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Serial success: The KwaZulu-Natal-born actress Thuso Mbedu as Aleah in Task, which is set to premiere on HBO on 7 September and on Showmax the following day.
BRAD INGELSBY

Thuso Mbedu’s more than up to this task

HBO series Task brings together action, emotion and moral complexity. The actress talks accents, preparation and why this new role pushed her to the limit

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
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Thuso Mbedu in ‘The Woman King’.
AFRICANS OF THE YEAR

Amazing Africans of the year show world how to achieve true greatness

Here are some of the people who made it in worlds as diverse as entertainment, sport and politics — and made a difference on the continent

  • Wilfred Okiche
  • Jacqueline Nyathi
  • Refiloe Seiboko
  • Sipho Kings
  • Luke Feltham
  • Lydia Namubiru, The Continent
  • Kiri Rupiah
  • Simon Allison
  • Nanjala Nyabola
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MATT WILSON/COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH
BLACK COFFEE

Where to now, Trevor Noah?

Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar

  • Lihle Z Mtshali
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Dwandalyn Reece, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Viola Davis, Shiela Atim, Cathy Shulman and Julius Tennon speak onstage during THE WOMAN KING Special Screening at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment)
GINA PRINCE BYTHEWOOD

Meet some of the cast of ‘The Woman King’

‘The Woman King’ tells the story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and fierceness

  • Bongeka Gumede
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Battle: A scene from The Woman King, which tells the story of all-woman warrior unit the Agojie, which protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey from the 17th to the 19th century.
FILM SCORES

The music mastery behind ‘The Woman King’

Five-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard talks composing score for the box office hit

  • Lihle Z Mtshali
8 min read
Emmy-nominated actress Thuso Mbedu credits inclusivity, equality, and sustainability to getting her career to where it is today.
ARTS

Flying the flag for the youth

Emmy-nominated actress Thuso Mbedu credits inclusivity, equality, and sustainability to getting her career to where it is today. As a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African,…

  • Kimberley Schoeman
  • Lerato Tshabalala
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