{"id":2824,"date":"2026-01-13T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/?p=2824"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:52:27","slug":"tsotsi-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/tsotsi-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsotsi (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Tsotsi (2005)<\/em><\/strong> is a powerful <strong>South African crime drama<\/strong> directed by <strong>Gavin Hood<\/strong> that won the <strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film<\/strong>, making it one of the most internationally acclaimed movies to come out of South Africa. The story follows <strong>Tsotsi<\/strong>, a hardened young gangster living in the turbulent townships of Johannesburg, whose life takes an unexpected turn when he <strong>steals a car and discovers a baby in the back seat<\/strong>. What unfolds is a raw and emotional journey of transformation as Tsotsi confronts his own humanity, guilt and capacity for redemption. The film stars <strong>Presley Chweneyagae<\/strong>, <strong>Terry Pheto<\/strong> and <strong>Kenneth Nkosi<\/strong>, and is based on the novel by <strong>Athol Fugard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where to Watch:<\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/showmax.com\/za\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"showmax.com\/za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Showmax<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 You can stream <em>Tsotsi<\/em> with a <strong>Showmax<\/strong> subscription in South Africa.<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The film is available on <strong>Netflix<\/strong> in several regions, including South Africa (availability may vary over time).<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plex<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 <em>Tsotsi<\/em> is listed on <strong>Plex<\/strong>, often available to stream free with ads depending on your region and device.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etv.co.za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.etv.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>e.tv \/ eMovies Extra<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 It periodically airs on South African TV channels such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etv.co.za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.etv.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e.tv<\/a><\/strong> or <strong>eMovies Extra<\/strong> as part of movie programming.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tsotsi (2005) is a powerful South African crime drama directed by Gavin Hood that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it one of the most internationally acclaimed movies to come out of South Africa. The story follows Tsotsi, a hardened young gangster living in the turbulent townships of Johannesburg, whose life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-african-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2826,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions\/2826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votters.com\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}