Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Media (also known as Ochre Moving Pictures) and broadcast on e.tv. It is the most watched soap opera in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie Generations: The Legacy. It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds.

On 10 July 2024, e.tv announced that Scandal! will start airing daily, occupying the 19:30 spot dubbed as the "Winter binge". The program reverted to its standard time slot on 7 September 2024.

On 26 September 2025, e.tv announced that Scandal! will air its final episode on 26 June 2026.

Plot

Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.

Cast as per Opening Sequence

As shown on opening scene

Main cast

ActorRoleStatus
Mapaseka KoetleDintle GasaMain
Mamarumo MarokaneBridget MasekoMain
Makoma MohaleThlogi SindaneMain
James Kgaugelo SitholeTokollo SindaneMain
Boikarabelo M.MabuzaThapelo MoreMain
Bongile MantsaiMthunzi MayizaMain
Bongani GumedeEphraim GasaMain
Owen SejakeSammyday MoreMain
Jo-Anne ReynekeBuyi MlotshwaSupporting Role
Jerry MofokengNeo MokhethiSupporting Role
Seputla SebogodiKgopolo MoreSupporting Role
Keitumetse KasonkolaTalitha MoreSupporting Role
Kamogelo MareeThoriso MoreSupporting Role
Nombulelo MhlongoPhilisiwe GasaSupporting Role
Wright NgubeniBotsotsoSupporting Role
Nia BrownTshidiSupporting Role
Danny De BruyneDe WetSupporting Role

Former cast

ActorRoleStatus
Sandy MokwenaEddie KhumaloStarring role
Mapaseka KoetleDintle Nyathi/GasaStarring Role
Joyce SkefuMaletsatsi KhumaloStarring role
Tumisho MashaHector ThebeStarring role
Kgomotso ChristopherYvonne ThebeStarring role
Nomvelo MakhanyaLindiwe Ngema-MasekoStarring role
Botlhale BoikanyoOmphile NgemaStarring role
Melusi MbeleJoseph JoJo KubekaStarring role
Clint BrinkValentino MartinsStarring role
Lusanda MbaneBoniswa Langa-MambaStarring role
Lorcia CooperErin MartinsStarring role
Hlomla DandalaSiseko LangaStarring role
Luthuli DlaminiStan NyathiStarring role
Hungani NdlovuRomeo MedupeStarring role
Sello Maake Ka-NcubeLucas Daniel NyathiStarring role
Masasa MbangeniThembeka Shezi-NyathiStarring role
Kagiso ModupeMango NyathiStarring role
Nolwazi NgubeniMbali KubhekaStarring role
Ayanda DawetiChumani Langa-XabaStarring role
Mthunzi NtoyiSijoSupporting role
Sma MathibeliNomceboSupporting role
Lerato NxumaloPhakamile MdletsheStarring role
Given StuurmanKgosi LekgaeSupporting role
Kagiso MedupeMangi NyathiStarring role
Dineo LangaNaledi ThebeSupporting role
Brighton NgomaQuinton NyathiStarring role
Thuso MbeduKitso MedupeSupporting role
Bathabile MashigoGrace Medupe-ShabanguStarring role
Candice DermanSamanthaSupporting role
Avile BatwiniEric SteinSupporting role
Nthati MosheshMorongwa MolefeStarring role
Masechaba MoShoe-ShoeMmadika MolefeStarring role
Fulu MughovhaniAnzani ChabediStarring role
Patrick MofokengMlungisi NgemaStarring role
Fana MokoenaVukile KubhekaStarring role
Slindile NodangalaNomvula KubhekaStarring role
Sihle NdabaDuduzile KubhekaStarring role
Getmore SitholeCain GumedeSupporting role
Patronella TshumaRubySupporting role
Khulu SkhenjanaGorbachevStarring role
Sandile MahlanguSimo ShabanguStarring role
Cindy MahlanguVioletta MambaStarring role
Dawn MatthewsShakira NyathiStarring role
Fundiswa NgcoboWinnie HlatshwayoSupporting role
Sivenathi Mabuya-BukaniXolile MedupeStarring role
Joe KazadiMukunaSupporting role
Gcina NkosiZinzile NgemaStarring role
Tshepo MoseseLerumo ChabediStarring role
Nolo SeabiSeipatiStarring role
Busisiwe LurayiMe'ShellSupporting role
Thuli ThabetheMe'ShellSupporting role
Mothusi MaganoPhehello MokhethiStarring role
Kagiso RathebeAmoSupporting role
Siyabonga ShibeKila NgcoboStarring role
Simo MagwazaMambaStarring role
Bohang MoekoTshepo TladiSupporting role
Siyabonga GcwensaMbuso MdletsheSupporting role
Matthews RantsomaNhlamulo MasekoStarring role
Kwenzo NgcoboNhloso GasaStarring role
Sources:
Danica De La Rey JonesSimone SmithSupporting role
Kim CloeteKimberley SmithSupporting role

Achievements

South Africa Film and Television Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023Scandal!Best TV SoapWon
2024Most Popular TV Soap/TelenovelaWon
Best TV SoapNominated

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