Letti's tragic end
THURSDAY will see the tragic end to a decade of Lesego Motsepe's character Letti Matabane. Buzz looks at the ups and downs of this Isidingo character.
Ten years ago, Letti Matabane arrived on The Deep with her mother, Ma Agnes, and brother Parsons to join her father Zeb, who worked as a miner.She attended a model C school and, along with Parsons, befriended Dusty, Steve and Stuart. The friends formed a band and performed at Bra G's shebeen, which incensed Zeb to the point that he beat Letti.Her rebellious phase continued; she fell in love and lost her virginity to Sammy, a miner. That romance didn't last, though, and Letti, after completing her schooling, started interning as a journalist at The Golden Weekly. During this time, she started to date Vusi, but jeopardised the relationship by succumbing to the charms of playboy Dumisane.While preparing for her wedding to Vusi, Letti learned that she was pregnant - with Dumisane's child. She ended up marrying Dumisane, who was offered a BEE position by Barker Haines at ON! TV.Dumisane, Letti and Neo move in with the Haineses and Letti landed a news anchor position with the TV station. However, Dumisane's ambitions got the better of him and he made the grave mistake of going against Barker. Dumisane made a run for it and went abroad.Letti decided against leaving with him, especially after learning of his extra-marital affair with Bianca, and they divorced. She had a brief fling with Lucky, a floor manager at ON!TV,
before embarking on an interracial relationship with Joe.When that romance ended, Letti, confused and depressed, started to steal. She was caught, but Bra Fox, who fancied her, intimidated the store owner into dropping the charge.Extremely grateful for his intervention, Letti unwittingly encouraged the notorious gangster and was almost raped, but Vusi arrived just in time.Since then Letti and Vusi have been blissfully married and the Matabane family, after a financial crisis, moved in with them. The couple had plans to start over in New York where Letti had a new job, but she found the incriminating SMS from Siyanda to Vusi. It isn't easy to leave behind a character you've played for a decade. And Isidingo's Lesego Motsepe struggled to deal with the heavy blow after learning of the tragic end of her character.In an interview with the Tonight, she said: "I still feel that there is a lot more I could have done to represent women of Letti's age, those who had had a child out of wedlock, those who went through a divorce and moved on. I am not bitter. I had to accept that exit and that's that."How will fans say goodbye to Letti?It starts with Letti reading an SMS from Siyanda to Vusi, which tells Vusi that she realises a baby is out of the question and it's a pity it never happened when they were together. After an argument with Vusi, Letti leaves in her car.Paul, who is on an urgent errand for Maggie, crashes into Letti's car on a blind rise while she is arguing with Vusi on the phone. She then veers off the road.
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