Mzansi is a soap opera that starts out as a mystery and becomes the saga of two powerful men and their families in a pitched battle for power and revenge.
Twenty years ago Lunga Gwedashe was framed for murder. He spent two decades in prison while the real murderer,Chris Ngcobo, was out in the world – free to marry Lunga’s girlfriend, Deliwe, and build his fortune. Lunga escapes from jail, then goes looking for a treasure that a former cellmate claims to have buried years ago. Incredibly the treasure is real and Lunga has a fortune of his own. He uses it to establish himself in business and to bring down the man who ruined his life.

