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- The Black Door is a fascinating, dramatic and emotional story set in the high-class world of a pleasure-dome brothel.
- Behind The Black Door is a stellar cast with some legendary actors and actresses, some well-known faces, and some newcomers.
- The Black Door debuts on e.tv on Monday, 11 April at 21:30 and will air Monday to Friday.
The Black Door is a fascinating, dramatic and emotional story set in the high-class world of a pleasure-dome brothel.
This locally produced risqué adult drama series has a brilliant cast who will shock you with their secrets and steal your heart with the emotion behind it.
The story begins with a long-distance truck driver, Khaya (played by Zamani Mbatha), who shares a dream of owning a fleet of buses with his older brother, Chuma (played by Thobani Nzuza).
With an unexpected windfall and a mysterious death, Khaya soon learns that his brother has been murdered. To repay the money stolen by his brother, he's thrust into a seedy world of sex, drugs and tender fraud. Will Khaya agree to be a sex worker and make big bucks at The Black Door, or will he suffer the same fate as his late brother?
Behind The Black Door is a stellar cast with some legendary actors and actresses, some well-known faces, and some newcomers. The performances are spellbinding, emotional, provocative and will seduce you into a world you cannot imagine.
Meet the cast of this emotional, risqué drama:
Chuma Sokhulu, played by Thobani Nzuza
He is a charismatic pastor, living a double life to provide for his family. He would do whatever it takes to live the dream he and his brother always had. He is also well endowed with a Midas touch when it comes to sex. The fact that he is a pastor makes him very popular among different clients.
Khaya Sokhulu, played by Zamani Mbatha
Khaya comes home to start a bus business with his brother and ends up having to take over from Chuma at the factory and double up at the Black Door because he needs to repay Mam Rebs the money she claims Chuma stole from her.
Rebecca Mahlangu, played by Linda Sebenzo
Also known as Mam Rebs, she is a ruthless businesswoman and avid Golfer. Tough, hardworking, ambitious, and ruthless. Mam Rebs has claimed the number one spot in a dangerous business environment, eliminating all competition through raw ingenuity and illegal gumption. She sees herself as honourable and praises the values of "honesty and hard work" even as she works to build one of the largest brothels in Emalahleni.
Bra Kenny, played by Bhekumuzi Mkhwanazi
Mam Reb's right-hand man, the unassuming Bra Kenny, works in the shadows but is a man on a mission and will ensure he gets exactly what he feels he deserves. He is the enemy Mam Rebs never saw coming.
Boniswa Mahlangu, played by Gabisile Tshabalala
Mam Reb's daughter. She is an addict with mental health issues, constantly in and out of rehab. She is a mother and wife, with her husband and child living in her family home. No one takes her seriously, so she questions herself a lot as she often loses her grip on reality. She is easily the one person everyone should be wary of as she knows and sees a lot.
Nkanyiso, played by Mzikayise Makroti
Bonnie's lover. Nkanyiso's plan to keep Boniswa incapacitated. He has one on Mam Rebs when he finds some damning evidence that will destroy her, but going against Mam Rebs may be his own undoing, and he may end up losing his own life. So he is treading on dangerous ground.
Frans Mkhize, played by Siphiwe Nkosi
He has lived most of his life by the book as a respectable member of society. A seemingly upright family man with a wife and one child. He used to make an honest living but has since given up on the system and found a way to make it work for him by processing local tenders to the highest bribe bidder.
Nandi Mkhize, played by Sibonginkosi Tenza
Khaya's love interest. She is book smart, having just graduated from business school at Stellenbosch, so she has somewhat of a worldly outlook on life. Although she is a respectful young woman from a humble home with upstanding morals, she can't wait to finish her internship and move out of Emalahleni to be independent.
Nolitha Sokhulu, played by Sibulele Ntlebi
Chuma's wife. An unemployed but domesticated hardworking makoti, grieving the recent loss of her young husband. She knows she should want more for herself but lacks the courage to dream big. All she ever wanted was to be a respectable wife and mother, but she didn't get any of those things, so she is starting to lose hope. The plot thickens when she falls pregnant, but you will never guess who the father is…
Thenjiwe Sokhulu, played by Nonkululeko Mbatha
Khaya's sister. She seems cold, distant and constantly causing chaos. She harbours a lot of anger and has accepted that she is hard to love. She is a reluctant mother and is secretive about the father's identity.
Nomsa Sokhulu, played by Velephi Mnisi Khumalo
Khaya’s mom (known as Mam Nomsa). She is a calm peacemaker and an avid churchgoer. Naïve with a persecutions complex about how life has dealt her a bad hand and nothing good ever happens to her.
Bra Gibb, played by Sello Ramolahloane
Lovable, cheerful, wise, helpful, and dependable. Adored by everyone as somewhat of a father figure in the community. He contributes money to the church from his many small local businesses, which draws Nomsa to him. He does not drink, but he sells alcohol.
Fanyane "Fana", played by Sandile Mfusi
Known as Junior, he is Mam Reb's Toy-Boy. A handsome young man who loves the finer things in life. Dresses well and affords his lifestyle from his sugar mommy's generous handouts. He doesn't have a backbone but doesn't care.
Mvubu, played by Sandile Dlamini
The factory manager. Strict, annoying, funny but doesn't think or know he is. A joyless man who doesn't laugh much. He wants to live in a perfect controlled environment as the class captain. He is a closeted gay man who is subliminally self-loathing and will deny any such inclinations with all that he has.
Jupiter, played by Oscar Mgudlwa
He is a 'street-smart,' wanna-be gangster, living for the moment and trying to be cool. Because of poverty, he long gave up on his dreams but enjoys that he still works in an environment that reminds him of those dreams.
Nongoloza, played by Rayton Manenza
Mam Reb's other right-hand man. Born and raised in Alexander, Nongoloza was raised in a happy home by a father and mother. Dad was one of Alex's feared Inkabi who one day came home and, without warning, shot and killed his wife during a heated argument.
The Black Door debuts on e.tv on Monday, 11 April at 21:30 and will air Monday to Friday.
