Please note that this is a continuation of scene 1. If you didn't read scene 1, it is advisable that you first read it before continuing with this.
Executive summary: Women hitting on Rapulana on Facebook and how he deals with them. Mahumela's song in the Lejade and the Favoured ensemble makes it on Top 5 in Capricon FM. Neo on SABC News versus ENews and why she would rather follow tweets than 800 people's updates on Facebook.
Neo can Facebook at 24:00 (midnight lol)
Neo: People think we are agents and want us to get them roles.
Mahumela: Yes, they will go like, I want to act in Muvhango, please organise something for me.
Makisto: But how can you help because even you guys had to audition for your roles. Therefore, how can you create roles for them on the show?
Mahumela: I think they should ask us for information on good agents or a production or recording companies because we cannot all be actors.
Makisto: Now that you are mentioning music, I remember. This other day you posted your picture on stage singing. What’s the story there?
Mahumela: It was a DVD live recording.
Makisto: Were you part of the ensemble?
Mahumela: Yes.
Makisto: Which song did you sing and what is the name of the group? Can people find the album in stores?
Mahumela asked to use my journo's book and pen
Mahumela: The name of the song I sing is ndiyene. The name of the group is Lejade and the Favoured. My song is number 5 in Capricon FM gospel hits.
(Her co-stars clap and go wow.)
Neo: You see a message I got on Facebook. (She shows me the message but hides the person’s name)
Makisto: Can I take a picture of that? (She says no and I ask her to read it out)
Neo: The message reads like this: I’m craving for some hot morning glory with someone. Are you keen?
We are all shocked and go a a a a a
Makisto: How do you feel about that?
Neo: How do I feel? (Formulating an answer) I’m flabbergasted.
Makisto: And you Nthabi, do you ever get something like that?
Gabriel and Nthabiseng
Nthabi: No my friends will never send me something like that because I never befriend people I don’t know. My friends know I am a very conservative person. If I get something like that, I will remove you.
Makisto: (Looking at Millicent) And you Millicent, you are not on Facebook, are you?
Millicent: No I’m not.
Makisto: Was it a conscious decision you made.
Rapulana: Milli, you are on Facebook. Tell him the truth. You are on Facebook Mzansi Style. When you walk on the streets you go dumelang! Le kae?
Makisto: Are you afraid that if you are on Facebook, you will get the stuff that Nthabi and Neo are getting?
Millicent does Facebook Mzansi style
Rapulana: Go a shediwa mo Facebook. Eeee, bat la go shela. (People will hit on you on Facebook.) Ba-tla-go-shela
Makisto: Wena Rapulana have you received requests that are...how should I say this? Sa le wa shelwa ke dicheri ko Facebook? (Do women hit on you on Facebook)
Rapulana: I will cut you short nna.
Makisto: Why do you cut them short?
Rapulana: If you start asking personal questions I just go thank you. I’m done. I don’t entertain people on Facebook. I can’t be entertaining funny stories on Facebook.
Nthabi: What if she is hot?
Rapulana and Mak3nzo on the set of one of their films.
Rapulana: Have you seen women on Facebook? They are all hot. I don’t know what they do but they are all hot. People take pictures and suddenly this person has double D size breasts you know. (the girls laugh) As you are looking at the picture, they are actually stunning and vibrating the breasts. So I’m sorry. I’m not entertaining stuff like that. It’s nice to see someome’s face so you can know who you are becoming friends with but then they add all these other funny pictures.
Nthabi: People like doing that a lot. They use false pictures found on the internet and anyone can use Rapulana’s picture and how do you if that’s really Rapulana. Anyone can claim to be on Twitter because I’m not there.
Makisto: Are you guys on Twitter? I never really tweet these days. I can tweet maybe once a month.
Nthabi: I’m not!
Neo: I’m on Twitter.
Rapulana: The thing about Twitter is that people want instant updates about what you are up to. It’s impossible to keep up with all the tweets. When you go on set you switch off your phone and people want an update of what you are filming about. You can’t be saying, we are in between takes and now we gonna go back.
Neo: I’m on Twitter but I don’t tweet a lot either. However, I prefer Twitter than Facebook because on Twitter you chose who you follow. I follow stuff like CNN. If I’m following SABC newsbreak or whatever, I get to learn about breaking news. It’s better than Facebook. I can also follow ENews and every time a news item is tweeted, I find it on my tweets. It’s better for me in that way but I don’t tweet what I do.
When Muvhango does a location shoot, pupils can't wait for after school lol
Makisto: Wow, you follow ENews. That’s cool, but why ENews?
Neo: As an example. Lol, I can see where this is getting at. It was just an example.
Makisto: But it’s no secret that ENews is better than SABC News.
Neo: No comment. I didn’t say that.
Makisto: True you didn’t. I said it.
Phathu's colleague begged me to write about him so I will only put his picture here and only because Phathu is in it.
Neo: With Twitter you find out what’s going on. It’s like BBM (BlackBerry Mobile). Once you start, you never wanna put it down.
Nthabi: I’m hearing tweets and retweets and I don’t understand what that is.
Rapulana: But Twitter is anti-social because I can be with you guys here while I’m my mind is miles away with tweets. Gone are those days when you could sit down, chill, have a conversation and enjoy each other’s company. Everybody these days is on Twitter. If they are not on Twitter they are on Sondeza.
A few of us go a a a a a aaaaaaaaaaaaaa shocked that Rapulana knows about Sondeza and for me, I’m more shocked that these Muvhango ladies do know about Sondeza.
Neo and Nthabi: What’s Sondeza?
Rapulana runs away.
Makisto: (Loling) Come back, come back here. Sondeza, he knows about Sondeza?
Coming up next in scene 3
Muvhango stars in the nude with Makisto while talking about Sondeza and why Rapulana would kiss all Muvhango ladies. Plus, Mahumela’s take on South African and Western porn. Phila (Spha) dazzles me with his own Muvhango version.
Then
Scene 4
I give Rapulana Seiphemo TVSA bloggers' feedback about Ambush and he tells me the numbers about the show. We also chat about his upcoming movie Paradise Stop where he costars his daughter. Talk about an SA's Will and Jaden Smith lol! And, he gives me some inside info about the mischief his character Pheko will be getting up to. You don't wanna miss this!
Pictures through Makisto's lens and SABC 2