
15 October 2024
The Real Housewives of Cape Town
The Real Housewives franchise takes on the Mother City where everything is grand – from the beaches and the nightlife to the scenery.
It follows the lives of affluent housewives and professional women in suburban Cape Town. Fans of the hugely popular and award-winning NBCUniversal Format franchise The Real Housewives will love the opulence, drama and new faces on Showmax.
The cast includes Beverley Stein, Rushda Moosajee, Loveline Abinokhauno aka Mrs Leo, Thato Montse, Camilla McDowell, Kutazwa ‘Rooksy’ Gqirana, and Luthando Lue, Lulwando ‘Lue’ Tukwayo.
The Real Housewives of Cape Town is the 17th international version of the franchise, and the fourth to be adapted in Africa. The franchise is distributed internationally by NBCUniversal Formats, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
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