Fraksie is a South African, Afrikaans-language television drama series set in the town of Stellenbosch which revolves around two men - one a tech wizz who has developed an app; the other a wannabe "dollar millionaire" investor.
The series is framed around the burning question: how far will one man go to get what he wants?
Schalk Smit (played by Edwin van der Walt) is an investment manager with dreams of becoming a dollar millionaire.
He is married to Nina (Roeline Daneel) whose mother, Deidré (Hélène Truter), comes from old money.
Nina's father, Willem (André Jacobs), is an oncologist and her sister, Bianca (Daneel van der Walt), is an anaesthetist.
Zac (Alex van Dyk) and Mari (Jana Malan) are Schalk and Nina's teenage children.
Tim (Marlo Minnaar) is a computer science lecturer in Pretoria and recently married Chantel (Crystal-Donna Roberts).
In his free time he developed QPI (Quick Payment Interface) and he is looking for an investor.
Jana (Trix Vivier) is a commercial lawyer and went to school with Schalk and Tim.
She moved to Stellenbosch six months earlier leaving behind her husband, Alwyn (Sean-Marco Vorster) and daughter Emmy (Izebella Louw).
In Stellenbosch she meets Jack (Duane Williams), who causes problems in her and Alwyn's marriage.
Melt Sieberhagen is Henk, Schalk's boss; and Brendon Daniels is Donovan, an events planner and Henk's housemate.
Ilse Klink is Judy, Chantal's mother; and Gerwen Simon is Anél, her sister.
Also in the cast is Natalia Da Rocha as Jack's grandmother, Lee-Ann van Rooi and Pierre van Pletzen as Schalk's boss at T&M Holdings and Hendrik Nieuwoudt as Henk's son, JP.
Fraksie is an M-Net Original Production, created for kykNET by Louis Pretorius and Albert Snyman, who are also the executive producers for Infinity Films.
The head writer is Louis Pretorius with a writing team including Rosalind Butler, Melt Sieberhagen and Stephen Simm.
Nina Swart is the director. Music is by Loki Rothman.