Season 3
Beatrice Abrahams and the learners of Hoërskool Arendsvlei return for more drama.
The first season explored happiness, sadness, vindictiveness and plans only Wendy could think of.
In the second season, Janice's brother Steve Mortlock was released from prison and he turned the Arendsvlei world upside down.
David's long-lost son, Nathan, also made an appearance, all the while Chantel's father unexpectedly knocked on their door.
There was more murder, engagements and cheating, and we witnessed how Wendy went to new extremes to ruin the Arendsvlei community.
This season introduces a host of new characters, including:
Dorothy Galant (played by Ilse Klink)
The Galants are a well-known family and Dorothy is the mother of Bompie and Angelique.
Nobody can understand how a respected woman like Dorothy is married to a man that is known as the most dangerous criminal in the area, Desmond Galant.
Desmond is suspect number one in various criminal activities, but it can never be linked to him.
Dorothy runs her household and her family with an iron fist but with grace and love. She is the perfect picture.
She loves her plants more than life itself and she talks softly and slowly.
She never breaks eye contact - almost to a point where you feel uncomfortable - but you don't. Because it's Dorothy Galant and she wouldn't hurt a fly.
Angelique Galant (Chelsea Thomas)
Angelica — the angelic one — is an innocent young teenager. Her mother calls her Angel. She's fragile and believes the world is a good place.
She knows what the people say about her father, but her mother always reminds her that those that are successful will always be hunted because of jealousy.
Angel admires her mother; she is a pillar in her community and in her household.
Angel is shy and keeps to herself. She doesn't make friends easily but there is an immediate connection between her and Candice.
Angel has no idea what the true nature of her family entails. She's fragile and under her mother's protection.
Candice Burger (Nancia Dorland)
Candice is a gentle person, but unstable. She is prone to emotional outbursts, then feels ashamed, and becomes calm unnaturally fast.
She is hesitant with making new friends or trusting people. The wound of having been abandoned by her birth mother, then the trauma of being raised by Natalie, leaves her vulnerable.
She has a playfulness about her that is latent.
She makes friends with Angelique, because Angelique will not take no for an answer, and is proud and delighted to have her first bestie ever in her young life, having been a loner up to now.
Natalie Burger (Carmen Maarman)
Natalie is a dogmatic, self-important woman who can manipulate people with ease. She wants what she wants and will not back down until she gets it.
When her stepdaughter, Candice, arrives, looking for her mother, Natalie is quite cold towards her.
She has raised Candice since birth, but has never really bonded with the child (now 18). She finds motherhood tedious, but does it, simply to feel good about herself.
Twice in one lifetime she has abandoned those who needed her the most.
Kaleb Jakobs (Chad Baai)
Kaleb is a 16-year-old boy who lost his parents in a car accident when he was 10. He takes care of his little brother Bobby, who is seven years old.
They lived in Clanwilliam and Kaleb had to grow up fast. He stayed in school and worked in the afternoons and on weekends on one of the farms.
They were able to stay on the farm where his parents worked all their lives, but Kaleb decided to leave Clanwilliam when he was 16.
He wanted the opportunity to get away from the world that reminds him of his parents every single day.
A relative offered him and his brother a room on their property but he had to work to be able to stay there - and also to keep his brother in school, who started grade one.
His parents left them some money to cover the basics but Kaleb is a very proud person and never takes charity from anyone. He will rather work for what he and his brother need.
We get to know him as a gentle, quiet, proud and hardworking boy.
Captain Krige (Brendon Daniels)
Krige is a detective from Clanwilliam and a childhood friend of Lionel. He has just been transferred from Clanwilliam to Cape Town – Bellville station.
He bumps into Lionel, they reconnect, and rekindle their friendship.
He is a man of his word, with a strong moral compass. At the same time there's an edginess about him, and a quiet sense of power.
His rhythms are slower rather than fast, heavier rather than lighter. He's a thinker, with a good sense of humour.
One of the reasons he is friends with Lionel is because they are like day and night. Lionel makes him laugh, and he makes Lionel think.
He has unorthodox methods when piecing together bits of information on cases, and he often makes a breakthrough late at night, when he can't sleep because of insomnia.
He is addicted to sleeping pills and uppers, one to make him sleep, the other to wake him up from exhaustion.
It makes him erratic, and he's prone to mood swings, which he tries to keep under control from his colleagues and friends.
He is a loner by nature and has few friends.
Emmie Langeveld (Inge Isaacs)
Emmie is a new student at Arendsvlei, recently moved to the suburb from Plumstead.
She is highly strung, dramatic, with a tendency to exaggerate for attention seeking. She has a nervous disposition - not an overly seductive one. She means well, though.
Emmie is attractive, clever, open, with an easy sense of humour, which helps her to make friends quickly.
She seems very light and airy on the surface, but underneath it hides sexual hang-ups and control issues.
She is intrinsically insecure about her body, unsure about her identity as a young woman, and is experimenting, like a typical teenager, to find out who she is.
Jake Sylvester (Clayton Evertson)
Jake is an attractive, strongly built man. He is both down-to-earth and highly calculating.
He plays his cards very close to his chest; no one would know about his traumatic past. He presents as a rogue with an ironic, dry sense of humour.
He is highly intelligent and has an uncanny ability to read other people's minds. This ability allows him to be provocative and push their buttons.
He likes catching people on the wrong foot; knowing things about them when they know nothing about him.
He is a brilliant impersonator and adopts different character roles and accents with ease.
He struggles seriously with commitment, both because it is in his nature and because he loves feeling free both on an emotional and physical level.
But deep down he struggles with commitment because he is scared to become too attached to anyone after losing his father. He does not want to go through the pain of losing someone close to him again.
Arendsvlei is based on a concept by Theltom Masimila and produced by Penguin Films for kykNET as an M-Net Original Production.
Season 3 Cast
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Starring
Jolene Martin ... Beatrice Abrahams
Celeste Matthews ... Gertie Cupido (as Celeste Matthews-Wannenburgh)
Sherman Pharo ... Thys Cupido
Crystal-Donna Roberts ... Janice Cupido (as Crystal Donna Roberts)
Ann Juries-May ... Claudia Cupido
Rehane Abrahams ... Wendy Newman
Kay Smith ... Debra Newman
Jody Abrahams ... Lionel Foster
Melanie du Bois ... Ronel Foster
Roberto Kyle ... Lee-Roy Foster
Recurring / Guests
Merlin Balie ... Hein Venter
Charlton George ... Detective Eugene Karelse
Eben Groenewald ... Constable Julies
Riana Alfreds ... Bianca Petersen
Royston Stoffels ... Pastor Henkel
Brendon Daniels ... Captain Krige
Vicky Kente ... Connie Mtshali
Kaylene Bergstedt ... Amelia Booysen
Rudy Visagie ... Henry Witbooi
Melissa de Vries ... Sasha Daniels
Dean Richard Olivier ... Anton Venter
Cantona James ... Daniel Lafras
Hunter Plaatjies ... Saartjie Petersen
Eldon van der Merwe ... Curtley Neethling
Joshwin Dyson ... Damian
Gershwin Mias ... Zane Meintjies
Jaundre Kim ... Layla Jacobs
Robyn Rossouw ... Monique Ross
Charlene Le Roux ... Yvette Ross
Jandre Le Roux ... Gustavo
Craig Adriaanse ... Wesley Rossouw
Roxanne Blaise ... Elsa Booysen
Joseph Mitchell ... Johnny Oosthuizen
Shimmy Isaacs ... Petra Meintjies
Lorenzo Fritz ... Lorenzo
Veronique Jephtas ... Joanne Opperman
Christian Bennett ... Emile February
Khadija Heeger ... Tilla Cloete
Jurgen McEwan ... Clem Pekeur
Carl Weber ... Landlord Malan
Earl Hendricks ... Charles
Shaheed Jardine ... Customer
Carmen Maarman ... Natalie Burger
Ivan Abrahams ... Pieter van Schalkwyk
Nancia Dorland ... Candice Burger
Pierre van Pletzen ... Tokkie
Clayton Evertson ... Detective Clint Smit aka Jake
Jarrid Geduld ... Gavin "Bompie" Galant
Ilse Klink ... Dorothy Galant
Roeline Daneel ... Alta-Marie
Jana Strydom ... Eloise de Villiers (as Jana Kruger)
Dillon Windvogel ... Vernon Booysen
Dustin Beck ... Luke
Tarryn Wyngaard ... Ilke Bastiaan
Euodia Samson ... Hazel Bastiaan
Noel Oostendorp ... Bradley Rossouw
Karin Arends ... Mrs Neethling
Bobby Stuurman ... Winston "Langes" Jonkers
Liande Valentyn ... Detective Delia
Chelsea Thomas ... Angelique Galant
Charlene Wolmarans ... Woman
Jay-Dee Maarman ... Young Langes
Akram Allie ... Justus Grant
O'Ryan Winter ... Mario
Ashurah Beyers ... Eva
Moejahied Taliep ... Clive
Zinedine Manus ... Young Bompie
Shannon Roode ... Cheryldene Jonkers (as Shannon Aneke Roode)
Shay Petersen ... Tamzin
Jaydon Williams ... Solomon Plaatjies
Chad Baai ... Kaleb Jakobs
Keanu Bergman ... Norman Paulsen
Reece Chloe Lewis ... Ezra Rademeyer
Beata Bena ... Kim Claasen
Fawaaz Gasnola ... Street Kid
Tessa Denton ... Sue Schuman
Gerwen Simon ... Valdonia Lee Matthews
Maurice Carpede ... Ridwaan 'Waanie' Matthews
Danny Ross ... Nathan Koopman
Kevin Smith ... Hamilton Wolf
Quanita Adams ... Laetitia
Antoinette Louw ... Advocate Rina Botha
Jeffrey Moss ... Fred Booysen
Calvyn Grandling ... Doctor Appolis
Menicia Sass ... Chantel Matthews
McKeenen Thomas ... Jason Saunders
Patrick Philander ... Keegan
Carla Diamond ... Rose Fortuin
Courtney Hendricks ... Cardo
Inge Stoffels ... Emmie Miller
Frank Perreira ... Stas
Schae Pietersen ... Keesha Langeveld
Michaela Nightingale ... Yasmin
Jonty Isaacs ... Parra
Solomon Bosman ... Bernito Brown
Keenan Herman ... Henrico "Rekkie" October
Emil Smit ... Brendan "Stretch" Julies (as Emile Smit)
Daneel van der Walt ... Anita Coetzee
Rushney Ferguson ... Mrs Langeveld
Chante Holloway ... Joan Yates (as Chante Halloway)
Jeremeo Le Cordeur ... Marno Venter
Masi Ncube ... Court Orderly
Noxolo Bodlani ... Mpumi Mogale
Mike Solomon ... MJ (as Mike Solomons)
Wilhelm van der Walt ... Arnold Bekker
Llandi Beeslaar ... Bail Magistrate
Emile Hager ... Martin Meyer
Abduragman Adams ... Magistrate Momberg
Hayley Kannemeyer ... Tiffany Smith
Cody Cloete ... Bobby Jacobs
Riaan Visman ... Clint Blignaut
Nena Butler ... Miss Bester
Kim Cassels ... Female Dance Judge
DJ Ready D ... Male Dance Judge
Everton van der Westhuizen Male Dance Judge
Rory Avenstrup ... Tally Jordaan
Vanessa Ann Lee ... Female Customer
Martinho Alves ... Sleazy Photographer
Ian van der Westhuizen ... Brian (Website Guy)
Vinette Ebrahim ... Aunty Poppie
Shaleen Surtie-Richards ... Muriel Foster
Megan Saayman ... Ayesha Noor
Di Belafonte ... Older Woman
Natalia da Rocha ... Zuleika Noor
Yusuf Abrahams ... Thabied Noor
Dann-Jacques Mouton ... Lennie Engelbrecht (as Dann-Jacque Mouton)
Jerome Rex ... Brille
Maruwan Gasant ... Gedagtes Viljoen
Earl Kruger ... Eugene Jansen
Curtley Pitt ... Joshua Meyer
Kyle Morkel ... Terrence Prinsloo
Ruben Engel ... Willem Jansen