’90 Plein Street’ returns
NINETY Plein Street returns for its fifth season tomorrow at 9.30pm.
In the last season, Lerato saved the day for President Dineo by getting her re-elected as the president of the ANC. She in turn invites Lerato to come to work in Pretoria at the Union Buildings as her youth advisor and she has to bring Collins (her paraplegic brother) because there is no one to take care of him.
Viewers also saw her love interest, Dan, proposing to her at the end of the season.
Executive producer Carolyn Carew said: “The new season is exciting and it takes place in the president’s office for the first time.
“We get to work with an amazing new cast, Oscarwinning actor Presley Chweneyagae ( Of Good Report, Hotel Rwanda, Tsotsi) as the chief of staff, Mothusi Magano, secretary-general of the ANC.
“Magano was in season 3 as the Julius-inspired character, playing the chairman of the ANC Youth League.
“Also joining is Warren Masemola ( Eye in the Sky, Machine Gun Preacher) as the public protector and Renate Stuurman ( Happiness is a Four Letter Word) as the press secretary.”
Audiences can look forward to a dramatic series that explores values and loyalty within a party and an individual effect it has on building a corrupt-free journey of democracy.
The new plot involves not only a rogue unit, but the public protector who fights for the issues of equality in the community of Majakaneng. This story is about the new breed of leadership and the challenges they face.
Like Dineo in previous seasons, Lerato is the proverbial new broom but her idealistic nature threatens to trip her up as she is exposed to politicking, corruption, necessitated coalitions and negotiations in an economically challenged and potentially violent environment. All will be lost if she, like Dineo, becomes disillusioned in the individuals running the party.
A political party is bigger than the individual. When fighting for a cause the individual must be willing to sacrifice his own needs for the greater good.