The River Bids A Fond Farewell To Hlomla, Lawrence Maleka And Tango Ncetezo

One of the leading primetime shows on Mzansi Magic, the multi-award-winning fan favourite The River, is announcing the departure of three of its cast members. Hlomla Dandala, Lawrence Maleka and Tango Ncetezo are moving on from the telenovela to new ventures and some storylines have reached an end.

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As an essential part of The River from the beginning, viewers have enjoyed watching the growth of the actors’ individual characters – Zweli with his often-well-meaning mishaps which sometimes result in dramatic consequences; Zolani with his fierce love and loyalty that at times goes too far; and Paulina whose bold look hides the soft heart of a woman who faces the toughest of battles.

As three of the top performers in the country, they have given viewers plenty to talk about and be entertained by, from storylines that brought out their characters’ dark sides to softer, lighter moments. Dandala plays Zweli Dikana, Maleka is Zolani Dlamini and Ncetezo is Paulina Dlomo on the Tshedza Pictures show.

“We would like to thank Hlomla, Lawrence and Tango for their priceless contributions to the show, as well as the incredible work that went into giving their characters life. They all brought professionalism, dedication, presence and charisma to the table, and we have loved working with them on the show. We look forward to seeing what their adventure holds,” says Shirley Adonisi, Director of Local Entertainment Channels on M-Net.

Avid watchers of the show have been complaining about the repetitive and boring storyline and they think the show should be canned.

He must’ve been fed up with the writing decline.

This thing of “telenova episodes airing” back to back everyday is killing the writing quality of many stories in SA. I don’t understand why they aren’t adopting the worldwide standard of limited episodes each year in a season.

— Zola Zebula (@ZolaZee_) October 15, 2022

Actually what’s killing telenovela’s is keeping the same writers for every season. New season, new writers then we’ll have fire productions

— Daveyton’s very own. (@kgomz_moneycraz) October 15, 2022

That Phathu guy looses the plot. Look at The Queen and Gomora.

— ♥kҽŋҽɩɭwҽ♥ Mos’tsana wa motswana (@mmakhumoetsile) October 15, 2022

This!!! It’s become a chore to watch The River nowadays

— Lulu (@LuluRosso) October 15, 2022

Wait, The Queen e sa le gona? I wonder storyline se reng nou 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

— Kamogelo_K (@Blaq_Purposed) October 15, 2022

Nje.

— Michelle (@michellemodika) October 15, 2022

The River has lost a real one here.. a real mood setter, they lost a G pic.twitter.com/jaIO2smfla

— Tshepo Van Mohammed (@VanDerMohammed) October 17, 2022

The river is boring I wonder y it was renewed for S6..

— G.S Maku (@gopolang6) October 17, 2022

The River must jst close shops- tht thing is nt going forward, back or in circle. Is stagnant. Jst like the Queen.

— MADUMETŠA (@TeffuJoy) October 17, 2022