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Secrets, Curses and Family Wars: What to Watch on Mzansi Magic and Mzansi Wethu This October

Secrets, Curses and Family Wars: What to Watch on Mzansi Magic and Mzansi Wethu This October

The month's telenovela slate is crowded with betrayals, blackmail and ancestral reckonings. Here is where each of the four shows is headed, and when to catch them.

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Show

Channel

Time

October episodes

Nyala O...

Mzansi Magic (161)

Mon to Wed, 19:00

34 to 45

Kwa Baba S1

Mzansi Magic (161)

Mon to Fri, 19:30

89 to 110

Inimba Season 2

Mzansi Magic (161)

Mon to Fri, 20:30

154 to 175

Homecoming

Mzansi Wethu (163)

Mon to Fri, 18:30

75 to 96

Nyala O...

The month opens with Rhami abandoning his children at Home Affairs to choose Kea, while Mapula is arrested for fraud. Kea's ultimatum is answered in kind, Pretty decides what role Rhami will play in her family's life, and Pretty and Gabisile fight over the damages money. By mid-month Pretty learns Gabisile lied about the money, Lerato's pregnancy destroys her relationship with Mondli, and Mapula's actions begin to catch up with her. Later episodes bring the Maponyas into a blended-family reality, a confrontation between Tshepi and Rhami over his betrayal of Lethabo and Warona, and a feud that explodes when Pretty says her children, at least, know who their father is. The month ends with Rhami and Kea's marriage at breaking point, Mapula making a heartbreaking sacrifice, and Pretty struggling to rebuild her life.

Kwa Baba S1

The Mkhize family is consumed by Mhlaba's mysterious suffering, with a search for answers uncovering its shocking source and Dumisani haunted by a painful truth he needs to confess. Zwelakhe's paternity drives a wedge through the family and he tells Musa he has found his biological father. Blackmail, an ukhamba secret that comes to light with devastating consequences, a curse that may be reversed only at the cost of a brother, and an ukushweleza meeting follow. As the month closes, Zwelakhe visits the Inyanga with worrying results, his fight for the Mkhize legacy divides the family, Zandile reaches her breaking point, and Bahumi makes a leap of faith inside the inyanga's ndumba that takes a chilling turn.

Inimba Season 2

The Mabandlas are at war with each other. Early episodes pit brother against brother over a venture bought on borrowed wealth, while Thandeka and Thumeka go to war and Sydney faces the truth of the empire he built. The focus then shifts to Zoleka and Lazarus, whose marriage is tested by Bavumile's birthday plans, family interference and questions of faith, as Mawethu rebuilds from the bottom and Lwandle edges toward a secret Sydney wants buried. Bavumile's first birthday on 21 October ends in a revelation no one sees coming. By the final week, Zoleka is battling a fear she cannot say aloud, Lazarus finds her in another man's arms, and the truth behind it is more devastating than it looks. The month ends with a moment that could change their lives forever.

Homecoming

The Dlamini family wrestles with MaNkwanyane's accusations, and she is publicly exposed for a lie she told. The central triangle of Msizi, Zethu and MaNkwanyane drives the early weeks: Msizi chooses Zethu, MaNkwanyane refuses to play along, and an ultimatum could cost him everything. Meanwhile, Constable Dlamini battles her work environment as Ngarage's promotion unsettles the station and his relationship with MaNgcobo. MaNkwanyane's arrest tears the Kubheka family apart, and later episodes bring devastating news of a loss. The last stretch turns darker: Shwabi is trapped in his tavern with a dead body, MaNkwanyane becomes the only witness to a murder, and Matron's search for Shobane pushes her into dangerous territory.

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