Die Nuusmakers
162025•10.0/10
Drama
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10.0/10(1)
Adri Joubert has been the cool, calm, reassuring face and voice of the evening news for two decades. But then her husband is murdered, and her life becomes news as a national crisis shakes the country. She is forced to put aside her personal trauma to guide viewers through the state of emergency from behind a red-hot news desk.
Production
Both Worlds Pictures
Language
AF
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
May 27, 2025
Last Aired
August 19, 2025
Networks
kykNET
Created By
Karen Jeynes, Thierry Cassuto
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2025-05-27
Adri Joubert is the darling newsreader, but both the news and her role as main presenter are in jeopardy. But then a personal tragedy strikes and all her fears fade.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2025-06-03
Sports presenter Tersia takes Adri's place as she mourns her husband. Adri and Daniel struggle to believe that Dawid's death was simply an accidental hijacking.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2025-06-10
Adri returns as a news presenter. Suspicion grows about the man she and Dawid had an argument with just before Dawid's death.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2025-06-17
Luke le Roux's damaging video about Adri's marriage has the public buzzing. Adri's emotional state begins to affect her broadcasts. She calls in Nhlanhla to help her investigate.
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2025-06-24
Footage confirms that Dawid was not alone in the car. Adri wonders if she has been living with her eyes closed for too long? Was there something in Dawid's life that she was also blind to?
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2025-07-01
Adri's little cousin Zené joins the news office, and Adri's personal investigation continues. Adri also begins therapy, but Daniël struggles to accept his mother's choices.
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2025-07-08
Adri and Daniël find out who the woman in the car was and try to determine her relationship with Dawid. Melanie tries to enforce her position at Almal Afrikaans.
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 2025-07-15
Sonia and her children hide, and Adri tries her best to get Sonia to talk.
E9
Episode 9
Air date: 2025-07-22
A flashback to Dawid's retirement party shows how the notebook ended up in his possession. The whistleblower story makes headlines, and Adri wonders if it might be above her hearth.
E10
Episode 10
Air date: 2025-07-29
Adri and Sonia meet, and Sonia insists that what happened the night of Dawid's death was just an accident. Adri puts together a task force to thoroughly investigate the whistleblower story.
E11
Episode 11
Air date: 2025-08-05
E12
Episode 12
Air date: 2025-08-12
Johan stuns the team when he unexpectedly and summarily resigns, but Adri steps in to lead the team. They prepare to detonate the first whistleblower bomb.
E13
Episode 13
Air date: 2025-08-19
With the final bits of the story ready to air, Adri faces a big decision. Meanwhile, Daniël has his own plan about who should hear the full truth.
Cast
Rolanda Marais
Adri Joubert
Brendon Daniels
Johan Diedrichs
Roeline Daneel
Karla Viljoen
Arno Greeff
Kyle Munro
Lea Vivier
Melanie Palmer
Lesley Maasdorp
Nhlanhla Langa
Hannah Borthwick
Simoné Bosman
Heinrich Wentzel
Daniel Joubert
Chris van Niekerk
Lourens Scheepers
Anrich Herbst
Dawid Joubert
Nahum Hughes
Willem Venter
Chris van Rensburg
Charl Coetzee
Kristen Raath
Zené Joubert
Daneel Van Der Walt
Tersia de Klerk
