Nobody has known loss more than Vuyiswa Jola-Sebata. She lost her unborn baby, lost Bakang, Jerry and Thato. As memories of the people she lost come flooding back, Vuyiswa has a sudden longing to fill this void with a child. Back to school for Akhona After reportedly being dismissed from The Queen in 2019 for …
When Kagiso and Goodness drove away from the Khoza mansion, everyone believed that this was the last of the young family. But four months later, Zenande Mfenyana who plays headstrong makoti, Goodness Mabuza-Khoza has made a comeback on The Queen. https://twitter.com/RewindMzansi/status/1470471300351205384?s=20 Olerato takes deserved holiday When Lorraine Moropa signed her contract with Ferguson Films, she …
At the launch of Mzansi Magic’s award winning telenovela Gomora in March 2020, the much publicized theme was ivili liyajika, the wheel turns; nobody knows this more than Mazet. Zanele (real name Siphesihle Ndaba), known on the streets of Gomora as Mazet, is a feisty gangster chick who is not afraid of a fight. Nothing …
Once rated Mzansi Magic’s most watched telenovela, The Queen has been on a continual downhill slide this month. The Ferguson Films produced show lost its appeal during lead character Connie Ferguson’s compassionate leave. But once The Queen herself returned to the 9pm show, the soapie regained its zest on the back of Harriet and Hector’s …
Olerato, the daughter of Harriet Khoza’s brother, Kgosi (real name Sello Maake kaNcube) is the sweet young girl who provides balance in a family of drug dealers, killers and binge drinkers. Ever since she joined The Queen, unemployed Olerato (real name Lorraine Moropa) has occupied her many idle hours with dressing up in high heels …
Mzansi Magic – DStv channel 161 – is home to South African produced soapies. Since the launch of the channel in 2010, we have come to know Mkabayi Zungu, Queen Qondi, Queen Mosadi, Claudia Motaung, Lindiwe Dikana, Harriet Khoza and Thathi Ndaba. Mzansi Magic’s leading ladies – the queens of drama – all possess beauty, …
Dear Connie… Ordinarily I would begin with the customary enquiry about your wellbeing. But the traditional “how are you” sounds foolish, because I know that you’re not well. I also know that it is for love and loss that you are back at work, doing what the two of you started. I lost my mother …
For the past six seasons The Queen Mzansi has, without fail, featured on top social media trends during prime time television viewing. But, in the last month, the award winning show which boasts (nearly) two million record viewership has slipped out of Twitter top ten trends. The show has sunk into a lull of improvisation, …
Vuyiswa Jola – real name Zandile Msutwana – has pursued the Khoza family for five seasons. Her late husband, Jerry Maake – played by the late Shona Feguson – died in the pursuit of the Khozas with whom he had a grudge that dates back to season one when matriarch, Harriet Khoza, shot and killed …
Before Fezile and Qondi, before Thandeka and Sbusiso and way before Shaka and Mmabatho there was Tau and Karabo of Generations fame. This was the power couple of the noughties, the black couple goals of South African television. Only Romeo and Juliet pre-date the celebrated duo of Tau and Karabo. But that was then, and …