sixth season arriving on Netflix July 18.

The most notable movie offering this month is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (July 3). Thirty years after his last case, Eddie Murphy returns as the titular detective Axel Foley, teaming up with old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton) to uncover a conspiracy and keep his daughter Jane (Taylour Paige) safe.

Here’s everything else coming to Netflix this month. Note that Netflix marks its international offerings with that respective country’s two-letter country code.