kykNET & Kie's new Afrikaans-dubbed telenovela Kind van die Noodlot premiered earlier this month in the channel's primetime slot at 20h00, with new episodes from Mondays to Thursdays.
If you've missed the action so far, here's a recap of the scenario, followed by the teasers:
Defne and Kahraman Yorukhan are rich, but have no children.
The rebukes from their family make Defne look for an alternative way to give her husband a heir.
She decides to hire a surrogate mother to take the baby for her.
Her choice falls on Elif, a young woman from the birthplace of Kahraman Antakya.
Monday 4 July 2022
Episode 1
The Yorukan family baton is handed over to Kahraman, much to brother Yakup’s dismay. Elif is hounded by Maksut, intent on marrying her. Defne struggles to accept she’ll never bear a child.
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Episode 2
Durmus is outraged when Elif refuses to marry Maksut, resulting in a tragedy. Defne decides to follow Emine’s advice and confides in her mother-in-law.
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Episode 3
Elif receives troubling news and is knee deep in a financial predicament. She receives help from a member of the Yorukhan family.
Thursday 7 July 2022
Episode 4
Elif and her sister Nazli visit their mother in prison. Elif faints and Melek calls Mrs Kiymet to come and fetch her.
Monday 11 July 2022
Episode 5
Elif finds out that she is pregnant and is taken to a safe house. Maksut and Veysel keep an eye on Elif and wait till dawn to finally kidnap her.
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Episode 6
Kahraman finds out where Elif is being kept and saves her. He is held at gunpoint by Maksut but Elif steps in front of the gun and he takes her to his family home for safekeeping.
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Episode 7
An unwelcome ghost from the past turns up and Yakut and Ziya frantically start making plans to get rid of him. Defne isn’t all too pleased about Elif being in the house.
Thursday 14 July 2022
Episode 8
Yakup tries to seal the deal with a company that Kahraman doesn't approve of, which aggravates Yakup deeply. Elif sneaks out with Kerem to visit her unwell sister.
Monday 18 July 2022
Episode 9
Defne is upset about Elif living in the same house as them. Both Defne and Kiymet forbid Elif to leave the house.
Tuesday 19 July 2022
Episode 10
Kerem meets his father without knowing it. Kiymet is urgently looking for a medical report that Ziya accidentally gave to Defne.
Wednesday 20 July 2022
Episode 11
Kerem declares his love to Elif. Maksut tells Sultan that Defne is selling herself to the Yorukhans.
Thursday 21 July 2022
Episode 12
Elif is heartbroken by her mother’s reaction, while at the house tension is mounting between Kahraman and Defne. Kiymet grabs the medical report from Defne and burns it before she can read it.
Monday 25 July 2022
Episode 13
Elif decides to keep the baby. Ziya and Yakup plot an evil plan against Ayhan, fearing that he might be coming too close to Kerem.
Tuesday 26 July 2022
Episode 14
Defne takes a pregnancy test and it shows vague signs of a positive result. She makes an appointment to visit the gynecologist. Kerem asks Kiymet and Yakup for a photo of his father and Yakup distracts him with work.
Wednesday 27 July 2022
Episode 15
Defne finds out that she will never be able to be a mother. The doctor is very secretive and advises her to speak to Kiymet. When she does, both Kiymet and Kahraman act like Defne is in the wrong.
Thursday 28 July 2022
Episode 16
Kahraman confronts his mother about her and Defne. Kiymet faints under the illusion that the report was about her own medical issues.
Premiere episodes of Kind van die Nootlot air on kykNET & Kie from Mondays to Thursdays at 20h00.