Umthetho is a South African television drama miniseries in which a skilled young public prosecutor is pulled into a brutal prison syndicate led by the brother she thought she lost, forcing her to choose between justice and family, law and survival, truth and betrayal.
The seven-episode drama is an adaptation of the Brazilian series Brotherhood and is centred on a brilliant young public prosecutor Mbali (played by Nunu Khumalo) whose life is turned upside down when she is drawn into a ruthless prison syndicate run by her brother, Moses (Tony Kgoroge).
Torn between family loyalty and her duty to uphold the law, Mbali is forced to join forces with Moses to protect their younger brother, Sphelele (Given Stuurman).
Mbali is on a collision course with iGazlam' - The Brotherhood - a ruthless prison syndicate run from the shadows by the very brother she had spent 14 years mourning as dead.
It starts with a case that seems worlds away from her own life.
It ends with Mbali standing in the wreckage of everything she believed about her family.
A decade after she was told her brother Moses died behind bars, he resurfaces - a hardened survivor, reshaped by the system that swallowed him, with a warning for his sister: the brother she once knew is gone.
As a wave of violence tears through the city, every trail leads back to him.
With high-stakes twists, complex family dynamics and impossible moral dilemmas, Umthetho asks a simple but devastating question: when family and justice collide, which side do you choose?
The series stars Nunu Khumalo as Mbali, Given Stuurman as Sphelele, Tony Kgoroge as Moses, Lorcia Cooper as Crystal, Ernest Msibi as Scarra, Molefi Monaisa as Detective Tau, Sindi Dlathu as Agnes, SK Khoza as Zola, Mandla Gaduka as Oros, Sello Ramolahloane as Valaza, Lungelo Madondo as Ntombi, Siphiwe Nkosi as Pastor Sibiya, Brenda Mhlongo as Unathi, Hlubi Mboya as Lolo, Robert Hobbs as David Shultz, Obed Baloyi as Guard Setshaba, Bhekumuzi Mkwanazi as Guard Nyaniso, Skhulile Mgaga as Luvo, Wayne van Rooyen as Detective Banda and Fana Mokoena as MEC.
Umthetho is produced by Black Brain Pictures with executive producers Mandla N, Mpumelelo Nhlapo and Annelie van Rooyen.
The directors are Mandla N, Johnny Barbuzano and Jonathan 'Jono' Hall.
The head writer is Jose Domingos, with a writing team including Rami Nhlapo, Boitumelo Masemola and Makanaka Mavengere.
The original score is by Joel Assaizky with additional score by Kurt Slabbert.