Every town in every province will have a franchise soon. Durban, Joziburg, Gqeberha, Pretoria and now the Gold Diggers have infiltrated the Cape Winelands too.
It's reaching KFC proportions! It's the American fast food of reality TV that might or might not make you feel very ill, depending on which batch of chicken you get.
Die Real Housewives van die Wylande premieres on kykNET on Thursday 20 April at 20h00 and these are show bios and artwork of the six women it follows:
Amy Kleinhans-Curd
Former Miss South Africa Amy is married to New Zealand businessman Leighton Curd.
She's a mother of four, lives in Franschhoek and is the director of various companies, including the homework hotline, Dial-A-Teacher, which was founded in 2000 in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Fund.
Their farms in Franschhoek, Swellendam and in the Cradle of Humankind are but a few of the things that keep Amy very busy indeed.
She will soon launch her own Cap Classique sparkling wine as well as a skincare range called Amelia (her birthname).
She is a committed mom and organises a swimming festival, among other things, for the school her children attend.
Mariska Thorpe
Mariska worked as wealth manager for many years and lives with her husband, Quintus, and their daughter, Ocean, in the same estate in Franschhoek as Amy and her family.
Mariska does not like to sit still. She and Quintus are stock traders, but she also runs a business that upcycles second-hand clothes.
Mariska and her husband are avid trail runners, and she is a perfectionist in everything she does.
Karen Schwendtke
Karen lives in the Val de Vie Estate between Paarl and Franschhoek. She is a successful businesswoman who holds a degree in BCom Accounting from UP, an MBL from Unisa and a degree in Visual Basic Programming from Harvard in America.
Despite long working hours, she always makes time for charity projects. In times of national need, she helped with the supply of water and cattle feed.
Children are dear to her heart, and she is involved with fundraising for CHOC (Childhood Cancer Foundation SA). She is the proud mother of two daughters, Saskia and Arabella.
Candice Bester
Candice lives in the Aan de Weber Estate in Stellenbosch. She is the mother of Emma and is married to Werner.
Candice is an experienced professional singer, but she left the stage for the corporate world where she made her mark as marketing manager of Quench which was acquired by the TFG group.
Candice, however, still dreams of a future as a songbird.
She likes to play golf, has a big collection of whiskies, and facilitates a monthly quiz night. Candice and Werner are in the process of opening a restaurant.
Michelle van Zyl
Michelle is a medical doctor. She specialised in trauma and later had a successful general medical practice. Nowadays, she is an aesthetic doctor who focuses on treatments like Botox.
She and her husband, Dr. André Olivier, live in the Boskloof Eco Estate in Somerset West. They are the parents of Hanno and Heidi.
André also has two sons from a previous marriage who live in Namibia. Michelle enjoys hosting and dreams of having her own TV talk show.
Anita Lloyd
Anita lives outside Paarl in a beautiful valley. She and her husband, Boyce, are high school sweethearts, and she gave up her profession as teacher to support him in his career.
For 10 years, they lived across the world for Boyce’s work before finally returning to South Africa.
Boyce has been the chief executive of KWV since 2016. Anita has a master’s degree in linguistics, and she loves the study of languages.
Besides her husband and her cats, Anita’s biggest priorities are her house, art and travel.