{"id":16523,"date":"2022-08-15T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16523"},"modified":"2022-08-15T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T15:30:52","slug":"the-wife-s3-is-casting-for-a-new-mqhele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/15\/the-wife-s3-is-casting-for-a-new-mqhele\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wife S3 Is Casting For A New Mqhele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stained Glass, the production company behind The Wife<\/em>, has confirmed that Bonko Khoza, who played Mqhele in the first two seasons, isn\u2019t returning in Season 3 of the record-breaking, Twitter-topping Showmax Original telenovela. They\u2019re currently casting for his replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bonko Khoza & Mbalenhle Mavimbela as Mqhele and Hlomu in The Wife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube\u2019s bestselling book Naledi His Love<\/em>, Season 3 of The Wife <\/em>will return to South African screens in November 2022 with Gaisang K Noge in the lead role as doctor Naledi Montsho, who is in love with Qhawe Zulu (2022 DStv Mzansi Magic Viewers\u2019 Choice Rising Star winner Kwenzo Ngcobo), dubbed \u201cthe Woolworths of amadoda\u201d by Twitter<\/a>. Each season has focused on a different couple: Hlomu and Mqhele in S1, Zandile and Nkosana in S2, and now Naledi and Qhawe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know fans are going to find it hard to let go of their picture of Mqhele as Bonko, just as they found it hard, when he was first cast, to let go of the bug-eyed Mqhele they had pictured from the book,\u201d says series producer Kamogelo Aphane. \u201cBut The Wife <\/em>has shown that when you go looking for new talent in South Africa, you find it. So we encourage the 5am club to open up their hearts to the next Mqhele, and help us continue to open up the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonko has become a household name during The Wife<\/em>\u2019s run, hailed as \u201cthe national husband\u201d by fans and nominated for DStv Mzansi Viewers\u2019 Choice and SAFTA Awards for the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving had the privilege to play Mqhele Zulu for two seasons, I realise I\u2019ve taken the character as far as I can,\u201d says Bonko. \u201cI\u2019m part of finding the perfect replacement and will be watching from the sidelines to support and offer advice where needed. I know that the actor who takes over will build from where I left off, so I\u2019m looking forward to joining the 5am club to see how the incredible love stories between the brothers and their wives play out this season. It\u2019s not often that a show this powerful comes into the world, so we should continue to champion and encourage the talented people who will take us forward in S3.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Season 3 of The Wife <\/em>starts production later this month and is set to launch on Showmax in November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kwenzo Ngcobo & Gaisang K Noge as Qhawe and Naledi in The Wife S3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stained Glass, the production company behind The Wife, has confirmed that Bonko Khoza, who played Mqhele in the first two seasons, isn\u2019t returning in Season 3 of the record-breaking, Twitter-topping Showmax Original telenovela. They\u2019re currently casting for his replacement. Inspired by Dudu Busani-Dube\u2019s bestselling book Naledi His Love, Season 3 of The Wife will return… Continue reading The Wife S3 Is Casting For A New Mqhele<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-16523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}