Netflix’s South Africa Content Slate Includes Reality Shows and Comedy ‘How to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents’

Netflix's South Africa Content Slate: Reality Shows and Comedy 'How to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents'

Netflix has unveiled a new slate of South African content across film and series. Among the highlights is an expansion of the popular How to Ruin franchise with How to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents, launching on October 30th from Burnt Onion Productions in collaboration with producer Jayan Moodley (The Kandasamys).

The series follows an interracial couple whose engagement brings two very different families and cultures together, promising plenty of humor, misunderstandings, and family drama.

Other notable additions include:

  • Love Is Blind: South Africa, hosted by popular power couple Dineo and Zothile "Solo Ntsizwa" Langa, produced by afrOkaans.
  • Stars & Vows: Anele and Buzza — a wedding docu soap from Dopezuluboi Productions.
  • A new dating reality show from production firm BrightFire (details pending).

The slate also features film sequels and returning series, including the popular Blood Legacy season 2.