Scandal! Explained

Genre:DramaSoap Opera
Creator:Mbuso Thabethe
Director:Ian Nkulu
Opentheme:Scandal!
Endtheme:Scandal!
Location:Johannesburg
Soweto
Language:English
Runtime:30 minutes (incl. commercials)
Network:e.tv
Country:South Africa
Last Aired:present
Related:Rhythm City
Company:Ochre Media(a wholly owned subsidiary of Arena Holdings)

Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and broadcast on e.tv. It is the most watched soap opera in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie .[1] [2] It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds. On 10 July 2024, e.tv announced that Scandal! will start airing daily occupying the 19:30 spot.

Plot

Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.

Cast as per Opening Sequence

As shown on opening scene

Main cast

Actor RoleStatus
Mapaseka KoetleDintle Nyathi
Natasha SutherlandLayla MacKenzie
Marjorie LangaGloria Legae-Lekgodu
James SitholeTokollo "Mdala"Sindane
Makoma Mohale Tlhogi Sindane
Mmamarumo MarokanekeBridget Maseko
Michael MabizelaCaiphus Lekgodu
Lebogang MgidiLinda Mgabadeli
Andile SitholeNdumiso Ngcobo
Thulani HlatshwayoCedric Johhunes "CJ"Mnguni

Former cast

ActorRoleStatus
Thuso MbeduKitso Medupe
Tumisho MashaHector Thebe
Kgomotso ChristopherYvonne Thebe
Melusi MbeleJoseph JoJo Kubeka
Clint BrinkValentino Martins
Lusanda MbaneBoniswa Langa-Mamba
Lorcia CooperErin Martins
Hlomla DandalaSiseko Langa
Luthuli DlaminiStan Nyathi
Hungani NdlovuRomeo Medupe
Sello Maake Ka-NcubeLucas Daniel Nyathi
Bongile MantsayiMthunzi Mayiza
Masasa MbangeniThembeka Shezi-Nyathi
Kagiso MedupeMango Nyathi
Nolwazi NgubeniMbali Kubheka
Ayanda DawetiChumani Langa-Xaba
Mtunzi NtoyiSijo
Smangele Mathibele(MaShandu)Nomcebo
Nomvelo MakhanyaLindiwe Ngema-Maseko
Lerato NxumaloPhakamile Mdletshe
Given StuurmanKgosi Lekgae
Kagiso MedupeMangi Nyathi
Dineo MoekestiNaledi Thebe
Brighton NgomaQuinton Nyathi
Bathabile MashigoGrace Medupe-Shabangu
Candice DermanSamantha
Avile BatwiniEric Stein
Nthati MosheshMorongwa Molefe
Masechaba MoShoe-ShoeMmadika Molefe
Fulu MughovhaniAnzani Chabedi
Patrick MofokengMlungisi Ngema
Fana MokoenaVukile Kubheka
Slindile NodangalaNomvula Kubheka
Sihle NdabaDuduzile Kubheka
Getmore SitholeCain Gumede
Patronella TshumaRuby
Khulu SkhenjanaGorbachev
Sandile MahlanguSimo Shabangu
Cindy MahlanguVioletta Mamba
Dawn MatthewsShakira Nyathi
Fundiswa NgcoboWinnie Hlatshwayo
Sivenathi MabuyaXolile Medupe
Joe KazadiMukuna
Gcina NkosiZinzile Ngema
Tshepo MoseseLerumo Chabedi
Nolo SeabiSeipati
Thuli ThabetheMe'Shell
Mothusi MaganoPhehello Mokhethi
Sandy MokwenaEddie Khumalo
Kagiso RathebeAmo
Siyabonga ShibeKila Ngcobo
Simo MagwazaMamba
Bohang MoekoTshepo Tladi
Siyabonga GcwensaMbuso Mdletshe
|Matthews Rantsoma|Nhlamulo Maseko|}Sources: [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A look at five of the top soapies on TV screens in South Africa. 2020-08-20. thesouthafrican.com.
  2. Web site: 2019-05-19. Revealed: These are South Africa's most-watched TV shows. 2020-08-20. The South African. en-US.
  3. Web site: Sexy sister's arrival means Mo Scandal - IOL. 2020-06-16.