King (Patrick Mofokeng) & Nina (Thembi Seete)
Zone 14 will be back on SABC1 this Monday, 12 July at 20h30 for Season 3, following a two-year break between new seasons.
For the first time, new episodes air twice a week: on Mondays
and Wednesdays at 20h30. The rebroadcasts have been broadcast like this, but not a new season.
Here's a first look at the season, which is directed by Thabang Moleya (director of
Montana and
Sokhulu & Partners) and Adze Ugah (director of
Society 2 and
Jacob's Cross):
Previously in Season 2 ...At the climax of the season, Stella and Digger were busted for dealing drugs and hauled off to jail.
King’s soccer team won through to 1st division and the community celebrates. Sizwe “miraculously” rises from his wheelchair and walks to the tavern where he declares to a shocked Tiger and Nandi that he wants access to his daughter, Lebo.
Sledge (Bongani Maseko) & Sizwe (Patrick Ndlovu)
Season 3 Sneak Peak: Outraged that Sizwe is claiming her as his child, Tiger attacks Sizwe. Nandi pleads with Tiger not to kill Sizwe - she just wants him to admit that he raped her. But Sizwe denies the allegations, and states that Nandi was not an innocent in their sexual encounter.
Outwardly Sizwe pretends to be a changed man. He claims his “miraculous’ recovery has turned his heart and he wants to bury past hates and start again.
Tiger exacts a promise from Sizwe to keep his mouth shut about Lebo’s paternity; they are all concerned about her frail emotional state.
Sizwe and Tiger’s conflict ceases - on the surface at least. King’s marriage proposal to Nina is seen as a solidification of the truce and Sizwe welcomes King into his family.
Sizwe secretly plots to weaken the foundations of the Sibiyas by reinventing himself as a “man of God” and working to win over the community by restoring his good name and legitimising his business practice.
Publicly he denounces Stella and Digger’s drug empire, however when he realises that drugs will be sold in Zone 14 by someone else, he decides to take matters into his hands.
Aided by his deadly apprentice, Sledge, Sizwe makes a deal with a drug dealer, Duke, which positions his funeral parlour at the axis of a lucrative distribution network. His only rule: no drugs are to be sold in Zone 14.
While Sizwe masquerades as an anti-drug crusader, his empire grows in neighbouring areas.
With first division promotion, King reclaims the name and legacy of the Tiger Boys and assembles one team from the old Mighty Bombers and Stella Stars.
Management seeks to professionalise the team, which involves controlling all aspects of the player’s lives ...
The lead cast:
Pinky (Thuli Thabethe)
Spinach (Thulani Didi) & Popeye (Kere Nyawo)
Speedy (Charles Pasha) and Palesa (Kgomotso Ditshwene)
Flimin' on set
Sibiya FamilyTiger - Patrick Shai
Nandi - Nandi Nyembe
King - Patrick Mofokeng
Lebo - Carol Behane
Mdu - Tshepo Ngwane
Moloi FamilySizwe - Patrick Ndlovu
Nina - Thembi Seete
Palesa - Kgomotso Ditshwene
Sledge - Bongani Maseko
Khumba FamilySelina - Thembi Nyandeni
Pinky - Thuli Thabethe
Maradona - Innocent Masuku
Bazooka - Christopher Kubheka
andPopeye - Kere Nyawo
Spinach - Thulani Didi
Sgonondo - Andile Mxakaza
Speedy - Charles Phasha
Skhalo - Neo Ntlatleng