After Sonto Molefe’s husband abandoned her with two children, she turned to a life of crime in order to raise her kids. When she celebrated her birthday in November, Sonto Molefe (real name Connie Chiume) had two grownup children and three grandchildren at her party. Issa celebration y’all! 🎉 Happy Birthday Mam’Sonto! We can’t wait …
Imagine for a moment you are Siyanda; your landlady has slipped an eviction notice under the door of the back room that you are renting, you are accustomed to the good life — sponsored by Europe based soccer player Thabiso, your baby daddy and later drug dealer Kagiso Khoza — you now have to wait …
If there is a lesson to be learned from the story of Solly, it is this; all that glitters is not gold. Solly Masipa (real name Elliot Makhubo) cruised onto The Queen in a red Mercedes-Benz sports car which made women weak at the knees and his friend Jackal feel like a monumental failure. But …
Rewind Mzansi, if you will, rewind all the way back to March 2020 when we first met Ntokozo, a sweet looking boy seated in the back seat of his father’s car. In the front sat Teddy, the boy rescued by Gladys and Melusi from an irresponsible, alcoholic mother. https://twitter.com/rewindmzansi/status/1245043980871643136?s=21 That picture right there – Teddy …
In the last instalment of Rewind Mzansi, The Queen had ended on a cliff-hanger with Kagiso awaiting baby Mvelo’s DNA test results. When Sgaqagaqa finally took the test results letter from a wide eyed Shaka, he did not know that this was a major turning point in his relationship with Goodness. From rags to riches …
It is society’s unanimous assumption that sex can never be forced on a man, and it is this inaccurate assumption that stood between Teddy and justice. When your own mother doubts your cry for justice, what chance do you stand in convincing a panel of strangers of your injury? Sonto gets cold feet When Sonto …
Goodness Mabuza (real name Zenande Mfenyana) is back in Kagiso Khoza’s life. She did not make the journey back alone. When Goodness arrived with a baby in her arms, the obvious question was raised: who is the baby daddy? Solly disappears with thousands of Rands Solly arrived on The Queen in a sparkling Mercedes Benz …
As one person dies, somewhere else a newborn babe takes its first breath, as one person comes to terms with rape and sexual abuse, another celebrates an impending marriage. That is the nature of life; joy and heartbreak, death and life, sickness and health. I did not rape Teddy When Melusi confronted Miss Manzi about …
For normal people, the chiming of wedding bells evokes feelings of joy, love and perhaps envy. But for the writing twosome of Gwydion Beynon and Phathu Makwarela, weddings mean blood and broken bones. These two have made it a habit to kill or maim someone at every wedding on The Queen. In the pilot episode, …
It was a letter meant for the eyes of Principal Dlamini, played by Zolisa Xaluva, but Langa read it instead. After learning Teddy’s painful secret, Langa urged him to report Miss Manzi – real name Sihle Ndaba – for rape. But Teddy refused, out of both shame and fear that nobody would believe him. Threatening …