| Genre: | Drama Soap opera |
| Creator: | Mbuso Thabethe |
| Director: | Ian Nkulu |
| Opentheme: | Scandal! |
| Endtheme: | Scandal! |
| Location: | Johannesburg Soweto |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes (incl. commercials) |
| Network: | e.tv |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Last Aired: | present |
| Related: | Rhythm City |
| Company: | Ochre Media (a wholly owned subsidiary of Arena Holdings) |
Scandal! is a South African soap opera produced by Ochre Moving Pictures and broadcast on e.tv. It is the most watched soap opera in South Africa, contending with SABC 1's longest-running soapie .[1] [2] It is also broadcast across Africa on the eAfrica, e.tv Botswana and e.tv Ghana feeds. On 10 July 2024, e.tv announced that Scandal! will start airing daily occupying the 19:30 spot which was dubbed as the "Winter binge", and on the 7th of September, they announced that the winter binge was over.
Scandal! is set at the fictional media company Nyathi Family Holdings (NFH) based in Newtown, Johannesburg, which produces the newspaper The Voice and the gossip magazine, Scandal. It follows the lives of the people and families working at NFH magazine as well as other characters in the show. It also tells the story of socioeconomic divides set in a local township of Soweto and the Johannesburg suburb Newtown, where NFH is based, while looking at the private desires of the high-classes and making ends meet of the lower-class.
As shown on opening scene
| Actor | Role | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapaseka Koetle | Dintle Nyathi | ||
| Natasha Sutherland | Layla MacKenzie | ||
| Jerry Mofokeng | Layla MacKenzie | ||
| Marjorie Langa | Gloria Legae | ||
| James Sithole | Tokollo "Mdala" Sindane | ||
| Makoma Mohale | Tlhogi Sindane | ||
| Mamarumo Marokane | Bridget Maseko | ||
| Boikarabelo M.Mabuza | Thapelo More | ||
| Seputla Sebogodi | Kgopolo More | ||
| Kwenzo Ngcobo | Nhloso Gasa | ||
| Lebogang Mgidi | Linda | ||
| Keitu Kasonkola | Talitha More | ||
| Lebogang Msiza | Tiro More | ||
| Kamogelo Maree | Thoriso More |
| Actor | Role | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Mokwena | Eddie Khumalo | ||
| Joyce Skefu | Maletsatsi Khumalo | ||
| Tumisho Masha | Hector Thebe | ||
| Kgomotso Christopher | Yvonne Thebe | ||
| Nomvelo Makhanya | Lindiwe Ngema-Maseko | ||
| Melusi Mbele | Joseph JoJo Kubeka | ||
| Clint Brink | Valentino Martins | ||
| Lusanda Mbane | Boniswa Langa-Mamba | ||
| Lorcia Cooper | Erin Martins | ||
| Hlomla Dandala | Siseko Langa | ||
| Luthuli Dlamini | Stan Nyathi | ||
| Hungani Ndlovu | Romeo Medupe | ||
| Sello Maake Ka-Ncube | Lucas Daniel Nyathi | ||
| Bongile Mantsai | Mthunzi Mayiza | ||
| Masasa Mbangeni | Thembeka Shezi-Nyathi | ||
| Kagiso Medupe | Mango Nyathi | ||
| Nolwazi Ngubeni | Mbali Kubheka | ||
| Ayanda Daweti | Chumani Langa-Xaba | ||
| Mtunzi Ntoyi | Sijo | ||
| Smangele Mathibele(MaShandu) | Nomcebo | ||
| Lerato Nxumalo | Phakamile Mdletshe | ||
| Given Stuurman | Kgosi Lekgae | ||
| Kagiso Medupe | Mangi Nyathi | ||
| Dineo Moekesti | Naledi Thebe | ||
| Brighton Ngoma | Quinton Nyathi | ||
| Bathabile Mashigo | Grace Medupe-Shabangu | ||
| Candice Derman | Samantha | ||
| Avile Batwini | Eric Stein | ||
| Nthati Moshesh | Morongwa Molefe | ||
| Masechaba MoShoe-Shoe | Mmadika Molefe | ||
| Fulu Mughovhani | Anzani Chabedi | ||
| Patrick Mofokeng | Mlungisi Ngema | ||
| Fana Mokoena | Vukile Kubheka | ||
| Slindile Nodangala | Nomvula Kubheka | ||
| Sihle Ndaba | Duduzile Kubheka | ||
| Getmore Sithole | Cain Gumede | ||
| Patronella Tshuma | Ruby | ||
| Khulu Skhenjana | Gorbachev | ||
| Sandile Mahlangu | Simo Shabangu | ||
| Cindy Mahlangu | Violetta Mamba | ||
| Dawn Matthews | Shakira Nyathi | ||
| Fundiswa Ngcobo | Winnie Hlatshwayo | ||
| Sivenathi Mabuya | Xolile Medupe | ||
| Joe Kazadi | Mukuna | ||
| Gcina Nkosi | Zinzile Ngema | ||
| Tshepo Mosese | Lerumo Chabedi | ||
| Nolo Seabi | Seipati | ||
| Busisiwe Lurayi | Me'Shell | ||
| Thuli Thabethe | Me'Shell | ||
| Mothusi Magano | Phehello Mokhethi | ||
| Kagiso Rathebe | Amo | ||
| Siyabonga Shibe | Kila Ngcobo | ||
| Simo Magwaza | Mamba | ||
| Bohang Moeko | Tshepo Tladi | ||
| Siyabonga Gcwensa | Mbuso Mdletshe | ||
| Matthews Rantsoma | Nhlamulo Maseko | ||
| Sources: [3] | |||
| Danica De La Rey Jones | Simone Smith | ||
| Kim Cloete | Kimberley Smith |
! |-| 2023| rowspan=3 |Scandal!| Best TV Soap| | |-| rowspan=2|2024 | Most Popular TV Soap/Telenovela | |[4] |-| Best TV Soap | | [5] |}