Wiseman Mncube takes over from Bonko Khoza as Mqhele, whose love story with Hlomu remains complicated.Īfter you’ve watched all episodes of Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 of The Wife, binge-watch The Wife: Behind The Veil. Word is the woman at the center of this was using the musician for money which she spent with the now dead boyfriend. Inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube’s book, Naledi His Love, Naledi and Qhawe bring the heat in the most explosive season yet. It turns out to be a good story, the singer has been arrested, the wife has disappeared and the neighbors are generous with information, although some of the things they say don’t add up.

The season kicks off with Naledi, played by Gaisang K Noge, Qhawe’s love, having been kidnapped and the Zulu brothers’ crimes making front-page news. True love and loyalty reign supreme in the third and final season of The Wife. The show trended at the top of Twitter every Thursday during its run, for 13 consecutive weeks. All episodes of Seasons 1-3 are now streaming. Produced by Stained Glass, Season 1 of The Wife opened to rave reviews in November 2021, becoming the most-watched launch on Showmax ever. The role of Zandile, the fierce matriarch of the Zulu family, is played by Khanyi Mbau (Happiness is a Four-Letter Word) and Mondli Makhoba (Umkhokha) reprises his role as Nkosana, the eldest Zulu brother in The Wife.

Season 2 is inspired by the follow-up novel, Zandile the Resolute. Her love interest, Mqhele, is played by Bonko Khoza, who burst onto the acting scene as Jabz in the multi-award-winning film Necktie Youth and has since appeared in the likes of Professionals and the Emmy-nominated Roots. Rising star Mbalenhle Mavimbela (Skeem Saam, Isipho) plays “Hlomu the wife”, the journalist who falls in love with a taxi driver, not realising that when you marry a man, you marry his secrets. Season 1 is inspired by the novel Hlomu the Wife, a bestseller by Dudu Busani-Dube. The Wife series is a Showmax Original telenovela that follows the lives of the eight Zulu brothers, a formidable crime family, through the eyes of the women they marry.

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