Coming up on
Rhythm City this July, 2010:
Thursday 1 July 2010Episode 779 Fats is unimpressed with the YouTube downloads, but Thula convinces him to see otherwise. Lu, worried about Naomi's whereabouts, is angered by the cops' news.
Miles prepares to go back to work. Puleng's relationship with Ngozi is affected after she meets his wife again. Gail appeals to Ronald to help her track down S'bu.
Friday 2 July 2010Episode 780 Gina wakes up in prison after a terrible nightmare. Lu also has a strange premonition.
Earl returns unexpectedly to 9-Nine FM. Puleng confronts Ngozi.
Suffocate tells Fats he's waved goodbye to a fortune of free publicity when he hears his friend rejected the BBCTV interview.
Monday 5 July 2010Episode 781 Fats learns it is Petunia in whom BBCTV is interested. Ronald, suspicious of Earl's sudden reappearance, is also distracted by Gina's paranoia.
Cuba finds out about Puleng and Ngozi's engagement. She confronts her daughter and it quickly turns into a war of words.
S'bu comes back to the chaos that is now Hustle.
Tuesday 6 July 2010Episode 782 Suffocate brains a Dane with a stick. Petunia agrees to the BBCTV interview. Ngozi looks for a job. Earl discovers a brown envelope.
S'bu tells Miles he wants to be independent, but Ivan has other ideas. Gina continues to unravel.
Wednesday 7 July 2010
Episode 783
The rift between her and her mom puts a massive dampener on Puleng's wedding plans. Miles and Lu reel from the news that there is a new will.
Ngozi approaches Cuba and tries his best to persuade her his intentions are pure. Ivan rants and raves to Miles about S'bu.
Gundi gives Gina a homemade blade.
Thursday 8 July 2010
Episode 784
As Fats' bank loan repayment date fast approaches, he starts to lose faith in his exercise DVD scheme. An insecure Ngozi lays down a few house rules for Puleng. Gina starts to think she's losing her mind.
Miles grapples with his fatherly desire to assist S'bu in rebuilding Hustle. Has Cuba changed her mind about Ngozi? S'bu announces his desire to move out of the Vilakazi home. Who did Lu see in the garden?
Friday 9 July 2010
Episode 785
Gina continues to be haunted by her dreams.
S'bu decides to make the Kilowatt Club his home and office base. Miles makes an offer to Ivan for his shares in Hustle.
Ngozi reprimands Puleng and refuses to let her celebrate her engagement.
When Fats goes all out to sell his DVDs at the taxi rank, everyone is shocked to discover he's actually successful. But he soon learns victory has a price tag.
Monday 12 July 2010
Episode 786
S'bu confronts Miles for meddling in Hustle affairs and rejects his bail out offer. He seems to be heading down a self-destructive road when Ivan gives him an ultimatum.
Suffocate sparks an exciting DVD sales idea for Fats. S'bu meets Buhle and Lu for the first time since his disappearance. Ronald grills Earl. Ngozi makes a scene at Kilowatt that embarrasses Puleng.
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Episode 787
S'bu asks Gail to return to Hustle but receives short shrift. It's the day of the reading of the updated will, and there is much anticipation, curiosity, and a stunning revelation.
Franco Genaro
Gina's dreams reach a crescendo.
Ngozi has interesting news and a shock announcement. His relationship with Puleng erupts in violence.
Wednesday 14 July 2010Episode 788 Miles goes mad at the sight of Franco Genaro and is dragged out by security. S'bu says goodbye to the Vilakazi home.
Puleng tells Suffocate she is resigning from her job at Kilowatt.
Franco finds out that the child David thought was his, and to whom he left most of his assets, is actually the child of Miles Vilakazi.
Thursday 15 July 2010
Episode 789
Fats discovers pirated copies of his DVD are all over town. A drunk Ngozi staggers home to tell Puleng he didn't get the job. Things then get out of hand.
Franco pays Miles a visit. The latter demands physical proof that David's brother is whom he claims to be.
Friday 16 July 2010
Episode 790
Miles is even more determined to expose the truth about Franco, no matter what the cost. Lu believes it's wrong to allow Buhle to inherit David's estate and takes steps to remedy this.
In the aftermath of the fight, Ngozi tells Puleng not to quit her job at Kilowatt and to keep what happens between them a secret.
Monday 19 July 2010
Episode 791
Franco tries to get confirmation of the paternity DNA test. Miles lays a charge of fraud against Franco. Franco visits Lu and Buhle.
Savagely, Ngozi beats Puleng while Matric looks on.
Fats confronts Toolkit and Findo, vowing to beat the pirates at their own game. Then Petunia decides to cause trouble.
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Episode 792
At a 9-Nine FM staff meeting, Franco assures everyone appointed by David that all jobs are safe. Gail is blindsided by his offer that she DJ the early morning show.
Superintendent Engelbrecht tells Franco a charge of fraud and misrepresentation has been laid against him. Puleng phones in sick and when Suffocate comes to see her won't let him in.
Fats decides to fire Petunia if she tries to hold him to the contract.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Episode 793
Puleng hides Ngozi's abuse from everyone, but Suffocate is suspicious. Fats receives some good news about his DVDs. Franco pays Lu another visit to question her intensely about David's murder.
Terrified the truth will out she calls an emergency meeting with Ronald. It's Gail's first radio show and S'bu seems to be getting Hustle back on track.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Episode 794
Kop's fiftieth birthday is coming up but he doesn't want to celebrate it - or so he says. Fats has other plans.
Puleng doesn't want to meet with Mpumi. Thula accidentally riles Ivan Tshinawa.
Franco tries to get the camera footage from the day of David's death and announces he wants to see Gina.
Friday 23 July 2010
Episode 795
Miles continues his obsession to prove David Genaro is still alive. Tshidi witnesses another incident between Ngozi and Puleng. Mamokete pulls the plug on Fats' big birthday plans for Kop.
Despite Ronald's begging, Gina refuses to tell Franco when they finally meet that she was solely responsible for David's murder. Puleng is increasingly concerned about Ngozi's behaviour.
Franco finally finds out who the father is of Lu's baby.
Tuesday 26 July 2010
Episode 796
Franco is frustrated to discover there's nothing he can do to change his brother's will. Gail doesn't want to be caught between the Vilakazis and the Genaros.
Kop and Mamokete decide to investigate when they hear unsettling noises in the back room. Fats manages to persuade Tshidi to let him continue planning Kop's surprise party.
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Episode 797
Franco visits S'bu and offers advice. After, he learns from Gail that S'bu is desperately short of capital. He then visits Miles. Ronald tells Franco he's persuaded Gina to see him.
Mamokete quizzes Puleng about the worrying noises of the night before and prevails upon Kop to quiz Ngozi.
Kop misinterprets people's sudden silence when he walks in on them - and then is angered by the unexplained arrival of his two ne'er-do-well brothers.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Episode 798
Kop's brothers are making the surprise party planning almost impossible for Fats. Puleng colludes with Ngozi in presenting a front of blissful happiness. Lu is warming to Franco, but finds his odd comments increasingly confusing. Miles has to accept Franco may be who he claims to be, but remains suspicious of his real agenda.
Thursday 29 July 2010
Episode 799
Mpumi alerts Tshidi to Ngozi's menacing influence. Kop confronts his brothers and throws them out. Suffocate discovers Puleng is being abused. Franco buys a stake in Hustle Records.
Friday 30 July 2010
Episode 800
Kop's brothers continue to make Fats' life hell.
Franco finally visits a hysterical Gina. He reveals he's out to get the culprits who killed his brother.
Suffocate confronts Ngozi about his abuse of Puleng. She pays a physical price for his challenging her lover.
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