''Scandal!'' (formerly ''The Voice'') is a South African

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and broadcast on

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. It is one of the most watched soapies in South Africa, contending with

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's longest-running soapie '' Generations: The Legacy''. It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds.

Plot

''Scandal!'' is set at the fictional

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Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in

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, 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

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divides set in a local township of

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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.

Current cast

As shown on opening scene * Mapaseka Koetle -Nyokong * Melusi Mbele * Nolwazi Ngubeni * Matthews Rantsoma * Kagiso Rathebe *James Kgaugelo Sithole *Johanna M. Marokane *Boikarabelo M. Mabuza *Fundiswa Ngcobo

Current Cast and the Characters

Former cast

Clint Brink Clint Brink (born 29 September 1980) is a South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''King Dog'', ''Ellen: Die storie van Ellen Pakkies'' and ''Lockdown Heights'' as well as the soap opera ''Binnelanders''. Early Brink wa ...

as Valentino "Tino" Martens * Lusanda Mbane as Boniswa Langa *Candice Derman as Samantha *

Lorcia Cooper Lorcia Khumalo (née Cooper) (born 9 November 1978), is a South African actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles in the popular television serials ''Backstage'', '' Scandal!'', '' Lockdown'' (20172020), ''Zulu Wedding'' and ''Hey Boy' ...

as Erin Martens * Hlomla Dandala as Kingsley Siseko Langa *

Luthuli Dlamini Luthuli Dlamini (born 13 March 1966) is a Zimbabwe-born South African film and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Stan Nyathi on the e.tv soap opera, '' Scandal!''. Dlamini has also had roles on ''Generations'', ''Jacob's Cro ...

as Stan Nyathi * Avile Bantwini as Eric Stein * Hungani Ndlovu as Romeo Medupe * Sello Maake Ka-Ncube as Lucas "Daniel" Nyathi * Bongile Mantsai as Mthunzi Mayiza *

Mothusi Magano Mothusi Magano (born 26 March 1979) is a South African actor. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials ''Tsotsi'', '' Scandal!'' and ''Intersexions''. Personal life He was born on 26 March 1979 in a small village of Phokeng on the ...

as Phehello Mokheti / The Dustbin Man * Dawn Matthews as Shakira Nyathi (née Kane) *

Masasa Mbangeni Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni is a South African actress. She is best known for her role as ''Thembeka Shezi'' in the popular television serial '' Scandal!''. Early life She was born on 6 March 1987 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She later moved to ...

as Thembeka Shezi - Nyathi *

Kagiso Modupe Kagiso Modupe, is a South African actor and producer. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials ''Losing Lerato'', ''Gog' Helen'' and ''Unpredictable Romance''. Personal life He is married to Liza Lopes, a film producer. The couple ...

as Mangaliso "Mangi" Nyathi * Sandy Mokwena as Bra Eddie Khumalo * Nthati Moshesh as Morongwe "Mo" Molefe * Masechaba Gloria Moshoe-Shoe as Mmadika Molefe * Fulu Mugovhani as Anzani Chabedi * Nolwazi Ngubeni as Mbali Kubeka * Patrick Mofokeng as Mlungisi Ngema * Sihle Ndaba as Dudu Kubheka *

Siyabonga Shibe Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe (born February 23, 1978) is a South African actor from Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Early life Shibe was born and raised in Umlazi, Kwazulu-Natal. He attended Ganges Secondary School, where his teachers encouraged him to p ...

as Kila Ngcobo * Getmore Sithole as Cain Gumede / Daniel Nyathi * Petronella Tshuma as Ruby * Khulu Skenjana as Gorbachev * Mthunzi Ntoyi as Sijo *

Soso Rungqu Sonwabise 'Soso' Rungqu (born 24 May 1983), is a South African actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the popular serial '' Isidingo''. Personal life She was born on 24 May 1983 in Amalinda, East London, South Africa. In 1991, sh ...

as Kagiso *

Sma Mathibeli Smangele Mathibeli (nee Mbatha) is a South African Actress and Radio Personality. born in KwaZulu Natal South Africa in 1982 . She is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; ''Imbewu'', ''Yizo Yizo'' and ''Zone 14''. She is ...

as Nomcebo * Simo Magwaza as Mamba * Sandile Mahlangu as Simo Shabangu *

Cindy Mahlangu Cindy Mahlangu, formally Cindy Mahlangu-Zungu, is a South African actress, known for playing Violeta Mamba on the e.tv soap opera ''Scandal!'' (20202021). Filmography Career Mahlangu also starred in Netflix series ''Blood & Water ''Bl ...

as Violet Mamba * Nomvelo Makhanya as Lindiwe Ngema - Maseko * Thuso Mbedu as Kitso Medupe * Botlhale Boikanyo as Omphile * Nolo Seabi as Seipatiu Sources:

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0473428 South African drama television series E.tv original programming