Two families, one megastore, 45 years of pettiness — capitalism has never been this personal.
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestKonings is a South African period drama television series created and written by Paul C. Venter and taking place over a period of 45 years which documents the titanic struggle between two families for control of a "Superspaar" store, a shop "as big as a football field, where one can buy everything".
Acting
Sandra Prinsloo and Marcel Van Heerden anchor decades of resentment.
Production
Painstaking period detail spanning South Africa's transformative mid-century.
Creator
Paul C. Venter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Konings captured a specific Afrikaner commercial mythology — the 'self-made' retailer as national hero — that paralleled real chains like Ackermans and Pepkor.
Paul C. Venter reportedly based the Superspaar concept on observing how South African family businesses imploded across generations, with siblings turning boardrooms into battlegrounds.
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