Amaza

Amaza was broadcast in early 2014. The series was broadcast on SABC 1 with a weekly average of 6.5 million viewers during the months of February, March, April and May 2014. Episode 11 reached 7.6 million viewers and had an audience rating of 17.5. These ratings were second only to Generations.

The series was set in a street in Muizenberg, Cape Town and featured a diverse group of students who had to come to terms with the cultural and historical legacies that moulded each of them. Amaza followed the four main characters through the 13 episodes as they had to make life changing decisions and faced the challenges that life threw at them.

The story was first developed in 2006 by Jack Lewis and Lucilla Blankenberg, dealing with universal themes of growing up, family responsibility, dreams and facing reality.

Amaza was a development project in many ways, with people being trained and learning on the job. Scholars and students visited the set regularly. The writing team were all first time drama writers led by Gavin Sher. Lucilla said at the time that she felt confident that CMT had proven its capacity and competence with larger scope productions.