Telenovela, The Wife returns
It will return on November 10 with three episodes dropping every Thursday into 2023.
Showmax has just dropped the teaser for the third and final season of The Wife, its multi-award-winning telenovela.
South Coast’s very own Kwenzo Ngcobo is one of the actors in the telenovela.
The smash hit Showmax Original returns on November 10 with three episodes dropping every Thursday into 2023.
According to the producers, Season 3 centres on two star-crossed lovers: Tswana doctor Naledi Montsho and Zulu taxi driver Qhawe. Gaisang K Noge (House of Zwide, Thando) stars as Naledi, with Qhawe played by DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Favourite Rising Star winner Kwenzo Ngcobo, dubbed “the Woolworths of amadoda” by Twitter.
They added that Naledi and Qhawe’s instant chemistry set Twitter alight in Season 2, but Ngcobo says their love story is just beginning.
“When two lovers meet, it’s always an exciting and lovey-dovey situation. However, a few months later, challenges begin to emerge. That’s when the drama begins.” said the Port Shepstone-born actor.
The producers added that Season 3 picks up with Naledi kidnapped and the Zulu brothers’ crimes now front page news, saying that those are just the first of the obstacles Naledi and Qhawe will have to overcome this season.
“Qhawe is the sweetest of the Zulu brothers – but still part of a formidable crime family. And Naledi? Well, the Zulu brothers may have finally met their match in their in-laws to be. Ngcobo calls this season “a story about two people fighting for love,” adding, “What Qhawe and Naledi have is beautiful. People will witness this couple facing numerous challenges and their world being rocked hard. There are many people who are in love but are in situations that make it difficult for them to love each other, and I believe this story will be very relatable to them. It’s really something beautiful,” they said
They added that Season 3 expands beyond the Johannesburg taxi industry to Royal Thabeng and the North West, introducing new cast like Sello Motloung (Blood Psalms) as Naledi’s father, Kgosi; Bongo Maffin’s Stoan Seate as Sefako, Qhawe’s rival for Naledi; Lungelo Mpangase (eHostela, Lingashoni, Mzali Wam) as Xoli, Sambulo’s love interest; Mo Setumo (The Queen) as Tshidi, Naledi’s older sister; Terrence Ngwila (Lioness) as Detective Baloyi; and Thabang Lefoa (Skeem Saam) as Tsietsi.
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