5 February 2020
Ultimate Love S1
20 singles. 8 weeks. And the ultimate prize, for only one Ultimate Love in this first-of-its-kind dating and reality TV show format coming to Showmax from Africa Magic.
How it works: 20 singles looking for love enter Auntie’s Love Pad. These male and female strangers have one thing in common: they’re searching for The One! Can Auntie help these hopefuls find true love, and will it lead to a real proposal?
Visit Showmax on Saturday nights for the Weekly Highlights Show, and early on Mondays to see what, or rather, who went down on the previous night’s Nomination and Elimination Show.
Take Me Home S2, now streaming
Stream new episodes of The Chocolate Empire
The best movies to stream

An easy guide to 10 alien invasions
From Teacup’s Assassins and Harbingers, to A Quiet Place’s Death Angels, we break down what to expect when aliens take an interplanetary holiday to raise hell on Earth.

10 inspiring villain origin stories on Showmax
If you want to become a superhero just get bitten by a spider or find some tacky magic jewellery, loser! If you want to become a villain, though, that takes hard work – just ask Knull in Venom: The Last Dance.

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, plus 10 real-life revolutionaries
Discover the origins of The Hunger Games in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and then stream 10 more shows and movies about real-life revolutionaries.

7 iconic Gen Z characters in series and movies on Showmax
Documentary series The Habits of Gen Z asks defining questions about South Africa’s youth. So we’ve turned to 7 series and movies to place Gen Z in a global context.