Scandal! was 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 Mapaseka Koetle Mamarumo Marokane Makoma Mohale Kgaugelo James Sithole Boikarabelo M. Mabuza Kwenzo Ngcobo Bongile Mantsai Owen Sejake Bongani Gumede
Main cast
Actor Role StatusMapaseka KoetleDintle Gasa Mamarumo MarokaneBridget Maseko Makoma MohaleThlogi SindaneJames Kgaugelo SitholeTokollo SindaneBoikarabelo M.MabuzaThapelo MoreBongile MantsaiMthunzi Mayiza Bongani GumedeEphraim GasaOwen SejakeSammyday MoreJo-Anne ReynekeBuyi MlotshwaJerry MofokengNeo Mokhethi Seputla SebogodiKgopolo MoreKeitumetse KasonkolaTalitha MoreKamogelo MareeThoriso MoreNombulelo MhlongoPhilisiwe GasaWright NgubeniBotsotsoNia BrownTshidiDanny De Bruyne De Wet
Former cast
ActorRole StatusSandy MokwenaEddie KhumaloMapaseka KoetleDintle Nyathi/GasaJoyce SkefuMaletsatsi KhumaloTumisho MashaHector ThebeKgomotso ChristopherYvonne ThebeNomvelo MakhanyaLindiwe Ngema-MasekoBotlhale BoikanyoOmphile NgemaMelusi MbeleJoseph JoJo KubekaClint BrinkValentino MartinsLusanda MbaneBoniswa Langa-MambaLorcia CooperErin MartinsHlomla DandalaSiseko LangaLuthuli DlaminiStan NyathiHungani NdlovuRomeo MedupeSello Maake Ka-NcubeLucas Daniel NyathiMasasa MbangeniThembeka Shezi-NyathiKagiso ModupeMango NyathiNolwazi NgubeniMbali KubhekaAyanda DawetiChumani Langa-XabaMthunzi NtoyiSijoSma MathibeliNomceboLerato NxumaloPhakamile MdletsheGiven StuurmanKgosi LekgaeKagiso MedupeMangi NyathiDineo LangaNaledi ThebeBrighton NgomaQuinton NyathiThuso MbeduKitso MedupeBathabile MashigoGrace Medupe-ShabanguCandice DermanSamanthaAvile BatwiniEric SteinNthati MosheshMorongwa MolefeMasechaba MoShoe-ShoeMmadika MolefeFulu MughovhaniAnzani ChabediPatrick MofokengMlungisi NgemaFana MokoenaVukile KubhekaSlindile NodangalaNomvula KubhekaSihle NdabaDuduzile KubhekaGetmore SitholeCain GumedePatronella TshumaRubyKhulu SkhenjanaGorbachevSandile MahlanguSimo ShabanguCindy MahlanguVioletta MambaDawn MatthewsShakira NyathiFundiswa NgcoboWinnie HlatshwayoSivenathi Mabuya-BukaniXolile MedupeJoe KazadiMukunaGcina NkosiZinzile NgemaTshepo MoseseLerumo ChabediNolo SeabiSeipatiBusisiwe LurayiMe'ShellThuli ThabetheMe'ShellMothusi MaganoPhehello MokhethiKagiso RathebeAmoSiyabonga ShibeKila NgcoboSimo MagwazaMambaBohang MoekoTshepo TladiSiyabonga GcwensaMbuso MdletsheMatthews RantsomaNhlamulo MasekoKwenzo Ngcobo Nhloso GasaSources:Danica De La Rey JonesSimone SmithKim CloeteKimberley Smith
Achievements South Africa Film and Television Awards
! |- | 2023 | rowspan=3 |Scandal! | Best TV Soap
| rowspan=2|2024 | Most Popular TV Soap/Telenovela
| Best TV Soap
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