Cultural Industries Programme
This programme is managed by the Brandhill Africa Media Holdings (Pty) Ltd. In addition to the weekly pan African business news portal, Jambo Africa Online, the company has an extensive list of projects already produced.
Our multimedia publishing channel gives voice to African stories that inspire, inform and empower. Since 2020, we have published a diverse catalogue of our weekly pan African news portal, Jambo Africa Online, books spanning biography, corporate leadership, healing, jazz and nation branding. Published titles include:
- Sound and Fury: Chronicles of Healing by Saul Molobi in 2020 with the Foreword written by Kgalema Motlanthe, former president of South Africa
- Dodging the Civil War Bullet: Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s Transition from Apartheid to Democracy by Sello Lediga in 2023 with the Foreword written by Kgalema Motlanthe, former president of South Africa
- De/constructing Brand Africa: A Practitioner’s Perspective by Saul Molobi in 2022 with the Foreword by Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA
- Rhythms in Black and White: A Virtual Journey Through the World of Jazz by Siphiwe Mhlambi and Saul Molobi in 2024. The book was sponsored by the National Arts Council (NAC)
- The Lion of the North: Peter Nchabeleng, his family and the national liberation struggle in South Africa by Mpho Nchabeleng in 2025 with the Foreword written by Tokyo Sexwale, former premier of Gauteng Province
- Chocolate Kisses: Sweet Verses in the Dance of Romance by Saul Molobi in 2025.
- De/constructing Brand Authenticity: Crafting an honest narrative on brand Africa’s global ascent” is Saul Molobi’s latest book in 2025 with the Foreword by Cuthbert Ncube, CEO of the African Tourism Board (ATB).
Upcoming launch before December 2025 include:
- A tribute volume to Professor E.T. Mokgokong, South Africa’s first black Vice Chancellor of a medical university, authored by the MEDUNSA Class of 1982.
Our publishing platform not only celebrates African excellence but also serves as a strategic tool for cultural diplomacy and thought leadership.
Film Projects
The Magic Series – a multimedia children’s production series of readers and short films based on a children’s reader, “Thulani’s Magic Water”, which was published (and later translated into indigenous African languages) in 2001 as part of the world-renowned Junior African Writers’ Series.
Mhudi – Having adapted Sol Plaatje’s novel, “Mhudi”, in 1998 (with a generous funding from the Department of Arts and Culture) into a film script, the company is now raising funding for its production into film.
“I will be baptised with my blood” – A film based on an epic poem written by Saul Molobi paying tribute to the life and times of a fourteen year old Manche Masemola who became the first African to be sainted by the Anglican Church. She paid an ultimate sacrifice for converting into Christianity. Her grave, in Limpopo’s Ga-Marishane village, has been declared a heritage site and the Anglican Church has mounted a statue in her honour (with the other luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jnr.) at the Westminister Abbey in London, United Kingdom.
Brandhill Africa ™ and Mandla Dube’s Pambili Media have agreed that the former will publish all his movie scripts into books – the movie script “Kalushi” is already in the works and we’ve planned to launch it as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1976 student uprisings.
“Bridging the Gap” – conceived by Saul Molobi and Matsemela “Mak” Manaka, this is a television documentary series mainstreaming issues affecting persons with disabilities by profiling successful people who have risen against all odds to make it in life despite the challenges of being disabled. This will be the television equivalent of the podcasts published under the Media section.
Authors are invited to send their manuscripts to info@brandhillafrica.com for evaluation. These evaluations are done by experts in the field.