Afrikaans viewers (and lovers of Afrikaans content) can look forward to e.tv’s first locally-produced Afrikaans daily drama.
e.tv, in partnership with KFilms, has been working on this daily drama for the past year, which started filming in January 2024 near Franschhoek.
“The eMedia dubbed Afrikaans content has been very well received by a wide variety of audiences across South Africa, and we are excited to be able to offer our audience something authentically South African that they can relate and resonate with,” says Helga Palmer, Group Head of Content Development at e.tv.
"There is a huge demand for local Afrikaans content and eMedia has listened to the Afrikaans-speaking audience, and in response we offer them, KELDERS VAN GEHEIME, e.tv’s very first original locally produced daily drama.
"The show will bring nostalgia with the Afrikaans legends we have as part of our cast, but it also brings fresh faces, new talent, and a different world that has never been explored in our local daily dramas. We look forward to offering our beloved audience something new and exciting to look forward to.”
KELDERS VAN GEHEIME focuses on the intrigues of three households that earn their bread and butter – and a glass of wine! – on a wine farm in the Cape.
The cast includes Vinette Ebrahim, Cedwyn Joel, Sandra Prinsloo, Abduragman Adams, Ivan Abrahams, Nic de Jager and many more.
Vuyelwa Booi, head of local programming at e.tv, is excited to add more Afrikaans to the channel’s roster of offerings.
“In the last few weeks the offering to lovers of Afrikaans has been drastically reduced – and this has strengthened the opportunity that we identified early on last year. e.tv is proud to add a truly South African daily drama to its showcase – and to offer Afrikaans viewers a home."
KFilms’ Karen Meiring and Theltom Masimila are hard at work producing the series.
“We are excited to bring ‘lekker’ stories to the very loyal Afrikaans audience,” says Meiring.
“Karen and I are passionate about bringing audiences full access to locally produced Afrikaans content – and e.tv has now made it possible!” says Masimila.
“This new daily drama is a story for everyone. The focus of the show is on the farming community and the nature of wine farming – and is filmed on an existing working farm where things get really hot, literally and figuratively speaking!”
KELDERS VAN GEHEIME can be enjoyed exclusively on e.tv from Mondays to Fridays – and viewers can catch the first episode of this exciting new Afrikaans daily drama on the small screen on 6 May at 6pm.