Good morning Bloggers, Happy Friday. I unfortunately missed last nights episode of Generations but that does not mean we can stop blogging. So I kindly ask if anyone watched last nights episode and they can give us a brief rundown of what happened last night. We would really appreciate that.

I hope you have a great weekend. I know most of you have been paid today so party hard!

Poor Khaphela and Sarah! Everyone is putting pressure on them to sleep with each other! Last night I had a good laugh when Khethiwe was talking to Sarah and Khethiwe was telling her that sex is like riding a bicycle: Once you have done it the first time, it is easy from there on out. Sarah is very reluctant to sleep with Khaphela as she says she has only ever slpet with her late husband and that was 15 years ago. Khethiwe was shocked when she heard that Sarah last had sex 15 years ago. Well you not doing much better Khethi… you are like in your mid 30’s and you only lost your virginity a year or two ago with Dumisani and he is the only one you have ever slept with!

Then Khaphela bumps into Sarah’s best friend and she starts telling him that he must be patient with Sarah when it comes to having sex and that Sarah is a very shy person.

Now it is just a matter of waiting for Queen to jump onto the band wagon! When she hears that Khaphela and Sarah are contemplating have sex, watch her go out and buy some sexy lingerie for Sarah!!

Not a whole lot happened in last nights show so I have decided to just have a look at the relationships on Our Soapie now as they seem to be what is dominating the show.

I just have to start with the relationship between Khethiwe and Dumisani. We all know it is a very abusive relationship as we discussed yesterday and we all wondering why Khethiwe is staying with Dumisani. Last night added a new dimension to the relationship when Khethiwe decided to surprise Dumisani with a dinner but Dumisani just never pitched up. Khethi went through all the effort to try please her man but it did not help.

Then we have Sarah and Khaphela. This relationship is coming along well but I think there only problem here could be the sex life these two would have. I believe they can still sleep with each other but I am not too sure about them having children which is what I see Khaphela wanting.

We have not heard much lately between Paul and Karabo. I think it is high time that Karabo comes back. She has been gone for way too long and I feel we are loosing the storyline here as it heated up a bit when Paul and Dineo were ‘together’. I would love to see a story where Paul and Dineo actually ‘get it on’ and then Karabo comes back into the picture.

And how about finding a woman for Zamani???? We had him with Jacky in the past but that was just for a short time. Please please please give Zamani a woman instead of him just focusing his life on Ajax. And maybe Ajax should also have a woman then he can get some focus on his life again instead of always crying like a baby!!

The fourth annual South African Film and Television Academy (SAFTA) Awards took place on Saturday, 20 February 2010 at the State Theatre in Pretoria. Generations managed to walk away with two awards in the Soapie category. Our Soapie won The Best Actor and Best Actress awards as they went to Seputla Sebogodi (Kenneth Mashaba) and Katlego Danke (Dineo Mashaba) respectively. This was a great achievement for Our Soapie.

We did however miss out on the big one, the Best Soapie award which went to 7de Laan. That result came as a surprise to me as I really thought Generations would winner especially since the winner of the Best Soapie is decided by us the fans as we have to cast votes. Clearly we did not all vote for Our Soapie or else we would have won.

Another surprise for me was that Lulu Nxozi who played the role of Belinda on Generations was one of the nominations for the Best Supporting Actress in a Soapie. Personally, I do not think she was that great an actress on Generations. Ma Ruby came onto the show far too late to be nominated for these awards but even with her short stint on Generations, I feel she should have been nominated ahead of Belinda. But I am sure Ma Ruby is going to pick up a lot of awards if she stays on Generations.

The results of the 2010 SAFTA’s in full for the Soapie category were:

Best Soapie
7de Laan
Determined by public vote

Best Actor
Pierre van Pletzen (Oubaas van Zyl in 7de Laan)
Seputla Sebogodi (Kenneth Mashaba in Generations) - winner
Mlangeni Nawa (Zeb Matabane in Isidingo)

Best Supporting Actor
Tobie Cronje (Kallie Koster in Binnelanders)
Jack Devnarian (Rajesh Kumar in Isidingo) - winner
Zenzo Ngqobe (Stone Khuze in Rhythm City)

Best Actress
Vinette Ibrahim (Charmaine Beukes-Meintjies in 7de Laan)
Katlego Danke (Dineo Mashaba in Generations) - winner
Keketso Semoko (Agnes Matabane in Isidingo)

Best Supporting Actress
Lulu Nxozi (Belinda in Generations)
Kim Engelbrecht (Lolly De Klerk in Isidingo) - winner
Connie Chiume (Mamokete Khuze in Rhythm City)

Best Ensemble Cast
Generations
Isidingo - winner
Scandal!

It is funny how Dumisani has the nerve to give the interns an assignment on child abuse when he is the biggest women abuser out there. You could clearly see that Khethowe is not happy with this assignment as she knows she is being abused by Dumisani but she is doing nothing about. But I guess this is the scenario faced by a lot of women today. They are abused day in and day out in their homes by the partners but they keep quiet. Why do they do this? Is it because they are scared to come out and say anything due to the fear they have of their partner? I think this is the reason as I honestly can not think of anyone who enjoys being abused.

What baffles me even more about Khethiwe is that she now wants to take Dumisani to her home so she can meet her gogo and the rest of the family and let them know that she is now staying with Dumisani. Dumisani is not keen about this idea at all as he says ‘family complicates everything’. I think the reason that Dumisani does not want Khethiwe’s family to know that they are staying together is that Khethiwe can then turn to her family at any time and tell them that Dumisani is abusing her.

Now on the other hand, Khethiwe has someone like Ace who is deeply in love with her but she is rather opting to be stuck in an abusive relationship. Ace is not Mr. Perfect but you can see he loves Khethiwe. Who would ever have thought that Ace of all people would write a love letter? Well he did write one for Khethiwe and Khethiwe just through it away.

At times we fall in love with the wrong person and I think that is exactly what has happened to Khethiwe.

We are starting a new feature on Gens Blog where the fans can send us photos they have had taken with an other the stars on Generations. It is with great please that I post our first picture of Karabo and Nozuko.

If you have any pictures taken with stars from Our Soapie and you would like them posted, please feel free to email them to gen@gensblog.co.za .

We were at Edgardale, that’s Edcon head Office she was here for her True Self Fragrance Launch/Promotion, part of our Edgars and Red Square stores. Karabo is really amazing woman, I ‘ve been her fan since I started watching Generation, and just by watching her on TV she has influenced me in such a way…in ma life,,,She is like a role Model to me. We have met twice and I feel honoured just for that.

Nozuko

The plot thickens! I honestly did not expect Senzo to say what he did last night when he told his dad that he is joking that he is gay! A lot of us yesterday thought that Sibusiso was going to explode and go back to drinking after hearing that his son is gay.

But Senzo saw the look in his dads face when he told him he was gay and I guess he decided that its best not to rock the boat and rather tell his dad that he is not gay. Then to add onto that, Sibusiso was a relieved man to hear that his son ‘is not gay’ and decided that it is time for Senzo to officially become a Dlomo. Now when this ceremony happens, and Senzo is now a Dlomo, and with all the so called Dlomo pride, there is no way I can ever see Senzo telling his dad that he is gay.

Speaking of the ceremony, I did not particularly like the way Sibusiso treated Ntombi when he told her that she must changes the invites for Busi’s unveiling so that they include Senzo’s ceremony. What is it with the men on Our Soapie these days and not being able to treat their women? We have Dumisani on the one hand continually abusing Khethiwe and now Sibusiso bullying Ntombi.

We were all looking forward to last nights show so that we could see what was going to happen betwen Senzo and Sibusiso. Sibusiso went over the Senzo’s place and asked Jason to leave them alone so they could talk.

I like the way Sibusiso said he had been hearing some rumours. Then he asked Senzo if the rumours are true and if he is gay. For a second I though that Senzo was going to say “No I am not” but he came out with the truth and told his dad that he is gay. That’s where last nights episode ended so again, we look forward to tonight to see how Dlomo is going to react.

The truth is finally out! Last night Ajax went over to Sibusiso’s house to apologise to him about all that has happened between them in the past as Ajax wanted Dlomo to terminate his Mouthful contract. The apology session got ugly as Dlomo refused to release Ajax from his contract then Ajax lost it and started blaming Dlomo for leaving his gun lying around. Dlomo then attacked Ajax but Ntombi managed to stop her husband.

Sibusiso then told Ajax that he is glad he is not his father then Ajax let the cat out the bag and told Sibusiso that his son is gay!

Dlomo and Ntombi were visibly shocked by this news and thats where the episode ended. You could see that Ajax just said it by mistake and he probably wishes that he never said it. We all say something we do not mean to say out of anger but I am glad that the truth is out now. Now we will see what happens between Sibusiso and Senzo. Let the drama continue on Our Soapie!!

I was livid last night when I was watching Our Soapie! I know Dumisani is a bastard but what he did last night to Khethiwe was just unacceptable! How can you honestly lay your hands on a woman and then to top it off he goes ahead chokes her until she could not breathe! Dumisani then forced Khethiwe to say that she is sorry before he let go of her.

And then in the evening when the two of them are home Dumisani has the nerve to tell Khethiwe that their ‘fight’ was all Khethiwe’s faulty and that she should not have upset him in the first place. And all of this just because Khethiwe spent the night with a friend and not Dumisani.

What baffles me is the fact that Khethiwe herself still goes back and stays with this guys. I know they say love is blind but Khethi.. wake up!!! Dumisani has hurt you far too many times but you still want to go back to him. Have you forgotten about the bandages you wore for months all because of Dumisani?

But then on the other hand, they are people who believe that Khethiwe deserved what she got yesterday! The writing has been on the wall for a very long time that Khethiwe should not be with Dumisani as he is very abusive and is just not the right guy for him… or any other woman for that matter. So maybe in her being hit, she will wake up and leave Dumisani!

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Will these two ever see eye to eye again? I do not think so! Last night Sibusiso really had a go at Ajax in the gym about the whole Mouthful campaign and now Zamani knows that Ajax is planning in starting a career in acting which clearly is going to affect his new album. Honestly, I think this new album by Ajax is going to suck big time!!

But the issue at hand here is all about Mouthful: who is in the right? Sibusiso or Ajax? You can not blame it all on Ajax, the client likes him and wants to use him. But then there is Sibusiso who is ‘the boss’. He has a personal problem with Ajax and does not want him to be the face of Mouthful. I think Dlomo is being very unprofessional here. I like the fact that Dumisani and Jason are not on Dlomo’s side.

Jason had guts last night calling Dlomo a fool (although he said it indirectly). I can see the relationship between Jason and Sibusiso being strained now. And to add insult to injury, I think it is time Senzo tells his dad who his boyfriend is! I can not wait for that to happen. Dlomo would loose it and knock the living daylights out of poor Jason.

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I think it is about time that Karabo comes back home from her trip to Europe. We have seen that Karabo’s absence has caused quite a stir on Our Soapie. Paul is clearly not happy that Karabo has ‘run away from their relationship’ and he has started to fall for Dineo. As much as Paul can deny to Queen and Dineo that he has no feelings for Dineo, last night Paul was doodling Dineo’s name on a piece of paper!

Now one only does that when they are thinking a lot about someone. I will be dammed if Paul decides to dump Karabo and he goes after Dineo. That would just be nasty! But then again, this is Our Soapie and anything can happen!

I feel Karabo has to come back soon and see what is going on and deal with her relationship with Paul. Yes, Karabo may still have some feelings about Tau but she has to get over them. We know Tau will NEVER come back so face the facts Karabo.

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