The parent trap

Gontse is back and she’s determined to get her child back – no matter the cost.

After being away from her family for three years, Gontse (Khanyisile Zwane) is back from Dubai and she’s excited to see her son Sihle (Xolani Xaba). Remember, Gontse was working overseas after she basically lost everything back home. In debt after being scammed in a pyramid scheme, she had to close her event business and was without an income. And even though her marriage was on shaky ground, she took the job in Dubai to still provide for Sihle, who she had to leave here in South Africa.

“Gontse has been working as an events and project manager, she has also been studying towards a BA Honours in Hospitality Management while in Dubai. Gontse couldn’t take her child with her when she left because she didn’t have a support system that she could depend on at the time, and she still had to find a way to recover from her debt,” explains Khanyisile.

One person who is excited about Gontse’s return, short as it may be because she’s on leave and must go back to work, is her mother Gloria (Marjorie Lange). “Gloria is extremely happy and definitely surprised to see her daughter back because it was so unexpected and unannounced, still ecstatic nonetheless,” Marjorie says. But not everyone shares her excitement…

I DON’T KNOW YOU, MOM!