A new sitcom about the lives, loves, relationships and dramas of four twenty-something women will star two daughters of South African president Jacob Zuma.
It’s For Life will feature Gugulethu Zuma as Coco and Nokuthula Zuma as Jabu, as well as Nkuli Sibeko-Bortman as Zanele and Thalitha Ndima as Sam.
The show premieres on Mzansi Magic on Friday 15 July at 7pm and will see the four women discover a squatter living in their new house, but the law prevents them from evicting the squatter.
Nokuthula Zuma studied at AFDA in Cape Town, majoring in acting for film and graduating with a BA in Live Performance. After first working in educational theatre she spent much of 2010 touring with the award winning one-woman show Tin Bucket Drum. Gugulethu also graduated with a BA degree in live performance (and the best actress award) from AFDA in 2006 and since then has had roles in television series, among them Interrogation Room and Isidingo.
Gugulethu takes the role of Coco, an Events Co-ordinator by profession and a so-called “coconut’ by choice, actively distancing herself from her Zulu roots whilst embracing 21st urban living with passion and life. Nokuthula’s Jabu, meanwhile, is an aspiring radio DJ who lives for music and who refuses to be boxed into any kind of stereotype.
These characters are joined by Sibeko-Bortman’s Zanele and Ndima’s Sam.
Zanele is an accountant by trade and the quiet one amongst the foursome, always supporting her boyfriend Sthe’s (Bonga Dlamini) outlandish money-making schemes. Sam, meanwhile, is the opposite of Zanele – a medical doctor doing her community service; she’s outgoing, a tomboy, always in your-face and a self-professed bachelorette.
Others in the cast include Charles Bougenous as Brad and Mitchell Khan as Chad – Brad being Coco’s on-off boyfriend and Chad being obsessed by Jabu in a sometimes weirdly sinister way.
According to a press release: “It’s For Life is a fresh new sitcom about four young woman making their way through life in a fun, exciting and hilarious way. It’s about a group of 20-something South African women whom are destined to connect with Mzansi Magic’s female viewers in a big, big way – and will also win over male fans. It’s a story of four women who have ups-and-downs in love, career and friendship – but who will always be together, in one way or another, for life’.
It’s For Life will air on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 107) on Fridays at 7pm.
