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 'Stokvel''Stokvel' is an award winning South African sitcom produced by Penguin Films, Cape Town. From 2008-2014, Mpaki Molapo scripted 29 episodes for 'Stokvel.' 'Stokvel' has been nominated for an International Emmy Award in New York and has received numerous South African Film and TV Awards. |  'Chandies''Chandies' is a TV sitcom produced by Penguin Films, a South African production company in 2012. Mpaki Molapo scripted 3 episodes for 'Chandies.' |  Majakathata RecordsMajakathata Records is a popular sitcom currently playing on SABC 2, a South African TV station. Mpaki Molapo scripted 8 episodes for this sitcom from 2015-2018. |
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 'Shooting Stars''Shooting Stars' is a 52 episode TV soccer series produced by Penguin Films, a South African production company in 2008. Mpaki Molapo scripted seven episodes for 'Shooting Stars' and is a co-conceptualizer. |  'Divers Down''Diver's Down' is a 13 episode naval drama series from South Africa that aired in 2009. Mpaki Molapo scripted 3 episodes for 'Diver's Down.' |  'Fela's TV''Fela's TV' is a comedy sketch show produced by Penguin Films, a South African production company. Mpaki Molapo scripted comedy sketches for the show. |
 'Ask Me, I'm Positive''Ask Me, I'm Positive' is an award winning HIV-AIDS documentary set in Lesotho, Southern Africa directed by Teboho Edkins. Mpaki Molapo scripted the documentary. |  'Mix''Mix' is a teen music request show that aired on Lesotho national TV in Southern Africa from 2010-2012. Mpaki Molapo conceptualized the show and directed it. |  Vodacom Lesotho TVC'sIn 2019, Mpaki Molapo assistant directed 3, 30 second TV for Vodacom, a cell phone network in Lesotho, Southern Africa. |
 "A Day in My Life""A Day in My Life" was a documentary TV series I directed at TV Lesotho from 2008-2012 where I followed around people of different walks of life, lawyers, people living with HIV, prisoners, soldiers, etc. to get a sense of what it meant to be them. I directed 26 episodes of 24 minutes each that were broadcast on TV Lesotho. An excerpt is attached from one of the episodes. |  Smart Partnership Corporate Documentary - Lesotho - MalaysiaIn 2005 I was asked to make a short poetic documentary about Lesotho to promote Lesotho as a tourist destination and to promote a public-private partnership between Lesotho business, arts and culture, media and the Lesotho government at a government conference between Lesotho and Malaysia and various Southern African countries. In this film I used a traditional Lesotho praise singer as a narrator. The short documentary received an honorarium from the Lesotho office of the Prime Minister. |
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