Khanyi Mbau, Anele Mdoda and Phat Joe have landed a new show on SABC as the TV channel takes bold move to increase local content to 80% on television.
From Monday, 04 July, SABC 3 will introduce to its new line-up a crop of lifestyle variety entertainment shows, with the aforementioned trio scoring new shows as a result.
Mbau and Joe will host a three-hour morning show from 09 July between 6:30 – 9:00 called The Weekend Edition. The show will offer style, personality, interaction, active digital and social media discourse and creativity.
“It will air every Saturday and Sunday. It’s shot in Cape Town, so I will be moving to Cape Town basically so I can do the show. How the concept came about, Phat Joe and I are forward-thinking people and highly-opinionated when it comes to a lot of things. So the SABC has given us a show to air our viewers,” Khanyi excitedly said after the announcement was made.
“I’m excited about moving to Cape Town. I love Cape Town.”
Similarly, Mdoda will host a daytime variety and talk show from 21 July at 16:00 called Real Talk. The show will feature topical social commentary on current events, entertaining and informative interviews from SA’s top celebs, entertainers, sporting figures, Web celebs and online influencers.
But the trio are not the only ones that have hit it big. Comedian Jason Goliath will host entertainment-based in-studio comedy talk show with a focus on celebrity interviews with a live studio audience. Titled Larger than life, the show will debut on 4 July at 22:00.