Reality TV heats up: inside the drama-filled lives of 'Vaal Riviera' families

MOVE over, The Real Housewives franchise - four new families are headed to Showmax next month.

- ALYSSIA BIRJALAL

The streaming platform recently dropped the trailer for its upcoming reality series, Vaal Riviera, set to premiere on August 22.

The series follows the vibrant lives of these families hailing from the Vaal Triangle, denouncing any ideas that tiny communities aren't filled with drama.

As the trailer suggests, the Vaal region offers a unique kind of glamour.

Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging, nestled along the banks of the Vaal River, may be smaller in scale, but the drama they host is as vast as the waters that surround them.

The first episode promises to deliver an action-packed start, as families prepare for the much-anticipated opening of the Vaal River.

Cooler boxes packed into flashy cars and boats, ready for launch, set the scene as friendships are forged amid rising tensions.