The Queen has run for five thrilling seasons during which viewers have been served with action, intrigue and romance. But Friday’s episode was arguably the best since season one; anger, revenge, hatred, blood and explosions. All the ingredients to great television. Hector chooses peace From the moment the Khozas paid their respects after Mpho’s death, … Read more
In a normal world, it is the cheating husband’s mistress who gets an abortion when the results of their adultery come to bite them. Keen to conceal his sin, the unfaithful husband will sell his back teeth just to fund the rushed abortion This week on Gomora, abortion is the topic but it is not … Read more
I read somewhere that justice delayed is justice denied, but it you ask Harriet Khoza, long delayed revenge is as sweet as a bottle of matured wine. Her daughter Kea was killed exactly a year ago and in the month of her death, a tall glass of sweet revenge has finally been served. Mpho’s … Read more
It has been a year since Harriet Khoza lost her only daughter, Keabetswe, in a bomb blast which was meant for her. Ironically, Kea lost her life at a funeral; the burial of Jerry Maake, who himself died saving Harriet Khoza from a shower of bullets fired from a flying helicopter. With the mound of … Read more
Two weeks ago, the whole continent called for the erection of a statue of Mjekejeke – real name Sipho Manzini – for being the only man in Africa to refuse a woman’s sexual advances. In case you missed that episode – because shed happens – Lisbeth, the new Corner House waitress practically served herself on … Read more
When we first met the Gomora cast – Langa, Buhle, Thathi, Ntokozo, Gladys, Melusi – Gladys Dlamini was introduced as the angel, the saviour of the lost. But the wheel turns – ivili liyajika – as the saying goes on Gomora. And Gladys the angel is now far from godly. Zodwa caught in love triangle … Read more
Jabulani Mjekejeke Zulu – real name Sipho Manzini – is the faithful, if not bullied husband of Sis Patronella and father to slay cop, Georgina – real name Sibusisiwe Jili. His wife Patronella – real name Thembsie Mathu – wavers between rude and overly materialistic. The fact that their marriage has lasted so long is … Read more
Harriet Khoza (real name Connie Ferguson, as if you didn’t know) lost her only daughter, Keabetswe (real name Dineo Langa) on 31 July 2020 at an explosive funeral. When Kagiso announced his leave-taking two weeks ago, Harriet felt abandoned. And now Harriet has found a Kea surrogate in the most unlikely place. A new name … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more