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Rhythm City in February, 2009:
Monday 2 February 2009Episode 411 Charlotte desperately tries to come to terms with Stone's admission that he's attracted to men. S'bu sets up a mysterious meeting with Ivan Tshinawa. Lu continues to work punishing hours on the album.
David works on his own hobbies, one of which is Diphuka. David also tries desperately to get Ziyanda, the Inyanga, to help him. Suffocate is extremely nervous about his "business" dinner with Khanyi.
Tuesday 3 February 2009Episode 412 Nonti finds her efforts to take action against DJ Rusty thwarted. A surprise discovery reveals that David is actually behind the suppression of airtime for Lu's track. Diphuka is sexually flirtatious with David in the office.
Everyone is still speculating about the cause of Charlotte and Stone's break up. Stone thinks it may just be best to come out to everyone with the truth, but Thula persuades him otherwise.
Fats mistakes Suffocate's reluctance to discuss his supper with Khanyi as a lack of interest. S'bu sells Bongani's contract to Ivan Tshinawa.
Wednesday 4 February 2009Episode 413 Gail plans to investigate the Miles/Sunay tape. Suffocate finds himself back at square one with Khanyi, not knowing that Fats was the cause. David's attempts at hiding his affair with Diphuka backfire in a serious way.
Stone and Charlotte's merry-go-round about why they won't get back together continues, except that this time, it's Charlotte that's blocking the whole process.
Thursday 5 February 2009Episode 414 Thula encourages Suffocate to pursue Khanyi, much to Fats' annoyance. The rumour doing the rounds is that Charlotte was unfaithful. Charlotte's mother confronts Mamokete with Stone's homosexuality. Shocked, the Khuses reel in the aftermath of her "allegations".
Later Stone comes out to Tshidi. David gets increasingly protective of Diphuka, to Lu's annoyance. Miles goes behind S'bu's back and renegotiates the terms of Bongani's sale. Gail questions Sunay about the sex video.
Friday 6 February 2009Episode 415 S'bu makes peace with Miles and Gail. Everything seems to be back to normal in the Vilakazi home, until Gail tells Miles she's convinced the video is genuine. Stone is afraid that Tshidi has rejected him, but it turns out she was only upset because he hadn't told her sooner.
She urges him to tell Mamokete and Kop. Thula advises him against it, but in the end he tells his mother. Nonti becomes suspicious that something is going on between Diphuka and David.
Although Thula and Fats do their best to dissuade him, Suffocate plucks up the courage to ask Khanyi out on a proper date.
Monday 9 February 2009Episode 416 While Lu and Nonti are excited by the reception Lu's debut album has received in the press, David seems somewhat threatened by the prospect of his leading lady's success. David speaks to Ziyanda about the root cause of his jealousy about Lu - and Diphuka.
Stone decides maybe it's best if he moves out. Kop puts his foot down as head of the family. This provokes a drastic response from Mamokete. Suffocate decides to follow up on his date with Khanyi. Thula and Fats have reservations about the long-term prospects for the romance but keep that to themselves.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009Episode 417 Miles plots to bump into Lu. Kop tries to negotiate an uneasy truce in his house, as well as meeting with Charlotte's father to sort out the remaining issues left in the wake of the collapsed wedding. David grows increasingly impatient with Lu's preoccupation with her career.
Everyone plies Suffocate with advice prior to his second date with Khanyi. Nonti has gathered damning reports of financial mismanagement at 9-Nine fm. She tells David she should be the new MD of the radio station.
Wednesday 11 February 2009Tuesday, 10 February 2009David is becoming increasingly concerned that Nonti has designs on his empire. Mamokete is in denial about Stone being gay. When she hears rumours doing the rounds, she confronts Charlotte's mother and then decides to start spreading rumours about Charlotte.
Tshidi confronts Thula and gets him to admit that he and her brother had been involved. Thula and Fats pressurise Suffocate into implying that he slept with Khanyi. She calls in to see him later, and it's clear he behaved like a perfect gentleman.
Thursday 12 February 2009Episode 419Nonti quizzes Lu about David and Diphuka, but Lu remains blissfully unaware of their illicit affair. When Miles and Lu meet to discuss the divorce papers, old feelings resurface.
Mamokete overhears her neighbours gossiping about Stone and decides to put her own version of why the wedding broke down out into the public domain. Not everyone in the Khuse household agrees with what she is doing.
Fats and Thula find Suffocate being quite elusive when they press him on his whereabouts the previous night.
Friday 13 February 2009Episode 420 The Khuses are devastated by Mamokete's stroke, especially Stone who is wracked with guilt and blames himself for his mother's condition. Fats is growing increasingly concerned about how Suffocate's relationship with Khanyi is affecting their friendship.
Lu confronts David about the firing of Nonti and accuses him of trying to sabotage her career. Nonti tries to find out from Diphuka what is the exact nature of her relationship with David. Gail works up the courage to tell S'bu about his father's betrayal.
Monday 16 February 2009Episode 421 An introspective David is starting to get worried about his rash behaviour of late. Diphuka tells Nonti the full story of her relationship with David. Charlotte announces she's leaving town.
Gail tells Miles she has decided not to tell S'bu about his dad's affair with Sunay. Despite Fats' disapproval of Suffocate's affair with Khanyi, Suffocate takes things to the next level.
Tuesday 17 February 2009Episode 422 Nonti confronts David: she wants to be appointed CEO of 9-Nine fm, or she will send Lu tapes of Diphuka talking about her affair with David. Charlotte goes to the club to say goodbye first to Thula, then to Tshidi. Then she says farewell to Stone.
When Stone tries to raise the issue of his sexuality with his father, Kop backs off and Stone realises he'll never willingly talk to him about it. Suffocate and Khanyi emerge from a night of lust. Tshidi urges Fats to take the bull by the horns with regard to his friend's abandonment of him.
Wednesday 18 February 2009Episode 423 David tasks Ronald with digging up dirt on Nonti. A chance encounter between S'bu and Diphuka leads S'bu to discover she's involved with an older man, though she doesn't reveal his identity.
Fats is keen to go on a double date with Mpumi, Suffocate, and Khanyi. A not-so-keen Suffocate attempts to avoid the subject. Kop tries to get Mamokete to take it easy in the wake of her recent stroke.
Thursday 19 February 2009Episode 424 Lu pleads for the rehiring of Nonti with David. Fats is making an effort to maintain his friendship with Suffocate and badgers him about the double date he suggested.
David is renegotiating with Nonti what her new position would be if he were to rehire her. He also confronts Diphuka about how much she told Nonti about their affair.
S'bu makes his intentions to pursue Diphuka known to Gail, who finds herself harbouring some jealousy, although she's not sure why.
Friday 20 February 2009Episode 425 S'bu talks Diphuka into meeting him for a drink, but his hopes of making inroads are thwarted, to his great confusion and frustration. Khanyi tries to get to the bottom of the rift between Suffocate and Fats.
David introduces Nonti as the new 9-Nine station manager, and already trouble is brewing with DJ Rusty. Stone discovers the campaign by Charlotte's parents is having an impact on business at the Khuse shop.
Monday 23 February 2009Episode 426Ronald discovers Nonti is a woman without a history. When he and David compare notes, they discover she has been lying to David as well. David tells DJ Rusty the time has come to test Nonti's legendary managerial skills. David reveals to Ziyanda he's having an affair with Diphuka.
When a customer is rude to Stone, Mamokete collapses and has to be taken to bed. Mpumi tells Fats she doesn't really like Khanyi. Thula and Fats, however, are happy for their friend. But this changes when Khanyi's girlfriends reveal she's already married.
Tuesday 24 February 2009Episode 427 When David realizes S'bu is the guy interested in Diphuka, he instructs her to go out with him to obtain information - even if it means sleeping with him. Nonti is also on the receiving end of David's wrath when DJ Rusty insults her on air.
When asked if she has been married before, Khanyi crumbles under pressure, proving Mpumi's suspicions correct - that something is wrong. A reluctant Mamokete is forced to accept that her health will deteriorate if she continues working.
Wednesday 25 February 2009Episode 428 David continues his illicit affair with Diphuka right under Lu's nose. He follows up on his plot to have Diphuka hook up with S'bu in order to gather intelligence for him. Mpumi, Fats, and Thula agonise over whether to tell Suffocate their discovery that Khanyi is married.
After being slated on air yet again by DJ Rusty, Nonti finally takes matters into her own hands with some surprising results. Kop approaches Miles about finding more work for him to do at Hustle in order to justify a salary increase.
Thursday 26 February 2009Episode 429Diphuka tries to make David happy by making a move on S'bu. Her heart is not in it. David suggests to Lu that maybe it's time for Diphuka to return from whence she came. Khanyi's friend returns to Kilowatt and confirms that Khanyi is, in fact, married.
Suffocate is furious. He resolves to end it with her. When he sees her, before he can say anything, she tells him she's married. She explains the marriage is dead and that it has no bearing on their relationship. Suffocate is hugely relieved.
Friday 27 February 2009Episode 430 S'bu is puzzled about Diphuka's behaviour on their date. He takes Gail's advice and calls Diphuka about it, but her reaction doesn't make anything clearer for him.
Meanwhile Diphuka is growing increasingly obsessed with, and dependent upon, David. She is prepared to do anything to make him happy. Kop is beginning to take strain with his new responsibilities at the Hustle offices.
Nonti goes to visit Pastor Ngidi in prison to find out more about Rachel's death. Suffocate thinks he's fine with Khanyi's marriage, but it soon becomes clear he isn't.