MY ECHO SOAPIES GENERATIONS AKHONA vows never to forgive nor for get. Queen struggles to keep a secret. Pru dencespillsallaboutSompisiandhisfami ly.Pearlcatchestheloversintheact.Chop pa’s freaked when he finds a half naked woman in his flat. Ruby finally gets her fa ther to recognise her. A session of shock therapy goes horribly wrong. MJ is snubbed when he reaches out to a loved one. Dineo puts Ngamla in his place. Senzo makes a horrifying discovery. Years of anger and bitter ness dissolve away as father and daughter bond. A kind gesture prompts Akhona to snap. Nicholas is des perate to help the woman he loves. Ja son is shocked by what he witnesses during therapy. Dr Jacobson shows his dark side.
Jack Devnarain is Rajesh Kumar in Isidingo. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
ISIDINGO BRADLEY acts increasing ly strangely as his problems accumulate. Rajesh and Priya feel the glow as they grow closer again. Sechaba has an unexpect edly painful experi ence. Bradley and Al bert’s relationship is put to the final test. Priya finds ways of showing her gratitude to Rajesh for being so under standing. Lerato continues with her adventures in the art of selfdefence, impressing people with her skill. Bra dley has to face a terrible and life shifting horror. Priya surprises Rajesh with words he never thought he’d hear. There is ongoing nervousness on The Deep about crime. MUVHANGO RANTHUMENG goes to see the
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real Matshidiso to get some answers. Mori tiwarnsKhomotjotobeonherbestbehav iouraroundtheMojalefaelders.Thelawyer tells the family that the NPA just have to checkthatMrGumede’sconfessionislegit imate.AlbertrefusestogetusedtotheMo jalefa’s being part of his company. Ranthu and Mampho finally acknowledge they’re indebted to Thandaza. And there’s good news in Thathe. The Judge makes a ruling on Azwindini’s release. Ranthumeng de cides to go back to Lesotho. Khomotjo is tortured by Moriti and her inlaws. SCANDAL WHILE Sasha makes a potentially ca reerdestroying decision, the mysterious stranger, Cain, reveals that Shakira is not the only woman he has an interest in. Will Shakira’s fascination with the mysterious Cain lead to unfortunate consequences? Dintle tries, but fails dismally, to ingratiate herself with the Ngemas in a bid to secure her own future. Ndumiso wants to come back to Joburg but what will Kila say about it? RHYTHM CITY BASH rushes into what they thought was the Interpol office and finds that Niki’s missing. Reneilwe and Sifiso are really into each other after their first kiss. Jafta tells the guys about an outing with Rose that makes them all laugh. Sifiso spills the beansaboutkissingReneilwetoTsetseFly. Fats meets a wellknown comedian and convinces him to do a gig at Kilowatt. The kidnappers tell Niki that if they don’t get the phone they will kill her. Reneilwe diso beysMamoketeandgoestoseeSifiso.Fats is confused when the comedian asks for payment. Zozo and Enoch disagree on how to handle Niki and the phone situation. Suffocate fires Lerato. Lerato reveals the phone and tries to sell it to David. The kid nappers phone Bash with a demand for a drop off. Reneilwe sees no way out of stay ing in and looking after Kop tonight, in stead of going on a proper date with Sifiso. Fats cancels the second comedy show due to budget constraints. Reneilwe finds out about Sifiso’s past, and realises her true feelings. David demands to know what’s going on at Zer011. Suffocate and Bash
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scramble to help Niki. DAYS OF OUR LIVES JENNIFER tells Abby that she is getting a divorce from Jack. Daniel and Jennifer’s divorce papers are accidentally sent to each other by Justin’s secretary. E.J. and Taylor kiss. Sami asks Dario to stay with her and Rafe which angers impostor Rafe. E.J. and Taylor share a kiss. Adrienne tells Jus tin that the boys won’t be able to make it home until December or January for their wedding. At the hospital, impostor Rafe doesn’t recognise Carly. Vivian tells Maggie that she has won. Melanie drops by Rafe’s apartment to make sure he does things by the book with Dario but instead meets a shirtless Dario. Chad discovers his overdue bill at Sa lemUniversityhasbeenpaid.Chadrealises it was Stefano who paid it and asks him about any strings that are attached to it. Chloe tells Justin that she doesn’t want any of Daniel’s money. Nicole tells Chloe she doesn’t like seeing Brady so unhappy. E.J. sees Brady and Taylor working closely together. Jennifer continues to try and play matchmaker with Carly and Daniel. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WHEN learning that Taylor has moved inwithEric,Billreigniteshisattempttoper suade Brooke into doing all that she needs to do to take over Forrester Creations. He presentsherafewoutrageousideasofhow to go about it. Liam relays his intentions to Steffy about what he would like to do beforetheirbabyarrives.Brookeisstunned whenHopetellsherabouttherequestthat she had made from Liam. Rick attempts toconsoleHopeabouthercurrentrelation ship status and can’t help but feel respon sible for it. Pam eavesdrops as Brooke gets Donna onboard with the way of thinking that Taylor is only using Eric to assist her children in their careers. Anthony advises Rick to come clean to Maya regarding his true identity as a fashion heir rather than an impoverished and homeless waiter at Dayzee’s. Rick surprises Maya with a shop ping trip to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Marcus is amused that Carter already has his eye on a couple of local ladies even though he hasn’t been in town very long.
US jazz legend Kirk Whalum to launch Awesome iLembe Arts Festival AMERICAN jazz legend Kirk Whalum will make a special appearance in KZN tomor row, at the Sibusisiwe community centre in Mandeni, to launch the first Awesome iLembe Arts Festival. The festival takes place across the iLembe region on the north coast later this year. An innovative and farsighted initia tivebytheDepartmentofArtsandCulture,
in partnership with Awesome Africa Festi valProductions,thismulticulturalfestival will take the music to the people and directly into the communities at venues in Mandeni, Ndwedwe, Maphumulo and KwaDukuza. This ‘concert of a lifetime’ by Whalum, offers fans an opportunity to en joy his much celebrated series ‘The Gospel According to Jazz’ in Africa for the very first
time. The tenor saxophonist has collaborat ed with industry greats such as Al Jarreau, Quincy Jones and Barbara Streisand and it is his passionate sax solo that is heard on Whitney Houston’s megahit, ‘I Will Always Love You’. Kirk considers himself a “man of the people”, and is the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledge
ments for his musical excellence. He wonhisfirstGrammyawardforBest Gospel Song ‘It’s What I Do’, featuring Lalah Hathaway. He recently recorded the next chapter in his series (Chapter IV) in New York to be released worldwide in September. He will preview some of those new songs as well as perform his anthems from the past.
Theconcertstartsat5for5:30pmwith a cappella gospel choir Consuming Fire from Mandeni followed by Whalum. Tickets are R150 and can be purchased from Computicket (0861 915 8000). Only 500 tickets are available and there will be no door sales. For more information call Gabi Nkabinde at 084 357 8860 or visit www.awesomefestivals.com. –Supplied.
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US jazz great Kirk Whalum will be in the province on 27 March for a jazz event launch and he will also perform.
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