Scandal!


Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Media and broadcast on e.tv. It is the most watched soap opera in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie Generations: The Legacy. It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds.
On 10 July 2024, e.tv announced that Scandal! will start airing daily, occupying the 19:30 spot dubbed as the "Winter binge". The program reverted to its standard time slot on 7 September 2024.
On 26 September 2025, e.tv announced that Scandal! will air its final episode on 26 June 2026.

Plot

Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.

Cast as per Opening Sequence

As shown on opening scene
  • Mapaseka Koetle
  • Mamarumo Marokane
  • Makoma Mohale
  • Kgaugelo James Sithole
  • Boikarabelo M. Mabuza
  • Kwenzo Ngcobo
  • Bongile Mantsai
  • Owen Sejake
  • Bongani Gumede

    Main cast

ActorRoleStatus
Mapaseka KoetleDintle Gasa
Mamarumo MarokaneBridget Maseko
Makoma MohaleThlogi Sindane
James Kgaugelo SitholeTokollo Sindane
Boikarabelo M.MabuzaThapelo More
Kwenzo NgcoboNhloso Gasa
Bongile MantsaiMthunzi Mayiza
Bongani GumedeEphraim Gasa
Owen SejakeSammyday More
Jo-Anne ReynekeBuyi Mlotshwa
Jerry MofokengNeo Mokhethi
Seputla SebogodiKgopolo More
Keitumetse KasonkolaTalitha More
Kamogelo MareeThoriso More
Nombulelo MhlongoPhilisiwe Gasa
Wright NgubeniBotsotso
Nia BrownTshidi
Danny De BruyneDe Wet

Former cast

ActorRoleStatus
Sandy MokwenaEddie Khumalo
Mapaseka KoetleDintle Nyathi/Gasa
Joyce SkefuMaletsatsi Khumalo
Tumisho MashaHector Thebe
Kgomotso ChristopherYvonne Thebe
Nomvelo MakhanyaLindiwe Ngema-Maseko
Botlhale BoikanyoOmphile Ngema
Melusi MbeleJoseph JoJo Kubeka
Clint BrinkValentino Martins
Lusanda MbaneBoniswa Langa-Mamba
Lorcia CooperErin Martins
Hlomla DandalaSiseko Langa
Luthuli DlaminiStan Nyathi
Hungani NdlovuRomeo Medupe
Sello Maake Ka-NcubeLucas Daniel Nyathi
Masasa MbangeniThembeka Shezi-Nyathi
Kagiso ModupeMango Nyathi
Nolwazi NgubeniMbali Kubheka
Ayanda DawetiChumani Langa-Xaba
Mthunzi NtoyiSijo
Sma MathibeliNomcebo
Lerato NxumaloPhakamile Mdletshe
Given StuurmanKgosi Lekgae
Kagiso MedupeMangi Nyathi
Dineo LangaNaledi Thebe
Brighton NgomaQuinton Nyathi
Thuso MbeduKitso Medupe
Bathabile MashigoGrace Medupe-Shabangu
Candice DermanSamantha
Avile BatwiniEric Stein
Nthati MosheshMorongwa Molefe
Masechaba MoShoe-ShoeMmadika Molefe
Fulu MughovhaniAnzani Chabedi
Patrick MofokengMlungisi Ngema
Fana MokoenaVukile Kubheka
Slindile NodangalaNomvula Kubheka
Sihle NdabaDuduzile Kubheka
Getmore SitholeCain Gumede
Patronella TshumaRuby
Khulu SkhenjanaGorbachev
Sandile MahlanguSimo Shabangu
Cindy MahlanguVioletta Mamba
Dawn MatthewsShakira Nyathi
Fundiswa NgcoboWinnie Hlatshwayo
Sivenathi Mabuya-BukaniXolile Medupe
Joe KazadiMukuna
Gcina NkosiZinzile Ngema
Tshepo MoseseLerumo Chabedi
Nolo SeabiSeipati
Busisiwe LurayiMe'Shell
Thuli ThabetheMe'Shell
Mothusi MaganoPhehello Mokhethi
Kagiso RathebeAmo
Siyabonga ShibeKila Ngcobo
Simo MagwazaMamba
Bohang MoekoTshepo Tladi
Siyabonga GcwensaMbuso Mdletshe
Matthews RantsomaNhlamulo Maseko
Sources:--
Danica De La Rey JonesSimone Smith
Kim CloeteKimberley Smith

Achievements

South Africa Film and Television Awards

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