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Yoh! Bestie

Yoh! Bestie

Romance · Comedy · 2026

Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.

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Yoh! Bestie

2026 Romance · Comedy 1h 35m

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6.2 / 10

Community rating

Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Johnny Barbuzano

Written by

Tiffany Barbuzano · Gillian Breslin · Wendy Gumede

Katlego Lebogang

Katlego Lebogang

Thando Mokoena

Didie Makobane

Didie Makobane

Cast

K

Kagiso Modupe

Cast

Fikile Mthwalo

Fikile Mthwalo

Cast

Siya Sepotekele

Siya Sepotekele

Charles

Yonda Thomas

Yonda Thomas

Cast

Court is in session

Put Yoh! Bestie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.