Coming up on
Smoke & Mirrors this August 2024:
Thursday 1 August 2024
Episode 79
Thandiswa is furious to find out that the kidnapping was a test by Caesar. He argues he needed to be sure he could trust her.
Friday 2 August 2024
Episode 80
Jaxon finds himself at Caesar's mercy, pleading for a monumental R20-million bailout. Amidst the swirling emotions of a blossoming romance, Lillian seeks the truth behind Sakhile's intentions with Petunia.
Monday 5 August 2024
Episode 81
Jaxon thinks he has one up on Caesar who has bailed him out financially while he has hidden money belonging to Caesar.
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Episode 82
After Thandiswa reveals to Caesar her suspicions over Jaxon's Paris holiday, she decides to do some digging on his accountant, Thulani.
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Episode 83
Thulani tells Thandiswa that Jaxon stole the money and has hidden it in his hotel suite. She and Caesar realise they could use this to destroy Jaxon's political career.
Thursday 8 August 2024
Episode 84
Thandiswa asks Castro to steal a copy of Jaxon's hotel key. Caesar visits Jaxon to hand in his tender documents and Jaxon makes the misguided assumption that Caesar needs him, which is why he loaned him money.
Friday 9 August 2024
Episode 85
Thandiswa sneaks into Jaxon's suite, doesn't find money in the couch, as predicted. Her alarm bells go off when Mpendulo mentions couches have been from Jaxon and Martha's suites.
Monday 12 August 2024
Episode 86
Thandiswa hires Castro to track down Jaxon's sofas. Martha makes an offer to buy the salon from Leroy. Thandiswa's heartbroken when she finds out that Leroy plans to leave town.
Tuesday 13 August 2024
Episode 87
Thandiswa contemplates taking control over the salon while Martha eyes it as the perfect front for her money laundering scheme.
Wednesday 14 August 2024
Episode 88
Thandiswa's plan to retrieve the municipal stolen money is in play with Thandiswa sure that Martha will lead her to it.
Thursday 15 August 2024
Episode 89
Caesar and Thandiswa revel in their initial success against Jaxon, who is secretly devising a counterattack.
Friday 16 August 2024
Episode 90
Thandiswa is determined to find Jaxon's cash store, in spite of Martha pulling out of the deal to buy her share in the salon.
Monday 19 August 2024
Episode 91
Martha tells Jaxon she pulled out of buying the salon, but Jaxon makes her realise it was a mistake as they still need a way of laundering the money.
Tuesday 20 August 2024
Episode 92
Thandiswa discovers where Martha has hidden the stolen money and alerts the police. Martha turns the depot guys away when they come looking for jobs.
Wednesday 21 August 2024
Episode 93
With Phakathi on their trail, Jaxon and Martha are forced to burn the money. When Phakathi can't make it, the date night becomes a party of three, but surprisingly Azania is left feeling like the third wheel.
Thursday 22 August 2024
Episode 94
Thandiswa fears Caesar's next move after their plot fails. Martha's revelation about manipulating their financial downfall stirs the pot.
Friday 23 August 2024
Episode 95
Phakathi uncovers a perplexing connection between the burning sofas discovered in the veld and those in the suites of the Royale Hotel.
Monday 26 August 2024
Episode 96
Thandiswa, in a bid to placate Caesar's extreme reaction to Jaxon's closing of the depot, concocts a new plan to ensnare Jaxon involving his personal assistant Gugu.
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Episode 97
Gugu tells Jaxon she'll do 'anything' to get her paycheck, and he tells her to come to his room. Then she accuses him of rape, and Phakathi arrives at the hotel to arrest him.
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Episode 98
Jaxon is only dressed in his underwear when he's arrested for rape, he was expecting Martha, not Gugu. Jaxon warns Phakathi he's going to make him pay for arresting him.
Thursday 29 August 2024
Episode 99
Jaxon receives a visit from Caesar, realises who's behind the rape charge. Mandla is awkward around Philile after an erotic dream, berates himself for his sinfulness.
Friday 30 August 2024
Episode 100
Jaxon gives in to Caesar's demand to reopen the depot, but Thandiswa and Caesar encounter a new problem when Gugu abandons their arrangement and refuses to drop the charges.
Premiere episodes of Smoke & Mirrors air on e.tv from Mondays to Fridays at 21h00.