SABC2 has introduced a new telenovela called Die Sentrum. It’s currently filming in Cape Town and it’s in Afrikaans and Xhosa with English subtitles. Contrary to what the name suggests, the show isn’t set in a pharmacy. We were worried there for a while but it turns out the name has nothing to do with pills but rather how to stay off them!
The story takes place at a helpline call center and follows eight counsellors who help callers with their troubles. Some of these include alcoholism, domestic violence, the desperate search for love and secret lifestyles.
The flappy-eared counsellors have issues of their own and the series focuses on these too as they counsel themselves and each other. This from SABC2 about the tone. The office, politics, foibles, friendships, fights and frissons create texture and humour in the story strands.
This is the show that elbows out 7de Laan on Thursdays and Fridays at 18h00, starting on Thursday 8 April. The lead cast includes Carmen Maarman as Kelly van Rensburg, Chumani Pan as Muzi Gadluma, Keeno-Lee Hector as Darren Jacobs and Esihle Mkosana as Buhle Mahola.
