On Rhythm City in March:
Monday 3 March 2008
Episode 171
Sunay tells a gobsmacked Rachel she’s moved into Thembi’s room. Thembi tells the Vilakazi’s she’s moving back home.
Miles offers S’bu the job of completing Rachel’s gospel album.
Thabang turns to Fats for help in persuading Grace to return to him, but Grace tells Fats she is determined to marry the man who took her virginity.
David meets with Ivan Tshinawa, who appears interested in buying the Pussycat Lounge.
Tuesday 4 March 2008
Episode 171
Rachel tells S’bu she would be happy to work with him on her new album.
Miles tells S’bu it will no longer be possible to pay him a salary. He will have to work on commission.
Stone tells Fats he is taking Charlotte on a date. Fats says he’s cool with it, but we know he isn’t.
Thembi tells Gina that David is planning to sell the Pussycat Lounge. When Gina confronts David, he tells her it was Thembi’s idea.
Thembi arrives home to find Sunay has taken over her room.
Wednesday 5 March 2008
Episode 173
Rachel and Thembi discover Sunay spent the night sleeping in Rachel’s car and that she’s been evicted from her flat.
The guys advise Fats that the only way he’ll be able to get rid of Grace is to tell her he has met someone else. He takes their advice but it backfires.
Gina uses every trick she knows to get David to give her some time to find her own investors to buy the club.
S’bu desperately tries to impress in his new job. Miles and Lucilla unsuccessfully try to find a way to pay Rachel her royalties.
Thursday 6 March 2008
Episode 174
Sunay suddenly takes an interest in S’bu when she learns of his role in producing Rachel’s new album. Unbeknownst to Miles, S’bu decides to submit his re-mix of Rachel’s Xmas song to the Music Industry Awards (MIAs).
Rachel is outraged to discover Miles never deposited her royalties into her account.
Stone begs a reluctant Charlotte to pretend to be Fats’s girlfriend in a last ditch effort to rid Fats of Grace.
Gina and Thembi mend fences over their fallout the previous day, aware that David is up to his old tricks again. However, David remains one step ahead as usual.
Friday 7 March 2008
Episode 175
A furious Rachel confronts Miles about her unpaid royalties. The only thing keeping Rachel at Redemption is her promise to S’bu to finish the album.
Thabang receives some shocking news. After much deliberation and intervention, Fats comes clean with him and tells him he was the one who slept with Grace.
Grace announces she is leaving.
Thembi finds out about David’s other lines of business.
Monday 10 March 2008
Episode 176
While Miles and Lucilla are trying everything to solve their money problems, they receive some puzzling news about the upcoming Music Industry Awards (MIAs).
Sunay’s full charm offensive at Rachel’s house is irritating Thembi.
Thabang is determined to take his revenge on Fats and the showdown ultimately leads to the resolution of Fats’s romantic difficulties.
Stone’s guilt gets too much for him, and he confesses all to Fats.
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Episode 177
Miles fumes about the double entry in the Music Industry Awards (MIAs). He tries to get S'bu to spy on Rachel to keep him in the loop.
Lucilla, in a desperate state, goes to see David about Redemption's finances. David says if the conditions were right, he might be prepared to invest in Redemption Records.
After coming clean with Fats, Stone is determined to go public about his relationship with Charlotte, only to find Fats is taking the news about Stone and Charlotte's covert affair very badly.
David spurns Ivan's offer of R2-million for the club, and Gina accuses David of fermenting division between her and Thembi. He denies it vehemently and insists he is trying to give her the best chance to buy the club.
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Episode 178
Sunay meets S’bu at Rachel’s home and tells him she’d love him to produce an album for her. They agree to meet to talk “business”.
Lucilla raises the possibility with Miles of seeking an investor to bail them out of their financial muddle. Miles turns down this option summarily.
Tshidi explains to Stone that Charlotte wants to feel he’s proud to be in a relationship with her. Stone tells his parents he’s dating Charlotte. They are delighted and insist he invite her to a family supper.
Fats moves into the gym.
Thursday 13 March 2008
Episode 179
Sunay’s record label fires her. Fearing for her future, she uses all her sex appeal to tempt S’bu into producing an album for her.
Thembi warns S’bu to be careful of Sunay, but he doesn’t heed her warning. Instead, he suggests to Miles they expand into the Afro-Pop arena.
Fats, who is living in the gym, is driving the Khuse family mad with his irritating habits.
Charlotte is invited to dinner at the Khuse household.
Gina’s initial loan application is rejected. She suspects David is cooking the books and confronts him, but he wins her trust by suggesting she borrow money from a friend of his.
Friday 14 March 2008
Episode 180
S’bu learns of Sunay’s sacking from her record company. Despite Rachel’s criticism of her, and his own dislike of her music, S’bu gives Sunay false hope that Miles would be interested in signing non-gospel artists. But is this all about business - or sex?
David convinces Gina to pull out the stops at the Pussycat Lounge with the aim of impressing Ivan into lending her the much-needed funds to purchase it.
Monday 17 March 2008
Episode 181
Miles confides in S’bu that Rachel’s increased performance gigs are the only things keeping the company afloat under the weight of their tax burden.
Fats is still not speaking to Stone, despite Stone’s attempts at reconciliation.
Charlotte confesses to Tshidi she’s quite smitten with her brother and that he’s not making strong sexual advances on her.
Gina gives Thembi the impression that dodgy business is being run through the Pussycat Lounge. When Thembi confronts David about it he plays it down but expresses his disappointment in Gina for giving Thembi this information.
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Episode 182
S’bu has completed Rachel’s album, but he has other projects - mainly creative ways to get Sunay into bed without having to work too hard on her musical career. Then he hears her new song.
Meanwhile, Stone is fretting about his sexual relationship with Charlotte. Is there something wrong with a man his age being content to stay celibate?
Thembi works on investigating Gina’s allegations of David’s money-laundering operations while David works on driving a wedge in Thembi’s burgeoning friendship with Gina.
Wednesday 19 March 2008
Episode 183
Miles loves Rachel’s new album but cannot understand what S’bu sees in Sunay. Thembi is equally bewildered by S’bu’s interest in Sunay.
Stone is getting mixed messages from Charlotte. He is unsure whether she wants to sleep with him or not. Suffocate encourages him to take charge.
Stone follows his advice and forces the issue.
Gina tries to find a way to blackmail David into selling her the Pussycat Lounge for R1.5-million. She starts digging for dirt and is reminded of Sam Sedibeng’s death.
Thursday 20 March 2008
Episode 184
S’bu reveals to Rachel the reason she’s been overbooked is to boost Redemption’s cash flow. Enraged, Rachel confronts Miles and Lucilla.
Things continue to heat up between S’bu and Sunay.
Stone deals with the consequences of sleeping with Charlotte prematurely. They agree to remain celibate until they are both ready.
Gina links David back to Sam’s killers. She gives the evidence to Thembi for safekeeping and uses it to leverage David into considering her as a buyer for the Pussycat Lounge.
Friday 21 March 2008 (Good Friday/Human Rights Day)
Episode 185
S’bu sneaks Sunay out of his bedroom despite her suggestion they go public with their relationship. Sunay begins to suspect the real power in Redemption lies not with S’bu, but with Miles.
Mamokete senses something off about Stone’s mood.
Thembi seeks Gail’s advice about whether to involve herself or not in the politics going down at 9-Nine.
Kop decides to invite Fats to stay with the family in the house so as to pre-empt any move by landlord Fats to evict the family.
Monday 24 March 2008 (Easter Monday/Family Day)
Episode 186
Miles and Lucilla have a spat about S’bu.
S’bu sneaks Sunay into his room again. Miles identifies her perfume in the air, and, mischievously, phones her to make an appointment to see her tomorrow at Redemption.
Stone and Charlotte - with a lot of useless, and not so useless, advice from their friends - negotiate an agreement regarding their sexual relationship.
Gina tries to fathom David’s game. He comes onto her.
Fats is happy living in the Khuse household, but the Khuse family has a problem with the situation.
Tuesday 25 March 2008
Episode 187
David is determined to find the surveillance footage Gina stole from him.
Charlotte persuades Fats to make peace with Stone, but Fats is causing plenty of other trouble in the Khuse household, where his larger-than-life presence and appetite is causing Kop’s temperature to rise.
Sunay is confident her cultivation of the Vilakazi men is about to bear fruit, and Thembi makes it clear Sunay can’t leave Rachel’s home soon enough for her liking.
Wednesday 26 March 2008
Episode 188
Miles is in a very good mood following his rendezvous with Sunay, a mood that arouses Lucilla’s suspicions.
Stone is introduced to Charlotte’s best friend, Thula, but they get off on the wrong foot.
Tshidi talks to Fats about his bad behaviour.
David strikes a deal with Ivan, and needs to take care of a little problem.
Thembi allows curiosity to get the better of her and she opens Gina’s package.
Thursday 27 March 2008
Episode 189
Rachel’s new album is presented to the staff of Redemption, Miles announces there will be a party at his house the following evening. He insists S’bu bring his new girlfriend.
S’bu tells a reluctant Sunay he thinks it’s time they went public with their relationship. Sunay cancels her date with S’bu to meet Miles.
Charlotte asks Stone to give Thula another chance.
Rachel finds the security tape Thembi left lying around.
Fats’ mother, Ma Caroline accuses Mamokete of coming between her and her son. Fats takes Tshidi’s lecture to heart and tries to turn over a new leaf.
Friday 28 March 2008
Episode 190
Lucilla begins to suspect Miles might be up to something. Sunay surprises both Thembi and Rachel when she reveals she’s been invited to Miles’ party.
S’bu introduces Sunay as his girlfriend, David cultivates Lucilla, and Miles is tested as he watches his son go to bed with the woman with whom he’s also sleeping.
Rachel inadvertently lets David know Thembi has the incriminating videotape. Gina tells David his deadline is up.
Fats hasn’t learned his lesson at all when it comes to living with others.
Monday 31 March 2008
Episode 191
Miles is uncomfortable with the nature of his affair with Sunay. Sunay confesses her feelings for Miles are stronger than they are for S’bu.
Lucilla obsesses about the fact that Miles may be having an affair.
Thula derails Stone’s lesson to talk about his sexual conquests.
David continues to reel Thembi in.
Fats continues to annoy the Khuse family. Kop discovers Fats’ mom, Caroline, misses her son terribly. Kop and Mamokete consider exploiting Caroline’s motherly love in the hope that it will finally send Fats packing.
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