Scandal! (formerly The Voice) is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and broadcast on e.tv. It is one of the most watched soapies in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie Generations: The Legacy.[1][2] It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds.
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Gloria Medupe |
Directed by | Ian Nkulu |
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Opening theme | Scandal! |
Ending theme | Scandal! |
Country of origin | South Africa |
Original languages | Multilingual (Caption included) |
Production | |
Production locations | Johannesburg Soweto |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Ochre Moving Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | e.tv |
Original release | 8 September 2005 (2005-09-08) – present |
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Related | Rhythm City |
Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.
As shown on opening scene
Actor | Role |
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Thulani Hlatshwayo | CeeJay |
Mapaseka Koetle | Dintle Nyathi |
Sihle Ndaba | Dudu Kubheka |
Marjorie Langa | Gloria Legae |
Nqobile Nunu K.H | Hlengiwe Thwala |
Thapelo Aphiri | Javas |
Melusi Mbele | Jojo Kubheka |
Natasha Sutherland | Layla MacKenzie |
Nomvelo Makhanya | Lindiwe Ngema |
Nolwazi Ngubeni | Mbali Kubheka |
Patrick Mofokeng | Mlungisi Ngema |
Andile Sithole | Ndumiso Ngcobo |
Jerry Mofokeng | Neo Mokhethi |
Mattews Rantsoma | Nhlamulo |
Slindile Nodangala | Nomvula Kubheka |
Botlhale Boikanyo | Omphile Ngema |
Nolo Seabi | Sepati |
Fana Mokoena | Vukile Kubheka |
Robert Mpisi | Zenzele Kubheka |
Gcinile Nkosi | Zinzile Ngema |
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