The victim is the bully
Ndiwavho goes from sweet and fun-loving to schoolyard bully – and her step-dad isn’t making it easier.
Mpho (Azwi Rambuda) witnesses a drastic change in her once sweet and innocent daughter Ndiwavho (Shudufhadzo Mathagwa) “Ndiwavho’s personality change is due to her experiences with her peers at school,” says Shudufhadzo. “She has never told her mother about all of the bullying that she’s gone through, and the only other person who knows about it is her step-father figure at the moment Tenda (Nat Ramabulana) who encourages the teenager to get revenge on her bullies,” explains Shudufhadzo. And in businessman Tenda, Ndiwavho has the perfect bullying mentor.
HONING HER CRAFT
Thinking that the change in Ndiwavho could be brought on by a relationship with a boy, Mpho finally sits Ndiwavho down to chat. “Mpho decides that it’s time to have ‘the talk’ and she hands condoms to Ndiwavho. But Mpho finds out that it’s nothing to do with a boy. Her daughter is a mini monster,” says Shudu. “Ndiwavho is rude and belligerent and she reveals her true nature to her mom. It turns out that Ndiwavho has been lying about being a victim in a series of incidents at school – she’s the instigator!” adds the actress.
Mpho knowing truth now doesn’t encourage Ndiwavho to mend her ways and the out of control teen continues with her bullying. “Ndiwavho wants to give as good as she’s got in the past. So encouraged by the verbal and physical violence that she’s learned from Tenda, she decides to bully anyone and everyone in her path. She’s going to be the biggest bully at the school,” says Shudu.
EYES WIDE OPEN
Tenda loves a good scrap and when he finds out that his step-daughter was bullied by a boy, he encouraged Ndiwavho to be more vicious and cruel – and he leads by example, explains Shudu. “Tenda wants her to fight back and he decides to boost her ego, so Tenda calls the boy now being bullied by Ndiwavho a weakling for allowing himself to be bullied by a girl, and he blames the boy’s parents for raising a weak child.”
But what goes around, comes around and Ndiwavho’s bad attitude is going to land her in serious trouble – and not just at school. “There is going to be lots of drama. All I can say is that Ndiwavho will soon come crashing back to reality and realise that what she’s been doing is wrong. She’s going to be extremely remorseful and sorry, and then later on she will try to deal with the root of it all…” explains Shudufhadzo, hinting that terrible Tenda is the real reason for her rotten new attitude…