Sal Patson👣

God first 🙏
#ProudLoziBabe💋

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

As a man, normalise a boring life. Go to bed early. Read long books. Drink tea. Regulate your nervous system. Spend time alone. Go for walks without headphones. Eat simple food. Shrink your circle. Turn down the noise.

[RUDZANI ✨ @Rxnx_Mxdxx]

Bafazi this is proof that men don’t read those long paragraphs after a fight 😅

[🇿🇦gqimm shelele💎 @MaDhlomo_]

The book would send you guys because in the book Joyce’s dad is alive😂

[Uchenna. @Favour_Ogazi]

The polygamist. This show. Thing is, when it comes to a cheating man, no woman is above the program. Simple.

[Gogo.Sifiso - the seer @theseerheals]

My Review of The Ploymist 📺

One thing this show reminds us is that life is not always glitter, glam, luxury cars, beautiful homes, and perfect social media pictures. Behind closed doors, people carry battles that the world never sees.

Lessons from The Ploymist:

1.) Never wish for another person's life. Not everyone living behind glass walls is happy. What looks perfect on the outside may be falling apart on the inside.

2.) You can respect, love, and support a person with all your heart, and they can still cheat. Cheating is not a mistake; it is a choice. If someone wants to be faithful, they will be faithful.

3.) Many people stay too long in relationships and marriages that ended years ago. The fear of "abantu bazothini?" (what will people say?) has made many people sick, depressed, and unhappy.

4.) As a side chick, know your place. Better yet, do not entertain a married person. No matter what promises are made, marriage is spiritual, and getting involved in another person's marriage rarely ends well.

5.) Having both parents in the home does not automatically create a loving and warm environment. Some homes are complete on paper but broken in reality.

6.) Parents sometimes forget that they too can wound their own children. Not all scars come from strangers.

7.) Ama-2K children will expose every family secret without even realizing it. They will show your flames without hesitation.

8.) Doing business with your partner can become complicated. Sometimes one person carries the workload while the other enjoys the benefits. Resentment grows when the effort is not balanced.

9.) Be careful who you call a friend. Not everyone sitting at your table is rooting for you.

10.) Siblings are different. Some will protect the family name at all costs, while others will always have your back and cover for you when life gets tough.

The biggest lesson?

Life is not all glitter and glam. Money cannot buy loyalty. Marriage does not guarantee happiness. Family does not always mean safety. Friendship does not always mean trust.

Sometimes the people who look like they have everything are carrying the heaviest burdens.

Watch carefully. Listen closely. Every story has a lesson.

Chakra Gogo Sifiso 🕯️

#ThePloymist
#LifeLessons #NotAllThatGlittersIsGold #RealityCheck

[Sal Patson👣 @shukosally]

@PHILASA0321 @Am_Blujay Exactly, they are running away from that fact that she committed a crime

[Jay jay @Jayjay143552]

@Am_Blujay Jonasi was murdered by joyce period

[Sal Patson👣 @shukosally]

@Jayjay143552 @Am_Blujay Period,and everyone is making her a victim when is guilty of murdering her husband.She had the option of divorcing him but didn't but hired someone to infect him with HIV

[Asiimwe brenda 😜❤️ @kimBrenda01]

As a woman please don't be in such a situation 🙏😭

[Royalty @RoyaltyNzwakazi]

Please do save young girls from coming to your house if your husband is a predator and a whore🙏🏾

[Grace of God🫶🕊️ @KLeeeyah]

When you write him those long paragraphs after he mistreated you😭💔

[Gauteng Health @GautengHealth]

You’ve seen #ThePolygamist and saw how Jonasi went out… just know, that is not just TV drama, it is real life consequences.

Multiple partners without protection increase your risk of STIs and HIV. Ignoring treatment does not make it go away, it makes it worse.

Knowing your status is power. Using protection is responsibility. Taking your treatment is survival.

If you stopped treatment, come back, reinitiate and stay on it to achieve an undetectable viral load. This means living a healthier life with zero risk of passing HIV on to others.

Remember, prevention options such as PrEP and Lenacapavir can help protect against HIV, but condoms are still essential to protect against STIs like gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia and more, as well as unwanted pregnancies.

Credit: Clip from The Polygamist on @NetflixSA

#AsibeHealthyGP #EndAIDS #STIAwareness

[MALOME PAPI @murphygee5]

Jonasi didn't love Joyce, he needed Joyce, that's where the problem is.

[PRETTY BITCH 💅 @MafanyaZanele]

@murphygee5 With a narcissist everyone has a role to play there is no love

[The Instigator @Am_Blujay]

The Polygamist reminds us how unfair life can be. Essie deserves so much more. She sacrificed and invested in Jonas's future by funding his education through her hairdressing business. Without her support, he might never have secured the life and career he has today. Yet she and her children seem to receive the bare minimum, while Joyce and Matipa enjoy the comforts and luxuries that came from foundations Essie helped build.

#ThePolygamist

[MA LE BO @Melo_Malebo]

Mpume was the one who really saw her mother’s pain. Her mother never had to say anything, Mpume could read it in her eyes. She was that emotionally aware. She knew exactly when her mom needed reassurance that everything would be okay. #ThePolygamist

[Umfaz Ka Jonasi🇸🇩 @RoyalVhadau]

#ThePolygamist should have been on SABC or Mzansi Magic, it is not reaching the right target for me on Netflix. I want the Jonasis, Joyces, Essies, Matipas and Lindanis across all social classes to see themselves and possibly reflect.

[Phomolo @l_phomolo]

You couldn't have said it better. I wanted it to reach all married women who have been fooled by society into thinking they are the Woolworths of all women. They think marriage is everything and look down on divorced and unmarried women when we all know that there is nothing more special about them. They just happen to be married. And to all side chicks, you should never think you are better than his wife, to him you are just another woman he wants to sleep with. I wish women could see that a man doesn't cheat because you lack anything, he cheats because he wants to and he can. There is nothing you can do to stop him if he doesn't want to stop. Love yourself bafazi.

[AMARA @Amy_beke]

The Polygamist is a movie that practically shows that no amount of love, beauty, loyalty, or support can compensate for a man who lacks sexual discipline.

[TheKingLouNetwork @KingLou_Louvuyo]

In the #ThePolygamist this specific home office scene between Mpume Gomora and her father, Jonasi Gomora, highlights him at his most toxic and dismissive.

As the moral conscience of the family, Mpume confronts Jonasi on behalf of her heartbroken mother, Joyce, and the children. Because Jonasi is a master of manipulation who constantly interrupts, gaslights, and dominates verbal arguments, Mpume writes a letter to strip him of his ability to twist her words.

The letter outlines the emotional and psychological devastation his serial cheating, hidden families, and selfish choices have inflicted on their household. It serves as a formal indictment of his failures as a father and husband, delivered in a way that forces him to either listen or look like a complete coward.

Jonasi's decision to increase the television volume is a raw display of egocentric emotional abuse and defensive avoidance.
• By turning up the audio, he physically tries to drown out her voice because the truth hurts his fragile ego.
• It is a power play meant to signal that her feelings, her mother's pain, and the letter are completely insignificant to him.

This beautifully directed sequence relies heavily on physical blocking and spatial metaphors to expose Jonasi's narcissism:

• The Desk and Office Chair (The Throne of Power): Initially, Jonasi sits behind his grand office desk. This represents his corporate empire, his patriarchal authority, and the structural power he wields over his family. Mpume stands before him like a subject pleading with a ruthless king.
• Moving to the Couch (Relinquishing Accountability): When Jonasi moves away from the desk to the office couch, he is physically fleeing the confrontation. By choosing to sit and not look at her, he attempts to strip the moment of its formality, treating her heavy words like white noise.
• Mpume Standing Behind Him: As Jonasi moves, Mpume remains steadfast, continuing to read the letter while standing behind his new position.
• "Leave the Letter I'll read it myself": Telling her to leave the physical letter on the couch, without ever looking her in the eye, is the ultimate act of
compartmentalization. To Jonasi, people and their pain are just messy inconveniences. By treating the letter like a discarded piece of trash to be left on furniture, he attempts to localise and discard the family's trauma so he can return to his pristine, curated life.

Ultimately, the scene beautifully juxtaposes Mpume's raw vulnerability against Jonasi's chilling emotional detachment, proving that while he has built an empire of wealth, he is entirely bankrupt as a human being.

#NetflixPolygamist