# Scandal!

Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Moving Pictures 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 which was dubbed as the "Winter binge", and on the 7th of September, they announced that the winter binge was over.

## Plot

Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) 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

| Actor | Role | Status |
| Mapaseka Koetle | Dintle Nyathi | Main |
| Natasha Sutherland | Layla MacKenzie | Main |
| Jerry Mofokeng | Layla MacKenzie | Main |
| Marjorie Langa | Gloria Legae | Main |
| James Sithole | Tokollo "Mdala" Sindane | Main |
| Makoma Mohale | Tlhogi Sindane | Main |
| Mamarumo Marokane | Bridget Maseko | Main |
| Boikarabelo M.Mabuza | Thapelo More | Main |
| Seputla Sebogodi | Kgopolo More | Main |
| Kwenzo Ngcobo | Nhloso Gasa | Main |
| Lebogang Mgidi | Linda | Main |
| Keitu Kasonkola | Talitha More | Main |
| Lebogang Msiza | Tiro More | Main |
| Kamogelo Maree | Thoriso More | Main |

## Former cast

| Actor | Role | Status |
| Sandy Mokwena | Eddie Khumalo | Starring role |
| Joyce Skefu | Maletsatsi Khumalo | Starring role |
| Tumisho Masha | Hector Thebe | Starring role |
| Kgomotso Christopher | Yvonne Thebe | Starring role |
| Nomvelo Makhanya | Lindiwe Ngema-Maseko | Starring role |
| Melusi Mbele | Joseph JoJo Kubeka | Starring role |
| Clint Brink | Valentino Martins | Starring role |
| Lusanda Mbane | Boniswa Langa-Mamba | Starring role |
| Lorcia Cooper | Erin Martins | Starring role |
| Hlomla Dandala | Siseko Langa | Starring role |
| Luthuli Dlamini | Stan Nyathi | Starring role |
| Hungani Ndlovu | Romeo Medupe | Starring role |
| Sello Maake Ka-Ncube | Lucas Daniel Nyathi | Starring role |
| Masasa Mbangeni | Thembeka Shezi-Nyathi | Starring role |
| Kagiso Medupe | Mango Nyathi | Starring role |
| Nolwazi Ngubeni | Mbali Kubheka | Starring role |
| Ayanda Daweti | Chumani Langa-Xaba | Starring role |
| Mtunzi Ntoyi | Sijo | Supporting role |
| Smangele Mathibele(MaShandu) | Nomcebo | Supporting role |
| Lerato Nxumalo | Phakamile Mdletshe | Supporting role |
| Given Stuurman | Kgosi Lekgae | Supporting role |
| Kagiso Medupe | Mangi Nyathi | Starring role |
| Dineo Moekesti | Naledi Thebe | Supporting role |
| Brighton Ngoma | Quinton Nyathi | Starring role |
| Bathabile Mashigo | Grace Medupe-Shabangu | Starring role |
| Candice Derman | Samantha | Supporting role |
| Avile Batwini | Eric Stein | Supporting role |
| Nthati Moshesh | Morongwa Molefe | Starring role |
| Masechaba MoShoe-Shoe | Mmadika Molefe | Starring role |
| Fulu Mughovhani | Anzani Chabedi | Starring role |
| Patrick Mofokeng | Mlungisi Ngema | Starring role |
| Fana Mokoena | Vukile Kubheka | Starring role |
| Slindile Nodangala | Nomvula Kubheka | Starring role |
| Sihle Ndaba | Duduzile Kubheka | Starring role |
| Getmore Sithole | Cain Gumede | Supporting role |
| Patronella Tshuma | Ruby | Supporting role |
| Khulu Skhenjana | Gorbachev | Starring role |
| Sandile Mahlangu | Simo Shabangu | Starring role |
| Cindy Mahlangu | Violetta Mamba | Starring role |
| Dawn Matthews | Shakira Nyathi | Starring role |
| Fundiswa Ngcobo | Winnie Hlatshwayo | Supporting role |
| Sivenathi Mabuya | Xolile Medupe | Starring role |
| Joe Kazadi | Mukuna | Supporting role |
| Gcina Nkosi | Zinzile Ngema | Starring role |
| Tshepo Mosese | Lerumo Chabedi | Starring role |
| Nolo Seabi | Seipati | Starring role |
| Busisiwe Lurayi | Me'Shell | Supporting role |
| Thuli Thabethe | Me'Shell | Supporting role |
| Mothusi Magano | Phehello Mokhethi | Starring role |
| Kagiso Rathebe | Amo | Supporting role |
| Siyabonga Shibe | Kila Ngcobo | Starring role |
| Simo Magwaza | Mamba | Starring role |
| Bohang Moeko | Tshepo Tladi | Supporting role |
| Siyabonga Gcwensa | Mbuso Mdletshe | Supporting role |
| Matthews Rantsoma | Nhlamulo Maseko | Starring role |
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| Danica De La Rey Jones | Simone Smith | Supporting role |
| Kim Cloete | Kimberley Smith | Supporting role |

## Achievements
### South Africa Film and Television Awards

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2023 | Scandal! | Best TV Soap | Won |
| 2024 | Scandal! | Most Popular TV Soap/Telenovela | Won |
| 2024 | Scandal! | Best TV Soap | Nominated |