Interviews of the best streaming in Africa

Interviews

Interview: Award-winning artist Nadia Nakai on baring it all for her documentary

She’s easily one of the most talked-about rappers in South Africa, and now we get to peep behind the curtain to see the real Nadia in the brand-new Nadia Naked – The Album Documentary.

Interview: Beer Adriaanse on Ekstra Medium as medicine for your mid-life crisis

On DStv and Showmax

Where there's Beer, there's always quality, and Ekstra Medium is no exception.

Interview: Casper de Vries on coming out and creating sketch-show characters

On Showmax

With a four-decade career in the South African entertainment industry, the star of Cas Oppie Kassie has plenty to tell us about being a comedy star ... and coming out of "die kassie".

Interview: How Lasizwe keeps it real in Fake It Till You Make It

On DStv and Showmax

We spoke to South African YouTube-sensation-turned-reality-star Lasizwe Dambuza about the secrets to dealing with fame and success.

Interview: Jodie Comer on the second season of Killing Eve

On DStv

New episodes of Season 2 of Killing Eve land every Wednesday night on DStv Now. Find out more about Jodie Comer's role as the assassin Villanelle.

Interview: Sandra Oh on Killing Eve Season 2

On DStv

Hear from the eponymous star and co-executive producer of the multi-award-winning women-driven crime caper.

8.3/10 90%

Interview: Gift Ngoepe’s journey to becoming a baseball star

On Showmax

Hear from the homegrown international sportsman and the creator behind the documentary Africa's Home Run: The Gift Ngoepe Story, now streaming.

Queen Sono: what to expect from Netflix’s first African original

On Netflix

Bianca Coleman shares her thoughts and chats to local star Rob van Vuuren, who plays one of the agents in the highly anticipated spy thriller.

Interview: cast members from An Act of Defiance share their experience

On Showmax

They tell us how it felt walking up the stairs Nelson Mandela used for the Rivonia Trial, about their proudest scenes, and what An Act of Defiance could mean for South Africans.

7.2/10

Interview: The writer of Guilt talks about creating a “quicksand story”

On Showmax

Neil Forsyth, who wrote the four-part Scottish dark comedy Guilt, says TV dramas where no one says anything remotely funny are "so artificial".

7.4/10 62%

“Being suspected by MI5 of bugging Winston Churchill’s hearing aid – that’s all true”

On Showmax

Emmy nominee Stephen Poliakoff on his acclaimed, semi-autobiographical Cold War-era series Summer of Rockets.

7/10 88%

Trackers’ Rolanda Marais on being a mom and loving the Mother City

On Showmax

We asked the actress behind the character Milla Strachan about the role and how being a mother prepared her for it.

Peaky Blinders Season 5 gets political

On Netflix

Cillian Murphy says that the move from organised crime into politics was effortless for Tommy because "it's a forum of gangs, wars and truces ... the corruption is second nature to him.”

8.8/10 92%

Trackers’ Jozua Malherbe on shooting action scenes and getting into a woman’s head

On Showmax

We recently spoke to the second unit director and writer of M-Net's ambitious drama-thriller series.

Forest Whitaker on his experience of playing the real-life Godfather of Harlem

On DStv and Showmax

The Oscar winner recently shared his favourite Bumpy Johnson story and how he thinks the drug business shaped his character's life.

Interviews

Interview: Award-winning artist Nadia Nakai on baring it all for her documentary

Interview: Beer Adriaanse on Ekstra Medium as medicine for your mid-life crisis

Interview: Casper de Vries on coming out and creating sketch-show characters

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Interview: How Lasizwe keeps it real in Fake It Till You Make It

Interview: Jodie Comer on the second season of Killing Eve

Interview: Sandra Oh on Killing Eve Season 2

Interview: Gift Ngoepe’s journey to becoming a baseball star

Queen Sono: what to expect from Netflix’s first African original

Interview: cast members from An Act of Defiance share their experience

Interview: The writer of Guilt talks about creating a “quicksand story”

“Being suspected by MI5 of bugging Winston Churchill’s hearing aid – that’s all true”

Trackers’ Rolanda Marais on being a mom and loving the Mother City

Peaky Blinders Season 5 gets political

Trackers’ Jozua Malherbe on shooting action scenes and getting into a woman’s head

Forest Whitaker on his experience of playing the real-life Godfather of Harlem

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