''Muvhango'' is a South African television soap opera, created by

Duma Ndlovu Duma Ndlovu (born 12 October 1954) is a South African poet, filmmaker, producer, journalist and playwright. He is well known in the South African television industry, having created award-winning shows such as ''Muvhango'', ''Imbewu: The Seed'' ...

. It was broadcast on the public TV channel

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, and had an average of 4 million daily viewers during its latter run before its conclusion. The first episode was aired on 7 April 1997. It was the first

Tshivenda language Venḓa or Tshivenḓa is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people (or Vhavenḓa) in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba peop ...

TV drama, but later became multilingual in order to showcase that languages and cultures of South Africa should be used to unite rather than divide, even so Tshivenda is its primary language. The show is built on a premise that "umuntu ''ngumuntu ngabantu''" meaning that we exist within a context. The show has strong family orientated storylines that seeks to speak to the conflict between the traditional and the modern ways. The Vhakwevho's are the custodians of the traditional side of things while the Johannesburg lot focuses on the modern ways. In 2006 the series was nominated for the

South African Film and Television Award The South African Film and Television Awards (sometimes referred to as the Golden Horns; often simply called the SAFTAs) is an annual South African awards ceremony hosted by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), to honour creative exce ...

for best soap opera.

Main cast

Former cast

Plot

The show is primarily set in Johannesburg and Venda. In Johannesburg, Thandaza Mokoena (

Sindi Dlathu Sindiswa Dlathu (born January 9, 1974) is a South African actress and musician. She is well known for portraying Thandaza Mokoena on '' Muvhango'', a role she played from the show's inception in 1997 until her departure in 2017. Dlathu left '' ...

), James Motsamai (Dingaan Khumalo), Khakhathi Mulaudzi, Gugu Nkosi-Zikalala, Imani Nkosi, Hangwani Mukhwevho, Rendani Mukhwevho, their families and their colleagues deal with nepotism, drama and violence in the corporate world. In Venda, the Mukhwevho family leads the people of Thathe while there are cracks in their family. Thandaza left her business over to James the Qalabosha constructions

The Mukwevho Family, MMC and Qalabosha Constructions

References

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