Meet The Dangerous New Family Joining The River

Everyone on The River  better watch out – there’s a new mafioso family in town, and they are not here to play nice. They are the Hlophes – wealthy, excellent and very, very dangerous.

Bukhosi Hlophe

Played by Bheki Mkhwane. Bukhosi is the Hlophe’s patriarch. He is as quick with his brain as he is with his gun. With a military past that comes in handy for his work as a heist king, he’s brash, outspoken and charming. He’s made of steel – so he’s not the one to cross.

Nomafu Hlophe

Played by Brenda Mhlongo. Nomafu is Bukhosi’s younger second wife.Beneath her shiny and well-groomed exterior is a tough woman who has clawed her way out of poverty. She’s a terrible stepmother but she knows how to clean money – and she’s set to become Lindiwe Dikana’s biggest rival yet.

Mlilo Hlophe

Played by Vuyo Biyela. Mlilo is nothing like his father,yet he’s everything like this father.

Nkanyiso Hlophe

Played by Unathi Mkhize. Nkanyis is the more ambitious second born son who wants to wear the crown. 

Khwezi Hlophe

Played by Tina Dlathu (Sindi Dlathu’s real-life sister). Khwezi is the apple of everyone’s eye: the young daughter. She is smart, beautiful, virtuous yet naïve, she joins the family business for the time being after they buy into Khanyisa Diamonds. But what happens when she finds herself in the middle of a situation that will rock both the Hlophe and Dikana families to the core?

The River Season 5 airs weeknights on 1 Magic DStv Channel 103 at 8 PM

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