Category Archives: "Soapies"

A drama series set in a South African mining town, Horizon Deep, where men and women toil daily to wrest gold from the earth. Reflecting South Africa’s diverse people, their struggles, debates, concerns, fears, and their reasons to celebrate, the show deals with topical themes, addressing the concerns of the day, while still dealing with

In the sexy world of high stakes gambling De Wet King owns and operates the Silver City string of casinos and luxury resorts in South Africa. He considers the business a family affair and for the past 25 years his childhood friend, Jacob Ndlovu, has been his righthand man. While De Wet is a slick

Keeping Score is a South African telenovela created by Thandi Brewer and set against the background of a sports academy which follows Mmamosa, a scorned, obsessed woman, who sets out to destroy the man who dumped her 25 years ago. The series sees vendetta, greed and ambition unfolding through a violent corporate takeover of an

7de Laan is the brainchild of Danie Odendaal, who came upon the idea for this popular soapie nearly fifteen years ago, when he was living in Melville. Every morning over coffee and breakfast in his favourite coffee shop, he watched people come and go and started creating his own imaginary suburb with a variety of

After the violent death of his mother, Nolo, a young man from the countryside goes in search of his mysterious father. Arriving in the big and dangerous slums of Johannesburg, he is pulled into intrigue, secrets, lies and corruption of a ruthless township land grab. Meanwhile, he is entangled in a love triangle with a

Muvhango is a popular South African family drama series and is primarily set in Johannesburg and Venda. Muvhango is a story about two branches of the same family fighting over heritage, power, money, and everything else. The story begins when Mashudu Mukwevho, originally from rural Venda, dies in Johannesburg in the arms of his wife,

Three teenage boys grapple with tough conflicts as they navigate their journey to manhood in a Limpopo township. A hit and run accident throw 16-year-old Tbose Maputla and his friend Kwaito Seakamela into incredibly challenging situations, testing their friendship to the limit. This story is supported by stories of absent fathers, the importance of education,

Set against the backdrop of the advertising industry, this drama celebrates the hopes and dreams of South Africans who aspire to a better future. Generations is a character and story driven dramatic series about the lives of two families. A large and multigenerational core family is the centre from which various story lines emerge: the

Giyani The Land of Blood is a telenovela set between a village in Giyani and the Capital city of South Africa – Pretoria. When a village in Giyani is awarded a lucrative banana plantation farm over a land claim, it brings together two men separated by the liberation struggle, which turned them into sworn enemies.

When a brutal family murder rocks the perfect façade of a beautiful, gated golf estate in Johannesburg, it causes an explosion of secrets, lies and scandals among friends and neighbours which threaten to destroy the community. On the edge of the city lies the gated suburban haven that is ‘The Estate’. Beautiful homes line the