Soul City 11, is set in the clinic where people with limited resources, but filled with passion and tenacity struggle to make their world a better place. A range of issues are explored through a cast of vivid characters - a feisty and fearless nurse; an electrician in search of work; an HIV + mother expecting her first child; a bossy mother-in-law; a corrupt mayor; a councillor concerned to serve his community despite mounting pressures; a beautiful girl in love with the wrong guy; a boxing champ desperate to please his traditional father and a single mother and her daughter, on the run from creditors.

Meet Sis Noni (Florence Masebe), a community stalwart, dedicated nurse, wife and mother. She is the thorn in the side of local councillor Philani (Fana Mokoena). When the rundown clinic burns down, sparks fly. Both blame each other. Will the community and local council find a way to work together to bring health services back to the community?

Smokin Joe’s, the local boxing gym owned by Sis Noni’s husband, Malusi (Dumisani Mbebe) becomes the venue for a temporary clinic. Here Sis Noni continues with the important work of preventing mother to child transmission (PMTCT) and running a medical male circumcision campaign (MMC). But she runs into a wall, when her traditional husband, Malusi insists their two sons, Sam (Robert Mpisi) and Mandla (Siyanda Sesimani) undergo traditional circumcision instead. Mandla, the favourite son and boxing champ always obeys his dad, but Sam, his older brother who has a mind of his own, refuses. Sam is also in love with Nkosazana (Samukelo Ndlovu), the new girl in his class, who has recently arrived at Soul City with her mother, Grace (Leleti Khumalo).

Grace has recently been retrenched and is on the run from her creditors. She has mismanaged her personal finances and does not know how to face her bad spending and saving habits. Will she overcome the crippling effect of debt and will the long held secret about the father of her child finally come out in the open?

Soul City 11 weaves vital contemporary social issues, such as medical male circumcision, prevention of mother to child transmission, the problems of service delivery and how to overcome personal debt, into a compelling new drama series, on air Tuesdays at 20h30.

Run's House (Season 3)

Run's House is about former Run-DMC member turned reverend, Rev Run. Living in his mansion with his lovely wife Justine, his two daughters Vanessa and Angela, then there are his three sons JoJo, Diggy, and Russy. Going through all the fun and hard times a family goes through. This is not your average house. It's Run's House. Cast: Joseph Simmons, Justine Simmons, Vanessa Simmons, Jojo Simmons, Angela Simmons, Diggy Simmons, Russy Simmons. Executive Producers: Jason A. Carbone and Russell Simmons.

In its third season on MTV, America has returned to its favorite Hip-Hop family "Run's House." The Simmons family has charmed audiences for two laughter-packed seasons, allowing MTV cameras into their home to capture real stories from their everyday lives. With a unique blend of grounded family values, and a hip-hop royalty lifestyle, this family's everyday lives are anything but ordinary. Through laughter and heartache, Rev Run and his family prove over nine brand new episodes that a family that prays together, stays together.

THURSDAYS AT 20:30
Local Drama

When Mvelo Nobela, a young music producer, inherits his father's Durban business empire he is faced with the challenge of uncovering the mystery of his mother and grandfather's disappearance twenty years earlier. It takes him into the world of Rana-Churchill, a privately owned sugar mill, where there is already conflict between the younger and older generations of its owners. He forms an alliance with Anil Rana, son of one of the owners. The ensuing power struggle is intensified and turns vicious when the digging of foundations for a new mill uncovers human remains - later to be identified as Mvelo's mother and grandfather's. By the end of the series Mvelo has found love and a new maturity and closure regarding the death of his mother and grandfather. He has experienced that justice comes at a price; for justice to win good men have to be prepared to lose all.

Xolile Tshabalala	Owen Sejake	Nomsa Xaba	Afzhal Khan
Muzi Ngwenya	Mbali Ntuli	Yonda Thomas	Claire Gordon Webster
Joquin Leyn	Ronnie Nyakale	S'thandiwe Kgoroge	Jennifer Steyn

Fallen presents worlds in conflict. On the one hand, the established world of old money, privilege and power represented by Rana-Churchill, private owners of a sugar mill and the cane fields that surround it. On the other, that of Mvelo Nobela, youthful heir to the Durban business empire of his late father. Mvelo is a hip, urban, up-and-coming music producer. It is his style and energy that sets much of the tone and defines the visual approach and sound design of the story, as he takes on the establishment and seeks to overthrow it. We will therefore subvert the glossy complacencies of the “rich and famous” genre. We’ll use a camera style that nods to that of investigative documentary, while still keeping the energy, flow and dynamism of storytelling for drama. But a calmer and more classical style will reflect in the homes of Rana-Churchill.

In our story, upmarket Durban and rural KZN become characters themselves. Mvelo's club, Anil's yacht, and the big city bustle. etc will be contrasted with the lush green opulence of Rana-Churchill and the elegant homes of its owners. A further element is the noise and dust of the mill that never sleeps and relentlessly occupies over three hundred workers, many of whom live in a nearby township. This setting will be part of the rich masala that makes up the uniquely South African world of “Fallen.”

Cast List: Yonda Thomas (Mvelo Nobela), Mbali Ntuli (Lindiwe Ntuli), Joquin Leyn Pillay (Anil Rana), Jennifer Steyn (Deborah Churchill), Claire Gordon Webster (Rachel Churchill), Xolile Tshabalala (Mandi Mbalula), Owen Sejake (Xolani Mahlangu), Afzal Khan (Narayan Rana), Gabisile Tshabalala (Cindi Shabangu), Khulu Skenjana (S’bu Majola), Muzi Clive Ngwenya (Simon Ndlovu), S’thandiwe Kgoroge (Grace Ndlovu), Ronnie Nyakale (Khaya Ncube), and Nomsa Xaba (Zanele Ncube).

A local 4-part drama series, Noah’s Ark, will start airing on SABC 1 Mzansi Fo Sho from Thursday 02 June 2011, at 20:30. The mini-series stars acclaimed local actors Patrick Shai, Nakedi Ribane, Koketso Mojela, Moshidi Motshegwa, Susan Coetzer and Antonio Summerton (in one of his last acting roles).

The gripping story follows an expat Xhosa doctor who loves his family and wife. But he can’t shake the memory of the beautiful Afrikaans girl he once loved 30 years ago. And, when the love child he never knew suddenly turns up in his life, the past and present converge in an emotional collision that will challenge everything he’s ever known. Can the secret past of a man come back to destroy his present?

Noah's Ark is a story about the bonds of love that bind a family, and the secrets that threaten to destroy it. In Noah's Ark, the struggle has shifted from the political to the personal for our protagonist, Moses Mokoena - an expat, former activist who has since become a successful doctor with a successful wife and successful over-achieving daughters. But what lies on the surface doesn't always mirror what lies underneath...