The triangle between Chris, DeWet and Mariaan intensifies. Light: Ivy prepares to take her driving test. Ivy becomes the manager of Beleef and Marvin is well on his way to re-joining the police force. The grand re-opening of Oppiekoffie happens in episode 5000. Vanessa decides to offer Oppie to Vince, who agrees to buy it from her. The Peterson family gets a new house for Christmas. (This is our rendition of Covid 19 integration). Fikani realises that Alexa contracted a very rare and highly contagious virus. On the day of the eviction, Lesedi gets a last-minute interdict to halt the demolition. Chris plans to demolish the squatter camp to build a luxury resort.
The prosecutor, Susan, is revealed to be André’s half-sister. (Court case takes place during 16 days of Activism.) André is found guilty and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Running concurrently, André is facing an uncertain future when he is being tried for his abuse of Mariaan. After going on a date with a man and Lana finding out, Shawn is forced to finally come clean and admit that he is gay. Bonita helps Trigger escape and lies to the police. Vanessa falls for “Byron”, Trigger’s alter-ego. Bonita’s brother, Trigger (an escaped convict) shows up in Hillside, but he is unrecognisable after plastic surgery.
Two new characters are introduced – Shady, Bonita’s niece, and Ludo, a hippie with a quirky personality. He is now a doctor and a steamy fling develops between him and Lesedi. Lesedi decides to employ Mienkie to get Rickus to sign over his Heights’ shares to her. Love sparks (light) between Chris and Mariaan. Nozi eventually starts working for Lesedi. She signs up for a Blesser service and is matched up with a rich older man who turns out to be Khethiwe’s father. Eddie and Vee prepare for a Spelling Bee, with Ivy and Marvin taking the competition way too seriously. (This is the actor’s exit.) Bonita is left devasted. When Justin finds out that Amanda and Luka are in Ireland, Justin decides to leave Hillside to finally be a father to Luka. He starts taking antidepressants and experiences blackouts when he mixes his meds with alcohol. Thomas is left without a mother Rickus has to deal with losing his wife a day after their wedding. 7de Laan is an extraordinary microcosm where good and bad, evil and wholesome characters find themselves forming part of a wholesome community where no matter what – everyone counts and everyone cares…Ī bomb was planted in the Heights – Kopano dies, Esti ends up in a vegetative state, Tjattas’s hearing is temporarily damaged (he learns sign language) and Oppiekoffie is destroyed.