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Rhythm City in April 2011:
Friday, 1 April 201
Episode 975Ronald agrees to help Lucilla investigate Nikki. In the meantime Miles tells Nikki that she has a brother.
Jafta urges Fats to move into the main house and kick out the Khuses, and Fats tells the Khuse's to move out. Suffocate tells Thula that he's called in the police to investigate who knocked over Matric and Thula is shocked to discover that he rode over her.
Meanwhile, Sbu does not seem to buy his fathers revelation of the sister.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Episode 976Niki meets S'bu at the club and, unaware of their relationship, they find themselves deeply attracted to one another.
Lucilla is still relentless about Miles taking the partenity test. Thula tells X9 that they are responsible for driving over Matric and X9 urges him not to say anything - especially to the police.
Fats give the Khuse's 24-hour notice of eviction.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Episode 977
As the clock ticks there is no sign of Fats - Kop and Mamokete are hopeful that he will not evict them.
Miles and Niki bond, much to Lucilla's chagrin, while S'bu refuses to meet Niki or to have anything to do with his dad as his mind is on a hot new love possibility.
Suffocate is frustrated by the dead-end police investigation, while Thula and X9 keep mum about the accident.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Episode 978
Puleng and Thula bond at the hospital over the comatose body of Matric.
Fats' conscience is troubling him with regards to the Khuse's.
Miles asks Lucilla to make more of an effort with Nikki, and she is forced to confront an unpleasant thought with Ivan Tshinawa.
Thula's conscience is troubling him and causing him to unravel.
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Episode 979Lucilla is becoming increasingly weary with Nikki, especially after Miles offers her a job at Redemption Records, and Mile is dismissive about paternity tests. Nikki brings Bash to meet the Vilakazi's.
Suffocate and Thula are each struggling with guilt. Suffocate because he feels responsible that Matric's accident happened at his club, Thula for obvious reasons.
Fats and Caroline blame each other for the situation which has resulted in the Khuses new living arrangement.
Friday, 8 April 2011
Episode 980Puleng and Ngozi get off to a bad start. She doesn't want him anywhere near Matric and he blames her for what has happened to their daughter.
Thula tests the idea of revealing himself as the person responsible for Matric's accident.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Matric's heart stops and the doctors scramble to try and resuscitate her. When the doctor finally comes out to talk to Puleng, his expression confirms her worst nightmare.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Episode 981Miles conceals from Lucilla how disastrous Nikki's first day at work was.
In the meantime, Bash meets with Lucilla, who pays him to dig up damaging information about Nikki. David encourages S'bu to meet at the girl he met but not her sister.
Puleng finds it hard to leave her dead daughter's site until Suffocate comes and persuades her.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Episode 982Miles is impressed when Lucilla offers to help give Nikki a few pointers about the office environment and culture.
Thula and X9 realise the trouble they are in because of the death of Matric.
Rose and Mamokete rally around Cuba and give all the help they can in this difficult period.
S'bu is torn about his attraction to Nikki, but can't seem to resist.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Episode 983Nikki catches Lucilla on the phone to Ivan and they threaten each other.
Mamokete tries to broker peace between Fats and his mother, but it all goes horribly wrong.
Misplaced emotions over Matric's accident spill over in the community. S'bu goes out on a date with his mystery woman and they really get it on.
Ngozi comes to see Puleng and breaks some devastating news.
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Episode 984Mamokete enlists Kagiso's mom, Mrs Kutumela, to put an end to the Caroline-Kagiso travesty.
Kop tries to intervene in Ngozi's decision on behalf of Puleng's family, but to no avail. David tells Ronald that perhaps it is time he and Miles's daughter met.
Lucilla manages to convince Miles to do a paternity test to prove that Niki is indeed his child.
Out of sympathy for Puleng, Suffocate makes a promise he has no way of keeping.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Episode 985Miles tells Nikki about Bash's attempt to blackmail him and gets Bash's number from her.
Later that morning, they go out and take a paternity test, while David tries to meet Nikki. Ngozi's uncle tells Kop that Cuba's funeral policy should be used.
Suffocate thinks Ngozi's only interested in money and offers him the equivalent of half the burial policy.
Fats goes back home and the Khuse's are greatly relieved to have their home back to themselves.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Episode 986
The cloud surrounding Matric's burial place continues to affect everyone concerned.
Suffocate intervenes and is in for a surprise.
Meanwhile the ladies rally around the distraught Cuba.
Gail has a major surprise at the office. She and Tessa celebrate.
As Miles awaits news of the paternity test, Lucilla works behind the scenes to oust Nikki, while Bash continues his blackmail trail on Nikki.
David is surprised and amazed to discover who S'bu's love interest is.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Episode 987 David continues to sow mischief, encouraging S'bu to take up with Nikki. Lucilla tries and fails to bribe Nikki to leave the Vilakazis and Nikki discovers that Lucilla is having an affair with Ivan Tshinawa.
Puleng persuades a reluctant Thula to do the speak at Matric's funeral after Suffo refused.
He later tells X9 that what he'd most like to do at the funeral is confess his culpability. Ngozi allows Matric's to be buried in Johannesburg.
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Episode 988Nikki questions Lucilla about Ivan after she sees them together and later lashes out at Ivan at Redemption records. Miles forces her to apologise but she refuses.
S'bu calls Miles after his chat with Nikki; he is ready to meet his sister. Lucilla waits with anticipation as the results of the paternity test are about to be revealed.
Thula battles with guilt and X9 convinces him it was an accident. Gail receives an anonymous bunch of red roses.
After a curious comment made by David she becomes convinced that he sent her the flowers.
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Episode 989As the family prepares for the funeral, Puleng has to face every mother's worst nightmare: burying her child.
Thula tries desperately to get out of making a speech at Matric's funeral. The men bring Matric's coffin to Puleng's house and Puleng and Ngozi mourn the death of their daughter.
Thula makes a moving speech at Matric's funeral.
Cuba and Gogo try to carry Puleng through the devastating process of burying her child.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Episode 990
During a venomous exchange of words, Lucilla accuses Nikki of being a fraud and in turn Nikki hints at Lucilla's infidelity.
Miles' arrangement of bringing his kids together fails.
Meanwhile, Ivan calls Lucilla to arrange another "business meeting". Ivan meets up with Lucilla at Ponto and challenges Lucilla to admit that she has feelings for him.
Suffocate asks Thula to assist Toolkit and Findo in finding Matric's killer.
Nikki and S'bu struggle to fight their temptation and eventually make love.
Monday, 25 April 2011
Episode 991The tension between Miles and Lucilla continues to grow due to Lucilla's continuous criticism of Nikki.
S'bu is excited about the chemistry between him and Nikki and tells Gail about it.
Thula nears the point of meltdown as his guilty conscience continues to weigh heavily on him. X9 comes up with a plan of deflecting suspicion to a fall guy.
Nikki learns that Bash never left town at all and he tells her about Lucilla's offer. He then reveals a plan to get money out of the Vilakazi's.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Episode 992Gail has her first taste of the negative side of fame, and Kop tries to persuade Tshidi to come home.
David takes an increasingly creepy interest in S'bu's affair with his sister, and Nikki moves into the next phase of her sting, to Lucilla's chagrin.
Puleng insists on going back to work, despite Suffocate's protests.
S'bu tells Nikki about his love for Thembi and what happened to her and then they make love again.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Episode 993The boys realise that S'bu is serious about Nikki when he refuses to kiss and tell.
Meanwhile the two lovers are in for a big shock.
The claws are still out between Nikki and Lucilla.
Big tension arises between Lucilla and Miles over blood test results.
Thula tries to wriggle out of a slip-up he makes to Toolkit.
Gail receives a stunning gift and she and Tessa struggle to unearth the mystery man.
Tshidi goes back home.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Episode 994S'bu can't take the shock and the horror of discovering that the girl he slept with is his sister and walks out.
Miles blames himself not knowing the truth behind the reaction.
Meanwhile Nikki and S'bu are shell-shcoked about the revelation.
Suffocate comforts Puleng after she collapses.
S'bu learns that X9 is ready to exit Hustle. He blames Thula for not managing their hottest artist properly.
Thula confesses to S'bu.
Friday, 29 April 2011
Episode 995Gail is very impressed with the way that Tessa bounces back from the birthday debacle.
Miles tries to get information about S'bu's walkout from Nikki, while Lucilla looking forward to the results of the paternity test.
To try to appease Bash, Nikki extorts money out of Miles in order to "pay" for her drama school.
X9 is livid with Thula for spilling the beans about the accident to S'bu. S'bu tries unsuccessfully to try and get some kind of peace between Thula and X9.
Miles gets the paternity test results.
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