Before I get to the lady of the moment, Vuyiswa Jola-Sebata, I would like to reflect on some of the story blunders on The Queen. There was the time Thato opened the fridge to stare into pitch blackness – no fridge light – then Diamond Mabuza’s hospital breathing tube which was attached to nothing, Thato …
When her husband Mbongeni was murdered, Thathi Ndaba (real name Katlego Danke) lost everything, she went from a Sandton mansion, Mercedes Benzes to sleeping in her childhood bedroom, back in Gomora, Alex Township. Thathi seemed like a broken tree branch, tossed from one river bank to the other, with no control over her own life. …
It was always written in the stars that Kagiso Khoza – real name Loyiso Macdonald – would leave his mother, Harriet, in search of an honest living. In season one, we see a boy from a wealthy background choosing to risk being shot down from the sky, in defence of his country, rather than partying …
Siyanda has had the most unpredictable life on The Queen. She has been a WAG – remember her rich, Europe based soccer player fiancé Thabiso – she became a waitress after Thabiso became lawn manure in the Mabuza Garden, she thought she had married up when she trapped Kagiso with an imaginary pregnancy and then …
Israel Matseke Zulu, who built his solid acting reputation as Israel Makoe, is a top billing TV star. When you hear the name Israel Makoe, the first thing you think of is voetsek! Even though the word has existed before him, Israel Makoe – Matseke-Zulu, to use his preferred name – practically owns voetsek. On …
When Harriet Khoza found out how Hector Sebata had betrayed their partnership by excluding her from the Colombia supply deal from Santiago, she did not react. She kept up the appearance of a defeated woman who had been abandoned by her supplier. Harriet, real name Connie Ferguson, instructed her family to remain calm so as …
If Kerry Washington had been on Gomora, she would have told Mam Sonto not to worry because, “it’s handled”. But Kerry Washington was 12,000km away in America and, in her place, as The Fixer, was Katlego Danke, Thathi Ndaba on Gomora. And boy did she come through for her mother when she needed her most. …
Thathi Ndaba has been the biggest opponent of Ntokozo and Buhle’s teenage love affair from day one. Gladys too was determined to keep the two youngsters apart, especially after she walked in on Ntokozo and Buhle, half naked and on the brink of statutory rape mixed with incest – kind of. Ntokozo (real name Ntobeko …
Sandra Stein, a stickler for pre-trial research, would have known that Mam Sonto Molefe – real name Connie Chiume – is facing serious charges. Sonto has twice evaded jail before. Detective Mahlasela – real name Kabelo Moalusi – thought he could bury Mam Sonto, but in the end, he dug his own grave. His underling, …
How poetic that Pretty – the unloved daughter – should grab the spotlight as Gomora reached its season finale. Exactly a year has passed – 260 spellbinding episodes of Gomora – since Jomo bewitched us with his spine tingling laugh in season one. Jomo – whose real name is Fortune Thobejane and a rapper in …