Multichoice

MultiChoice grows local content, talent and industry through innovatively enriching the lives of both their customers and their employees.

Multichoice grows local content, talent, and industry

MultiChoice’s purpose is using the power of entertainment to enrich lives. Part of this is shaping and celebrating local content amidst the prevalent, imported American programming that has dominated the television scene in the past, where MultiChoice’s most popular channel, Mzansi Magic, gives local producers like Phatu Makwavela, a platform to tell authentic South African stories that are representative of our country and it’s people.

Growing such local talent is another focal area for MultiChoice, developing a new generation of artists through the MultiChoice ‘Magic in Motion Academy’ by bridging the gap between film school and real industry experience. This comprehensive internship programme has enabled young filmmaker Aluta Qupa to launch her own production company and to become part of a new spate of television producers hoping to inspire the
next generation of South African children with her content.

But transformation at MultiChoice goes beyond broadcasting. The company employs over eight thousand people, 87% of whom are black, and more than half of whom are women. It also actively pursues a strategy of local decoder production, creating jobs and developing enterprises through the design, engineering, manufacturing and installation value chain.

Watch our short films below to explore this story

Aluta
Aluta

Growing fresh local talent

Growing fresh local talent

Calvo
Calvo

Local and inclusive growth

Local and inclusive growth

Gary
Gary

Connecting people, creating possibilities

Connecting people, creating possibilities

Phatu
Phatu

Growing local talent

Growing local talent

Thulani
Thulani

Growing local enterprise

Growing local enterprise

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MultiChoice

MultiChoice
MultiChoice

MultiChoice
MultiChoice

Aluta Qupa holding script

Aluta Qupa holding script

MultiChoice
MultiChoice

Crew reviewing footage

Crew reviewing footage

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MultiChoice

Installers placing DSTV Dish on customer's roof

Installers placing DSTV Dish on customer's roof

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MultiChoice

Phathu Makwarela during an interview

Phathu Makwarela during an interview

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MultiChoice

Portrait of Thulani Ngesi, CEO of BUA Mictrotronix

Portrait of Thulani Ngesi, CEO of BUA Mictrotronix

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MultiChoice

Television crew viewing footage

Television crew viewing footage

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