Pride will kill you for real because why are you in hospital with chronic pneumonia (amongst other things) when you could just be on ARV's?
#ThePolygamist
When women who are in their late 30's and divorced or have not been married yet or are without children get shamed I imagine tying yourself to a man like Jonas.
Kusmane kuth'wa "Be his peace", batsho uJonas njalo. 😭😭
#ThePolygamist
Men come up off of women a lot.
It just isn't spoken about often or honestly enough.
Many women were men's kick starts, while others were/are their fail safe plan.
#ThePolygamist
I cannot feel sorry for Matipa, I'm sorry. You screwed one brother to get to the other, whomsssst you knew very well was married, thinking uza gudlula uMa'am.
Worse. You gave him not 1 but 2 children. They are innocent. But they are yours. Andiniveli nonke!
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Essie's title card continues with the show's brilliant character coding, introducing a completely different visual theme focused entirely on hidden truths, domestic burden, and community scrutiny.
Essie is framed through hanging laundry, which partially blocks the viewer's sight. In visual storytelling, laundry lines symbolize domestic labor and the private, everyday world of a home.
Framing her behind hanging clothes indicates that Essie is a character who exists in the shadows of the main drama. She is someone who holds, hides, or cleans up the "dirty laundry" of the family. She sees and knows things that are kept hidden from the public eye, but she herself remains obscured and overlooked.
Unlike the pristine, isolated luxury spaces or cold corporate structures of the other characters, Essie is placed directly on an open township street. The harsh, natural sunlight and concrete structures signify that she represents the raw, unpolished grassroots reality.
Standing in an open street with another person visible right behind her highlights that Essie’s life is completely exposed to community gossip, neighborhood scrutiny, and social expectations. She does not have the privilege of a private, gated sanctuary; her struggles and her standing are out in the open for the community to judge.
Essie stands firmly in a simple, everyday patterned dress. It is a wardrobe choice stripped of pretension, representing traditional grounding, survival, and a lack of interest in superficial curation. She represents the unfiltered emotional anchor of her environment, someone whose value comes from her endurance rather than her bank account.
The show uses this framing to tell us that Essie is the Keeper of Secrets. While others fight for public status, corporate dominance, or physical desire, Essie is rooted in the harsh, grounded reality of everyday life, carrying the heavy weight of what happens behind closed doors while navigating the judgment of the world around her.
I mean, we don't judge each other as friends but I want to understand, as Matipa's friend, what do you even say to her? Because uzilandele this mess. She fetched it with her whole heart.
So, when she comes crying, what do you advise?
#ThePolygamist
And please. Doctors and nurses bayazikhupha indaba please.
I remember this from when my father was in hospital some 10 years ago.
A part of me believes bayenza ngabomu 🤞🏽
#ThePolygamist
I love when men who did their wives wrong asks their wives to not ever speak of incident again like it's a threat to the peace of the relationship.
So you don't want to hear about it but these women had to live through it? 😂😂
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The normal display of African unity in the early stages of a football World Cup was notably absent from social media as many fans from across the continent backed Mexico in the tournament's opening match against South Africa. https://t.co/KSoQcgPagr
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Anele Mgudlwa's Company Acquires Iconic Media Giant
Rose and Oaks Media has acquired Rapid Blue from BBC Worldwide.
The acquisition is led by Rose & Oaks Media founders Anele Mgudlwa, Frankie du Toit and Paul Buys, who have produced international films Don’t, Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, The Last Ranger, Ludik and as well as TV show The Masked Singer South Africa.
The Masked Singer South Africa has been renewed for a third season and is currently in production.
Rapid Blue was founded by television pioneers Duncan Irvine and Kee-Leen Irvine, and acquired by BBC in 2016.
It has been responsible for some of South Africa's most iconic television productions, including The Weakest Link, Strictly Come Dancing, Come Dine With Me South Africa, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Family Feud South Africa, The Bachelor South Africa, Shark Tank South Africa.
Rose and Oaks Media, with Anele Mgudlwa, née Mdoda, as CEO, has been in business for the past 9 years.
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