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African Couch Potato

Di: Gino Shelile
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African Couch Potato is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.

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  • S3 Ep34 Tim Apter and Elle Oosthuizen on "Helderberg"
    Feb 23 2026

    On November 28, 1987, South African Airways Flight 295, a Boeing 747-200 named Helderberg, was en route from Taiwan, to Johannesburg with a scheduled stop in Mauritius. Shortly after midnight, the aircraft reported smoke in the cockpit to Mauritian air traffic control. Communication was lost shortly thereafter, and the plane crashed into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 passengers and crew on board.

    Helderberg is a locally produced 3-part documentary, and this week on ACP, Gino had the chance to chat to producer Elle Oosthuizen and director Tim Apter about how the series happened and just what goes into pulling together a story from almost 40 years ago.

    Over the years many documents and transcripts have been lost, people involved at the time have passed on, and the failure to reach a definite conclusion in the original investigation has led to all sorts of theories and speculations as to what actually happened.

    The Helderberg disaster remains a significant event in South African aviation history, marked by tragedy and ongoing questions about its causes and implications. Catch all three parts of Helderberg currently streaming on Showmax.

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    Gino Shelile’s profile • Letterboxd
    Member of the Film Critics Association of South Africa (FCASA)

    Produced by Ted Loukes and A10 Consulting
    ted@aten.co.za

    Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay

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    28 min
  • S3 Ep33 Rian van Heerden on “Brakpan Chronicles”
    Feb 16 2026

    In Brakpan if they invite you for a fight, a braai will break out. Even people from Brakpan make fun of Brakpan! The two-part documentary series Brakpan Chronicles is due out on Showmax this Friday and in this episode Gino gets to share a brandewyn with South African radio and television personality Rian van Heerden, the man who is lifting the lid on this much-maligned, memed and mocked one-time mining town on the East Rand.

    Rian chats to Gino about his, often controversial, career from his early days, to his many years of hosting intriguing conversations as a radio DJ and his move into the world of television, where he has helmed such notable successes as Sex in Afrikaans, Die Real Housewives van Pretoria and Tiek Tok Boem.

    Brakpan Chronicles starts streaming on Showmax, this Friday

    (Closest cities to Brakpan town centre? Liquor City and Baby City)

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    Let us know what you think, what movie or series you would like to see featured, or just to tell us how brilliant it all is:
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    WhatsApp Channel: Mzansi Film News, Views and Reviews

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    Gino Shelile’s profile • Letterboxd
    Member of the Film Critics Association of South Africa (FCASA)

    Produced by Ted Loukes and A10 Consulting
    ted@aten.co.za

    Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay

    © SANTE MEDIA 2026

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    27 min
  • S3 Ep32 Aluve Mjali on a Budding Career
    Feb 9 2026

    Into the second month of the year and the next date on the horizon is this weekend's Valentine's Day. Two years ago saw the Valentine movie Forever Yena hit our screens. Patience, we'll get there! Playing the role of Kwanda was a young and upcoming actor named Aluve Mjali.

    In this week's ACP, Gino gets to sit down and follow the budding career of this young hot-shot actor, from his school days, to his interest in sound engineering and mixing for TV, and how that led to new and exciting roles, this time in front of the camera. For someone still on their upward journey, Aluve's CV is already full of big names. Equally comfortable in TV productions, commercials or in the movies, Aluve's star is surely set to shine.

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    Let us know what you think, what movie or series you would like to see featured, or just to tell us how brilliant it all is:
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    gino.arlechino@gmail.com

    WhatsApp Channel: Mzansi Film News, Views and Reviews

    YouTube; African Couch Potato - YouTube

    https://www.patreon.com/c/AfricanCouchPotato

    Gino Shelile’s profile • Letterboxd
    Member of the Film Critics Association of South Africa (FCASA)

    Produced by Ted Loukes and A10 Consulting
    ted@aten.co.za

    Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay

    © SANTE MEDIA 2026

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    34 min
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