No parent should ever have to bury their child, and this was the horror that kept viewers riveted to their television screens and drove umama ka Mvelo, Goodness Mabuza, to suicide. After a month of suspense, finally the baby Mvelo saga has reached its conclusion. Patronella helps Vuyiswa get her groove back Mpho Sebata – …
Rewind with me, all the way to the end of March 2020, just as the first Covid lockdown was declared, and we see Mam Sonto – real name Connie Chiume – the crime queen of Alex on one end of the city. In another part of the world, in Sandton, far away from the Gomora …
Baby Mvelo Khoza has been missing for over two harrowing weeks during which her parents went to the brink on insanity, at least one of them did. In the last instalment of Rewind Mzansi, Goodness Mabuza (real name Zenande Mfenyana) had suffered a mental breakdown and shot at her baby daddy, Kagiso, whom she accused …
Musician and DJ, Prince Kaybee has fired a verbal missile at former Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba on micro blogging site Twitter. Mashaba, who is the founding President of the seven month old political party ActionSA, had responded to a tweet on allegations of racism against news station eNCA when Prince Kaybee (real name is Kabelo …
It has been 215 riveting episodes of Tshedza Pictures’ telenovela, and with just a month before its one year anniversary, I can say with absolute certainty, Gomora slaps. Everyone knows that Gomora is about the haves versus the have-nots, it is about a woman who loses her Sandton lifestyle and resorts to stealing cars for …
Vuyiswa has been a widow for seven months. In African society, too soon for her to move on. But in his will, Jerry gave Vuyiswa his blessings for her to move swiftly on without bothering for a mourning period. Remembering Jerry Maake, I find myself pondering the question; if your partner was run over by …
Before we get to baby Mvelo Khoza, may I just say I never saw Phathutshedzo Makwarela and Gwydion Beynon ruining a little child’s imbeleko. Yes, they habitually wreck weddings and funerals but did we ever think they would be as heartless as to mess up a child’s special day? I mean who in their right …
Last week, love dominated Gomora; Mam Sonto’s love for Mazet, Gladys’ love for her new friend Zoliswa, and Zodwa’s newfound love for Bongani whom she “stole” from Zoliswa. Perhaps it is only fitting that love takes centre stage in February, the month of silly things like roses and overpriced chocolate whose brand names nobody can …
It is often said that everyone has a look-alike somewhere in the world, Dumisani Mbebe, who currently plays Terror, the villain of Mzansi Magic’s Mzali Wam has found his identical twin in America. Mbebe recently tweeted images which drew attention to his uncanny resemblance to celebrated African American actor, Samuel L Jackson. You would be …
After months of turmoil, peace and harmony has returned to the Dlamini double storey, which you have to say in Zodwa’s half envious, half contemptuous voice – double storey. Ntokozo seems to have finally conquered his demons, at least for now; he apologized to his parents, to Zodwa and made peace with his best friends …