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Monday 1 February 2010Episode 280 Dawn and Stephanie bury the hatchet. Katlego visits Duke and asks him to help her return the car. Duke susses her out and tells her she is not the first woman AK has hit before. Katlego still denies that AK hit her.
Charmaine accepts the position of dance tutor. Shawn walks in on Nomonde when she is changing in Steph's room. Steph talks Dawn into going to Belgium. Shandu and Dawn get back together at their Farewell party.
Tuesday 2 February 2010Episode 281 Steph and Shawn are in bed at the commune when Shandu and Dawn arrive. A tearful goodbye follows. Dawn gives Steph the car. Irene gives Ipeleng a new hairdo.
AK calls Katlego and she slams the phone down in front of everyone. It is Charmaine's first day as the teacher and she decides to put on a dance production. Everybody still wants Shawn to do their demo tapes. Katlego is annoyed that the radio station is being set up in her music room.
There is new electricity between Irene and Tendai. Nomonde is going to design Shawn and Charmaine's outfits for the dance competition. Tendai finds a briefcase at Dukes.
Vusi susses that AK has beaten up Katlego. Tendai gasps as he sees what is in the briefcase.
Wednesday 3 February 2010Episode 282 Vusi continues to question Katlego. Tendai tells Jason about the briefcase that was left behind but he does not tell him about the contents. Shawn is extremely worried about the radio launch. Tendai eventually shows Jason the contents. Shawn does not show up at Steph's so she goes to look for him.
Thursday 4 February 2010Episode 283 Steph is still worrying about Shawn. He eventually turns up at Duke's and tells her he fell asleep , Steph finds this very hard to believe and they argue. Tendai tells Jason its finders keepers and there is a million in the briefcase to share. If no one claims the case the boys are rich.
Charmaine is feeling the pressure. Duke is going to take Nomonde to Jhb for the weekend. Katlego is worried that Duke will do something to AK. Shawn has got too much on his plate. Stephanie faints at Dukes, has her eating problems come back? Katlego is not impressed with Shawn's music test.
Friday 5 February 2010Episode 284 Jason thinks they should tell Duke about the money. Duke sees the briefcase. Steph is convinced that Shawn is bored of her. The girls want to know why Tendai has locked his door. AK still wants another chance with Katlego.
Duke thinks Tendai might be into drugs. Katlego & Ipeleng fight about Shawn rewriting his test. Irene is chatted up by a guy at Dukes who goes just a little too far. Tendai goes for the guy and Irene is secretly impressed.
Monday 8 February 2010Episode 285 Duke is furious with Tendai for laying into the guy. Shawn thinks that Steph may be pregnant. Irene is playing games with Tendai. The girls question Tendai as to why his door is locked. Katlego decides to let Shawn rewrite the test.
Irene is still pleased about the fight. Nomonde realises that Steph is not eating again. Mrs. Jacobs turns up for ballroom lessons she partners Tendai. Steph tells Jason her life seems to be falling apart.
Duke has booked a suite for Nomonde and she wants a separate room, he wants to make beautiful music. Duke explodes and Nomonde says she is not going. Nomonde confronts Steph about her eating. Tendai realises Irene is still hot for him.
Tuesday 9 February 2010Episode 286 Irene tells Tendai that they should enter the dance competition. Shawn finds out about Steph's eating problem, she asks him to move into the commune.
Nomonde is determined to find out what is in Tendai's room and asks Charmaine for her help. Irene wants to do the breakfast show. Nomonde gets holds of Tendai's key and copies it.
Ipeleng does not have the budget to fly in guests for the launch of the radio; Irene thinks she should ask Tendai for help. Duke wants to get Nomonde back and she tells him she will think about it.
Irene asks Tendai for help for Ipeleng, he just wants her to admit that she is still crazy about him - she refuses. Shawn tells Tendai that he heard Nomonde scheming about his room. Tendai departs for home straight away.
Wednesday 10 February 2010Episode 287 Tendai accuses Nomonde of trying to break into his room. Nomonde does not get time to look in the briefcase. Tendai thinks they should tell Duke, Jason says he will look after the case.
Shawn decides to move in with Steph. AK turns up at Ipeleng's and Katlego tells him she will never take him back. Shawn also asks Tendai to help with the radio station. Shawn has not told his mother about moving out. Tendai convinces Duke into flying the celebs down for Friday nights gig & then having them on the community radio station.
AK announces that Bra Gibbs is looking for some money that went missing. Tendai puts the proposition to Ipeleng. The catch is that he wants to run the station. Ipeleng tells Duke about Tendai's plan. Duke tells Tendai he knows all about his little scheme. Nomonde fights with Jason in front of Duke. Irene is delighted that Tendai is helping her mom.
Thursday 11 February 2010Episode 288 Irene defends Tendai to her mother. Tendai tells Shawn that living together causes strain on relationships. Nomonde and Irene both want the breakfast show. Tendai confesses to Shawn that he got MoodPhase 5 to contact Irene.
Penny Lebyane arrives from Metro FM. Nomonde sees Duke giving Penny a hug and is really jealous. Ipeleng names the station Backstage FM, which Tendai originally suggested. Nomonde is convinced that she has been dumped. Jason owes somebody R5K.
Friday 12 February 2010Episode 289 Charmaine tells Steph that Shawn has not told his mom about moving into the commune. Steph is stunned and furious. Tendai is angry that Ipeleng stole his name for the station. Fresh arrives and Tendai tells Nomonde that he and Penny are an item.
Shawn decides to move out. Nomonde gets the breakfast show, Irene is not happy. AK tells Jason he is looking for a briefcase. The countdown to the launch of the radio commences and the equipment fails.
Monday 15 February 2010Episode 290 There's a lot of commotion at the launch of Backstage Radio. The equipment has failed in front of all the invited guests. Ipeleng is forced to accept Tendai's help.
Once he fixes the problem, Tendai launches the radio station. Irene on the hand is not happy with Ipeleng for choosing Nomonde over her for the breakfast slot. Irene gets butterflies when she has to interview Moodphase 5 with Vusi but eventually comes through with flying colors.
Tuesday 16 February 2010Episode 291 Today is the very first broadcast of Backstage Radio from the college. Nomonde is pumped up and ready for her breakfast show but the morning is filled with one disaster after another.
Thinking they're off the air, Nomonde starts ranting and raving at Shawn while everyone at home listens to the tirade. Shawn literally pulls the plug on the proceedings not even ten minutes into the show.
Meanwhile, Stephanie regrets her big fight with Shawn and forcing him to move out. She desperately wants him back but refuses to be the one to say "sorry".
With the encouragement of Charmaine she heads into college, hoping that Shawn will - as always - come running back into her arms with an apology. But Shawn has different plans.
Wednesday 17 February 2010Episode 292 Tendai and Jason cannot believe their luck in escaping AK with the briefcase. Jason is driving Tendai crazy with his nerves, but Tendai has a plan. Stephanie is looking for Shawn. He ignored her earlier and she doesn't know what to do. Irene has her own troubles with Tendai and she tells Stephanie about the almost kiss between the two of them.
Nomonde and Shawn are both on the red carpet for the radio fiasco. Ipeleng is furious at the two students screaming and blaming each other. Warnings are issued.
Thursday 18 February 2010Episode 293 Tendai hides the briefcase in the basement. It remains there all day whilst AK sniffs around the bar. Irene demands that she be given a crack at the breakfast show. Ipeleng relents and Irene spends the day alienating her friends. Nomonde is devastated and blames Shawn. Steph and Shawn insist that their relationship is over for good.
Friday 19 February 2010Episode 294 Irene's nerves get the better of her and the radio show is a flop - much to Nomonde's delight. Tendai's new briefcase may fool AK, but it doesn't fool Nomonde.
Things hot up concerning the briefcase. AK tells Duke it's missing. Katlego can't stop thinking about AK, but he's not making contact anymore. AK wants to set Duke up with a woman. Duke's not interested.
Monday 22 February 2010Episode 295 Irene and Vusi make up and co-host the breakfast show. It's going great - until a racist caller causes Irene to make a controversial statement on air. Ipeleng is swamped by reporters. Backstage fm experiences its first controversy. Irene and Vusi are pulled off air.
Tuesday 23 February 2010Episode 296 Jason wants to call the cops but Jason stalls him. He is sure that Nomonde will not blow their cover. Irene is ready to fall in love with Tendai again but plays it coy. Nomonde hooks Charmaine and Steph into co-hosting the breakfast show but she still needs Shawn.
AK confronts Vusi who tells him that he knows about the beatings and AK better back off. AK then terrorises Vusi by threatening to cause harm to Ipeleng and Irene. Bulldog pitches up to rob the commune whilst Steph is at home with flu.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010Episode 297 Stephanie is frozen with fear. Bulldog cannot believe his lousy luck. AK said that nobody would be at the house. He pulls a gun and Stephanie loses control, throwing a book at him, screaming at the top of her voice. Bulldog has no option but to run.
Everybody is shocked and in a tizz because of the break-in, but Nomonde is on a mission. Tendai is having little heart attacks as he waits for her to spill the beans. Irene is in the clouds, thinking that Tendai is again in pursuit of her.
Nomonde rounds the girls up and meets with Ipeleng outlining her plan for the girl power breakfast show. Ipeleng is impressed but insists that Irene is part of the deal. Nomonde has no choice but to swallow her pride and accept it gracefully.
In the meantime, Tendai finds out about the chocolate and is getting ready to kill Irene's secret admirer, whilst Jason watches nervously. Nomonde has taken the briefcase issue in hand and decides to meet with Boyzi.
Thursday 25 February 2010Episode 298 Boyzi agrees to help Nomonde find out more about the briefcase. He returns with disturbing news. Bulldog tells AK that the search proved fruitless. AK gives Tendai and Jason 24 hours to return the briefcase.
Steph and Shawn are missing each other so they agree to be good friends.
Friday 26 February 2010Episode 299 Nomonde tells Jason and Tendai that Duke is behind the drugs network. Stephanie plants the letter from Tendai to Irene. Irene is convinced that Tendai is so romantic.
The breakfast show has a name - Juice. The girls are raring to go. Vusi is determined to create a competitive show - gender inequality.
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