New Year, Old Faces

Chumani tells Loyiso’s family half-truths to get them out of his hair, Boniswa is on edge when Chumani doesn’t arrive for an important meeting, and Romeo suggests to Xolile how the pair of them can step into the gap that Chumani’s absence is leaving.

- Genevie Veterblanche

DECEMBER

Romeo and Xolile have different feelings about their first Christmas together as a family with their baby, and Romeo’s family arrive for a new round of negotiations.

An illness in the family unites the Langas and the Medupes, and a villain returns and makes a nest at The Newtonian. An olive branch is exchanged at NFH, and Yvonne is hurt when she covers up a financial issue and she is determined to step into a new life. Kgosi comes up with an underhanded under-the-counter scheme to get the goods that his clients want but he and Kabza find out that it’s not going to be as simple as taking candy from a baby. Javas comforts Stokkies when his romantic dreams run aground yet again, and a spate of robberies troubles the residents of Soweto Heights.

JANUARY