Minx on a mission
Gigi has got a taste for blood and big bucks, and she’s going to be Muzi’s Missus… one way or another.
Make no mistake: escort madam Georgina aka Gigi (Nambitha Ben-Mazwi) doesn’t dabble in the business. But she does know how to use her feminine wiles to get ahead in her personal life. “Gigi knows how to lure in property developer Muzi (Sdumo Mtshali). She uses her body and sex and she gets him to fall in love with her. But there is actual romance despite the fact that he’s married,” says Nambitha. Muzi and his architect business partner wife Lwandle (Jo-Anne Reyneke) have been trying to have a baby for years following an offscreen miscarriage and that has left cracks in their marriage, which Nambitha says Gigi is happy to take advantage of. “Gigi has spotted the gaps and she has used that to target Muzi. She has what he wants: a womb.” Gigi has her own agenda and she’s going to remind Muzi of her “abilities”.
GOOD GIRL GONE
Gigi is only 23 but she’s lived a lifetime that others could dream of, explains the actress who plays her. “Georgina comes from a well-off family. Her father (offscreen) is Lwandle’s pastor, which is how she knows about Muzi and Lwandle. She is a college dropout who hasn’t had to deal with consequences because she’s always talked her way out of trouble.”
Muzi isn’t sure what he wants at the moment. He loves his wife deeply, but the temptation at every turn with Gigi proves too much. “She makes life and love exciting for him. Gigi knows that an office romp for Muzi is exciting because his wife won’t give him that. She’s a bit too prim and proper,” says Nambitha, adding that her character has two faces. “She has this good-girl image on Sunday at church for her parents, and the other when she’s working. They would not understand.” And they’d be raging if Gigi wrecked a home by being “the other woman”.
HAVING HER CAKE
Gigi isn’t selfish though and she reminds Muzi that she’s in this for the long haul. “She tells him in so many words that she would be happy as a second wife. She wants meaningful conversations with him, long walks on the beach, all that dreamy stuff, and she doesn’t mind if she’s under the watch of Lwandle.”
That doesn’t mean for a second that the woman of the house is expecting to learn that her hubby has strayed. “For Lwandle, Gigi is her pastor’s daughter and a businesswoman. She isn’t aware that Gigi’s escorts get around the estate they live in, and she doesn’t know that churchgoing Gigi is the other woman in her husband’s bed,” says Nambitha.
PREVIOUSLY
Muzi had a new plan to make Shadrack listen to him, and Martin’s financial issues worsened and he considered doing something illegal. Dumisani revealed a secret to someone with a loose tongue, and a stressed and upset Tessa got into a physical fight.
5 – 7 MAY
Muzi chooses to expose Shadrack’s secrets to get one up on his enemy, and Dumisani is left embarrassed and furious. Tessa asks Leah if they can make peace, and Muzi is attacked by a crazed Shadrack. Castro puts his foot down and he plans to take what he feels is his right, and an enraged Suzaan demands answers from a clueless Martin about why his daughter Tessa attacked her daughter Leah.
10 – 14 MAY
Dumisani discovers how difficult it is working for his father, and Ryan drops a bombshell on his wife Suzaan. Boikanyo’s business opportunity comes with strings attached, and Shadrack confronts Muzi again. Gigi continues her hunt for Muzi’s love and she drops subtle hints that Muzi’s wife Lwandle doesn’t pick up. Shadrack wants Muzi out of the way for good, and Dumisani is in harm’s way. Shadrack confesses his sins and what he did to someone, and Castro makes sure that Muzi and Siya’s war escalates. Tsholo becomes a pain in Boikanyo’s side, and Gigi continues worming her way into Muzi’s marriage and home.
17 – 18 MAY
Muzi makes a revelation about something he did, Martin turns to a loanshark, and Suzaan isn’t sure how to deal with her new life.
CAST: Boikanyo Thabo Malema •Castro Kamanga Phakathwayo Aubrey Poo •Dumisani Mokobane Mpho Sibeko •Faniswa Khayakazi Kula •Gigi Nambitha Ben-Mazwi •Goniwe Phakathwayo Linda Sebezo
•Leah le Roux Penny Wolhurter •Lesiba Molefe Matli Mohapelo
•Lwandle Phakathwayo Jo-Anne Reyneke •Martin van Wyk Jacques Blignaut •Mmakoena Molefe Dineo Langa •Mmathsepo Mokobane Clementine Mosimane •Muzi (Solomuzi) Phakathwayo Sdumo
Mtshali •Ryan le Roux Charlie Bouguenon •Shadrack Mokobane
Don Mlangeni •Sindi Phakathwayo Zenokuhle Maseko •Siya Phakathwayo Sparky Xulu •Suzaan le Roux Nadia Velvekens •Tessa van Wyk Carla Classen •Tsholo Moliehi Didie Makobane