The multi-award-winning, record-breaking, Twitter-topping Showmax Original telenovela The Wife is finally back.
The third and final season centres on two star-crossed lovers: Tswana doctor Naledi Montsho and Zulu taxi driver Qhawe. Gaisang K Noge (House of Zwide) stars as Naledi opposite DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Favourite Rising Star winner Kwenzo Ngcobo, dubbed “the Woolworths of amadoda” by Twitter, as Qhawe.
The most viewed series on Showmax ever, The Wife won 2022 DStv Mzansi Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards for Kwenzo (Rising Star) and Abdul Khoza (Best Actor). At the 2022 SAFTAs, The Wife was up for 10 awards, including Best Telenovela, and won Best Actor and Supporting Actor for Bonko Khoza and Abdul Khoza respectively. Season 2 lead Khanyi Mbau has just been nominated as African Social Star of 2022 at The People’s Choice Awards.
Season 3 picks up with Naledi kidnapped and the Zulu brothers’ crimes now front-page news. “This season is going to be the most explosive yet; it’s going to break your hearts and heal them again,” says Yolisa Phahle, CEO of Showmax and MultiChoice Connected Video. “There’s more romance, and more action, and we’re now celebrating Setswana as well as Zulu culture. And in Naledi’s family, the Zulu brothers may have finally met their match…”
Look out for SAFTA winner Wiseman Mncube (eHostela) joining the cast as Mqhele this season. Other new cast include Sello Motloung (Blood Psalms) as Naledi’s father, Kgosi; Bongo Maffin’s Stoan Seate as Sefako, Qhawe’s rival for Naledi; Lungelo Mpangase (eHostela, Lingashoni, Mzali Wam) as Xoli, Sambulo’s love interest; Mo Setumo (The Queen) as Tshidi, Naledi’s elder sister; and Thabang Lefoa (Skeem Saam) as Tsietsi.
Three episodes every Thursday, from 10 November 2022.
