{"id":300256,"date":"2019-02-18T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=300256"},"modified":"2019-02-18T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:37:36","slug":"watch-jozi-has-a-new-hero-in-south-african-produced-series-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/300256\/watch-jozi-has-a-new-hero-in-south-african-produced-series-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jozi has a new hero in South African produced series on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has announced that it will launch a South African produced show &#8216;Shadow&#8217; on 8 March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Set in Joburg, the new series stars Pallance Dladla as Shadrach &#8216;Shadow&#8217; Khumalo &#8211; a detective and former task force specialist who turns rogue to &#8216;fix&#8217; criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow takes on the Joburg underworld equipped with rare condition that affects his central nervous system &#8211; he is unable to feel pain.<\/p>\n<p>The series also features local actress, Amanda du-Pont, who plays Ashley.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Catch me on Shadow on Netflix from the 8th March-Available globally\ud83c\udf0d\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NetflixSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shadow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shadow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VU1NeJNbN5\">pic.twitter.com\/VU1NeJNbN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amanda du-Pont (@AmandaDupont) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaDupont\/status\/1097439844761026561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After being struck by lightning, a young man emerges from the shadows to become Jozi\u2019s hero. Giving up his badge to pursue justice for those who can\u2019t help themselves, Shadow is Mzansi\u2019s new vigilante. #Shadow starring Pallance Dladla and Amanda Du-Pont, March 8. Only on Netflix,&#8221; Netflix said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/290160\/netflix-announces-first-south-african-original-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In December<\/a>, Netflix announced its first original African series, the South African based \u2018Queen Sono\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XSPBLWtcTqs\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/297640\/showmax-subscribers-vs-netflix-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Showmax subscribers vs Netflix in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has announced that it will launch a South African produced show &#8216;Shadow&#8217; on 8 March 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":300258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[26,263],"class_list":["post-300256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-headline","tag-netflix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300266,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300256\/revisions\/300266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}