Watch trailer: SA’s first contemporary Western series ‘Outlaws’

South Africa is getting its first contemporary Western series, Outlaws and an explosive first trailer for the new Showmax Original has just been released.

‘OUTLAWS’ PREMIERING ON SHOWMAX IN SEPTEMBER

Set in the lush but lawless land on the border between Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal, Outlaws is the story of two families at war with each other: the Zulu, cattle-farming Biyela clan and the Basotho, cattle-raiding Tseoles.

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Outlaws is created by Tshedza Pictures’Phathu Makwarela and Gwydion Beynon, who’ve won five Best Scriptwriting SAFTAs in the past four years for smash-hit shows like The Republic and The River, which was also nominated for an International Emmy. Outlaws is Tshedza’s second Showmax Original, building on the success of Adulting, which set a record for the most first-day views of any drama on the streaming service in March 2023.

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MEET THE CAST

Fresh faces Lehlohonolo Mayeza and Nirvana Nokwe-Mseleku co-star as Leruo Tseole and Sihle Biyela.

Also look out for two-time SAFTA nominee Siyabonga Shibe (Shaka iLembe, The Wife, Gaz’lam) as the Biyela patriarch and Mmabatho Mogomotsi (Snowey in Yizo Yizo) as the Tseole matriarch, not to mention the likes of SAFTA winner Nolwazi Shange-Ngubeni (The River, Mzali Wami), Men’s Health Cover Guy Challenge winner Mnqobi Kunene (How To Manifest a Man) and man of the moment, Thembinkosi Mthembu (Adulting, Shaka iLembe, The River)

Outlaws is premiering on 6 September 2023, with new episodes on Wednesdays.

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