The big family secret is out
TVPlus - English|12 August 2021
It’s strange but it’s true: Mpho has a daughter that she forgot to tell people about.
ELEANOR MAVIMBELA
The big family secret is out
It’s chaos when a long-kept family secret comes out: Mpho (Azwi Rambuda) had a daughter with her high school sweetheart Tshenolo (Thabo Malema) – but he didn’t even know that she was pregnant.

When the child, Ndivhuwo (Shudufhadzo Mathagwa), falls ill, Tshenolo finds out that he has a daughter and Ndivhuwo learns that her “sister” Mpho is actually her mother…

HOW THE STORY BEGAN

Mpho had a baby when she was in her teens but her parents kept it a secret. “When Mpho’s parents found out that she was pregnant, they hid her until she gave birth and then pretended that the child was the mothers’ to cover her shame,” says Azwi.

Mpho played along, as did her real sister Lindelani (Ronewa Mudau). But everything changes when Ndivhuwo gets sick.

THE CURE

When nothing rids Ndivhuwo of her night terrors, Lindelani – who is staying in Venda with Ndivhuwo – calls Tshenolo and spills the beans. “She tells him he has a daughter who is sick because she needs to be introduced to her parental ancestors,” says Thabo, whose character is shocked to find out that he has a full-grown daughter.

Mpho begs Tshenolo for forgiveness but he is too busy conniving a plan to lure his daughter to Johannesburg.

ALL IS REVEALED

Back in Venda, Ndivhuwo, who seems better, meets a man online. She decides to go to Johannesburg to meet him and asks her “sister” Mpho if she can visit.

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