Mfundi Vundla blatantly said he will never take back the 16 cast members he fired from one of the country’s most watched show, and he meant it.
“Finish and klaar.
We are running a business here, there has to be resolve… we have to bring certainty to the production. We can’t be playing ping pong, ping pong. It is a final decision,” Vundla has been quoted saying.
Some said he will never keep to his word, but the Generations writer undoubtedly showed that he can.
Press conferences were held and fans of the show expressed their outrage through social media but Vundla said the cast members found Generations there and they will leave it there but the show will go on.
And it turns out it will.
Vundla has replaced the 16 with the following:–
Connie Ferguson returns as Karabo Moroka
Rapulana Seiphemo as Tau Mogale
Manaka Ranaka as Lucy
Letoya Makhene as Tshidi
Asanda Foji as Simphiwe
Ivy Nkutha as gog’Flo
Musa Ngema as Mazwi
Bohang Mthunzi as Angela Motene
Andisiwe Dweba as Getty
Denise Zimba returns as Mary
Ronnie Nyakale resumes his role as Cosmo
Thulisile Phongolo as Namhla
Moopi Mathobeli as Smanga
Vuyo Dabula as Gadaffi
JT Medupi as Jonathan
This change comes after the 16 were axed following strike because of a wage and contractual dispute with the soap creators.
The cast members had been in a dispute with the show creators and the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC) for a year.
The striking actors were demanding higher salaries, extended contracts and royalties from episodes that have been rebroadcast.
Vundla previously said the actors were making unreasonable demands and he was ready for the show to go on without them.
The 16 cast members fired are: Sophie Ndaba (Queen), Menzi Ngubane (Sibusiso), Seputla Sebogodi (Kenneth), Katlego Danke (Dineo), Thami Mnqolo (Senzo), Zolisa Xaluva (Jason), Winnie Ntshaba (Khethiwe), Slindile Nodangala (Ruby), Zenande Mfenyana (Noluntu), Thato Molamu (Nicholas) , Anga Makubalo (MJ), Mandla, Gaduka (Choppa), Patrick Shai (Patrick), Atandwa Kani (Samora), Nambitha Mpulwana (Mawande), Zikhona Sodlaka (Priska).
