The Wild Season 1
The Wild is a South African soap opera created by Rohan Dickson, Richard Nosworthy and Bronwyn Berry and produced by M-Net's in-house production arm Magic Factory and shot entirely on location which revolves around three families – the Lebones, the van Reenens and the Tladis - who, because of past conflicts, struggle to negotiate a cohesive future, despite being bound together by their relationship to a special piece of land.
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The Wild
2011The Wild is a South African soap opera created by Rohan Dickson, Richard Nosworthy and Bronwyn Berry and produced by M-Net's in-house production arm Magic Factory and shot entirely on location which revolves around three families – the Lebones, the van Reenens and the Tladis - who, because of past conflicts, struggle to negotiate a cohesive future, despite being bound together by their relationship to a special piece of land.
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Rossouw puts his plan of action into motion. Marang makes a decision about her and Itumeleng's future. A smitten Jack lies to Angie when she asks him an important question. Rossouw wants to mend fences with an estranged person from his past.
While Angie receives a welcomed visit from the Van Reenens, she is also surprised by an unwanted one from the past. Marang is jealous of Itumeleng's love life.
A dark threat shows up on Inspector Rossouw's doorstep making huge demands. Lelo is determined to see her husband's murderer caught.
Rossouw receives an unwelcome visitor. Angie and Jack are reminded how dangerous it is being a ranger. Marang learns she has become rusty at reading a man's signals, and wishes she had not allow herself to hope.
The Parlotones performs at the Jacaranda Anti-Poaching Auction and Itumeleng goes up against Lebata as they bid on a painting. Marang discovers where she stands with Itumeleng.
Itumeleng needs a date for the auction and Marang hopes that she'll be it. Tristan fumes when Lelo demands answers about the running of the reserve - to make matters worse, Karel and Sarah stand up for her. Angie makes her intentions clear regarding Jack.
Jack's left in an awkward place with Angie when he spends the day with Lelo on the reserve - and this also irritates Tristan.
Itumeleng reveals his vision for the future. Lelo wants to play a more active role in the running of the reserve and Marang discovers that an unlikely candidate would make the perfect PA. Angie and Jack negotiate the "terms and conditions" of their situation.
Rossouw hounds Karel for the truth. Jack pursues Angie like a smitten puppy dog. After being upstaged by local politician Lebata, Itumeleng and Modise take on the royal council with full force. Sarah tries to come to terms with her father's ordeal.
Itumeleng confronts Lebata about being responsible for the accident. His anger gets the better of him and he humiliates himself in front of Marang.
The party lifestyle catches up with Modise and he signs an important document. Sarah and Tristan can't locate their dad and Sarah goes to look for him.
Karel comes face-to-face with a dangerous situation. Sarah is deeply shaken by her father's ordeal and Marang accepts a new position at Dinaledi Lodge. Tristan and Jack's power play continues.
Itumeleng approaches Marang to take a different position at Dinaledi. Itumeleng graciously agrees to help Mogorosi with a community matter. Karel finds himself in a dire situation after accepting a lift with the wrong person.
Itumeleng continues to flex his powers as the young chief. Karel and Sarah bond in the bush and have to deal with a crisis on the river.
Sarah and Karel investigate the river as the water levels continue to rise. Itumeleng has his first day at Tribal Council as the future chief. Lelo discovers that Modise is in trouble and tries to help.
Itumeleng is given his marching orders. Zintle and Marang try to deal with difficult news. Tristan and Jack tease a sensitive Karel about his river walk, while Sarah feels left out.
Itumeleng underestimates Lelo, and is outraged by the outcome of a royal council meeting. Zweli joins Marang and Zintle at the clinic. Modise finally digs in his heels and stands up to his business partner.
Marang probes Zintle for information about the baby's father. Zintle's situation forces Diksie to confront some hard truths about her relationship with Khumo.
Zintle makes a drastic decision about her pregnancy. Karel hatches a plot against Itumeleng.
Modise has a visitor from his past who spurs up old feelings. Lelo finds that she might have bitten off more than she can chew - will Jack stay in her corner?
Dinaledi is thrown into chaos when Jack puts his and Lelo's plan into action and Isaac gains the upper hand. Isaac and Mama Rose say their painful goodbyes.
Isaac decides to cut ties with his brothers. Zintle and Marang take a major step in their relationship.
Lelo comes to realise how little the Dinaledi community values her. Lelo's revelation about who will be running the reserve shifts the power dynamic between Tristan and Jack.
Lelo gives Marang control of the land and makes a decision about her future, but it's easier said than done. Jack reminds Isaac that he can never trust Itumeleng.
Zweli and Marang propose raising Zintle's baby as their own while Amber returns to the Van Reenen house for the weekend.
A war of wills rages between Lelo and Marang.Lelo is torn between pursuing her own dream and staying to fulfill Tiro's dreams.
It's Valentine's Day at Dinaledi, and emotions are running high. Jack is increasingly drawn to Angie, but she's oblivious to his charms.
Lelo and Marang reach some comMonday ground. Zweli tries to use Zintle's situation as a way for him and Marang to get back together.
The Lebone House comes undone as Marang clashes with Lelo and Zintle.
Isaac makes a shocking discovery and Ousie Gladys asks Fana to become her spy in the Lebone house. Ashwin tries to charm Angie.
Khumo challenges Marang's authority as head of the Lebone household, but the conflict proves to be too much for him. Zintle ignores Bernie's advice.
Dinaledi rangers scramble to impress the new ranger while worrying about the future of the concession and therefore their jobs.
Isaac and Zintle declare their love for each other - moments before Mama Rose makes a damaging accusation
Marang continues to run Lebone family affairswith an iron fist, and clash with Lelo. Isaac demands answers and Khumo returns home to make an enemy out of Itumeleng.
Modise is suspicious about Itumeleng's complicity and Rossouw reveals that Itumeleng might struggle to prove his innocence.
Lelo face the biggest challenge of her life. Tristan blames himself for the shocking events that took place and Marang struggles to keep the Lebone's together.
Vladimir discovers a shocking secret. A confrontation between Itumeleng and Vladimir has fatal consequences.
Itumeleng, the van Reenen's, Tiro and Rossouw find themselves racing into danger as players double-cross one another in a doomed poaching sting.
Itumeleng asserts himself with Vladimir, but ends up biting off more than he can chew. Isaac reveals his true feelings and Diksie has trouble dealing with Lelo's happiness.
Itumeleng is not the biggest enemy and Kate feels betrayed by her family. Lelo is determined to be a proper bride, but realizes she is not ready for children.
The wedding reception kicks off and Vladimir continues to turn up the heat on Itumeleng. Tristan discovers that Karel, Jack and Itumeleng were telling the truth about Vladimir.
Tiro and Lelo's big day has finally arrived, and Dinaledi is abuzz with preparations for the wedding of the year.
It's the day before the wedding and everything seems to be on track - until Tiro admits he can't find a new MC and Ousie Gladys starts dispensing unwanted advice.
Zintle and Isaac attempt to curb their feelings for each other and Uncle Whatnot bulldozes his way into an important part of the wedding plans.
Itumeleng stares death in the face when a dangerous visitor arrives to talk business. Isaac and Zintle are becoming more and more attracted to each other.
Jack turns up the heat on Itumeleng. Itumeleng finds a nasty surprise waiting for him at the Van Reenen farm. Zintle starts to see Isaac in a different light.
Tristan's frustration with the anti-poaching operation causes him to make a grave mistake. Lelo's parents and Whatnot clash over the wedding plans.
The Van Reneen clan begins their campaign against the rhino poachers and leaves Kate out of the loop. Tiro meets Lelo's family for the first time and things get off to a rocky start.
Preparations for the Lebone wedding are disrupted by Uncle Whatnot's continued refusal to attend the nuptials. Marang discovers that Zintle has been keeping a disappointing secret.
Tiro tries to do damage control Lelo and Uncle Whatnot. There is a new poaching threat. Kate returns to find out new information about her bridge accident.
Tiro and Lelo's magadi arrangements become gossip for the community. Marang and Zintle continue to drift apart.
Jack tells Karel to let go of the past but can Tristan ever forgive Jack? Tristan wants to protect Amber but Sarah won't allow anymore lies. Has Sarah pushed her family too far?
Tiro tries to get back in Lelo's good books when he attempts to solve their Magadi issues. Zintle continues to throw her weight around the lodge by offending Mama Rose while seducing and upsetting a ranger.
Mama Rose goes on a mission to find Isaac a wife. Ashwin and Zintle continue their flirtatious dance, and things get even more heated.
The hunter becomes the hunted. Zoe's world shatters when she finds out the truth. Marang and Zintle continue to pit themselves against each other in the age old mother-daughter battle.
Jack flees for his life while the Van Reenen family teeters on the brink of destruction. Marang's Christmas party is nearly derailed when old family resentments come to the fore. Is Jason's masterplan going to work?.
The Van Reenens family is plunged into crises that can destroy them. The heat is turned up on Jason. Itumeleng proves that he has a heart at the community Christmas party.
Kate tries to dissuade Sarah from revealing her affair with Jack, but Sarah remains unmoved. Finally, as the pressure intensifies, Kate takes matters into her own hands.
Jason and Tiro try to convince Lelo and Zoe to work together. Itumeleng seeks to win the hearts and minds of the community with Mama Rose's help.
Zoe tells Tiro and Lelo that a close friend has made a run for it. Isaac feels pressure concerning the inheritance that RraTladi left for him, and what he should do with it.
Sarah's suspicions that Kate and Jack had an affair are confirmed. Kate fears that Sarah is going to tell her Tristan everything.
Zintle's sexuality causes conflit at the lodge. The Tladi community prepares to mark the end of their mourning period for RraTladi, with a traditional cereMondayy.
Under pressure from Itumeleng, an elder announces the date for the confirmation of the new chief, but he continues to sow seeds of doubt about who the new chief will be.
Mogorosi attacks an old rival in a bid to hold onto power, but the three Tladi brothers go on the offensive to stop him.
Tiro has asks Jack to propose rangers to assist Tristan - but the ranger that he puts forward will antagonise them. Marang's daughter Zintle sets her sights on a lodge employee - and pursues a romantic encounter, despite her mother's objections.
Modise and Itumeleng are on the lookout for Isaac to confront him about his inheritance. Jason turns Zoe into a jealous wreck after flirting with a visitor.
Isaac is in hiding when Modise and Itumeleng find out that he wants to sell his inheritance. Sarah provokes a relative to live up to his new lofty ideals - but in order to do this, the relative must return to Dinaledi.
The lodge staff gossip about Mama Rose's secret. Modise and Marang blame Itumeleng for a friend's trauma. Jason is only interested in Zoe for one thing, and it's not her creative vision.
Isaac struggles to come to terms with the truth about his father, and decides to leave - but not before revealing his mother's secret to all at Dinaledi.
Mama Rose and Modise are suspicious of Itumeleng's sudden desire to embrace Isaac as part of the family. Mama Rose walks straight into Itumeleng's trap.
Mama Rose continues to struggle to keep the lid on her secret, as she and Itumeleng bump heads. Jack gets a new lease on life while Isaac wrestles with his role in the Tladi fold.
Isaac confronts Itumeleng about a personal issue while Diksie returns to Dinaledi. Karel asks Tiro for a favour and Jason shares good news with Zoe.
Itumeleng is outraged when he learns what is in Rratladi's will. Modise continues to distance himself from Mama Rose.
Mama Rose and Mogorosi try to wrest the upper hand. Tiro grows increasingly frustrated with an employee's absence and he is forced to turn to a rival for help .
Itumeleng has plans with his father's will, while RraTladi's lawyer is caught up in the Tladi feud. Tiro hits it off with Zoe's rich fiancé , while Lelo views the man and relationships with scepticism.
Zoe arrives at the lodge with a mysterious man. Tristan and Kate start rebuilding their marriage - Jack feels excluded and Karel suggests he take charge of his life.
After discovering a secret that could change Itumeleng's life, a worrisome Itumeleng is caught between a rock and a hard place .
Kate is forced to evaluate her life choices. The Tladis prepare for the reading of their father's will.
In her ever failing attempts to conceal the truth, Mama Rose discovers a curious turn of events concerning RraTladi's will.
Isaac continues relentlessly to dig up his family's past, as a close family friend struggles to keep it buried. And Bernie fights her mixed up feelings for a philandering friend.
Itumeleng and the community celebrate the bridge opening. Itumeleng revels in his success and draws two family members closer to him.
Tristan's denial spirals out of control with possible disastrous consequences. Mogorosi is forced to lie when he's pressed for information about Isaac's father.
Tristan doesn't come home and misses an important interview with the press. He struggles to reach out to Kate. Nina doubts whether her efforts are making a difference.
An old and good friend of Kate's comes to her rescue - much to Tristan's dismay. An Elder visits the lodge and fuels Itumeleng's fire to be crowned.
Despite attempts to reach out to each other, Kate and Tristan's relationship is rocky. Karel takes matters into his own hands.
Kate blames herself while Tristan struggles to reach out to her. Tristan's unstable emotions give Tiro an advantage in an important project.
Lelo starts to sneak around on a friend for a good cause. Isaac and an enemy's feud escalates. The Van Reenen family start to fall apart, while a friend is forced to relive a tragic moment.
Lelo secretly enlists the help of a rather reluctant cook. Isaac goes on a shopping spree and Ashwin uses this as further ammunition.
Tristan has a change of heart regarding Jack and his life is changed forever. Marang struggles to define her relationship with her family, but she has found a new decisiveness. Isaac finds his authority being undermined by Ashwin's lies.
Will Kate regains her consciousness? The arrival of VIP guests threatens to unsettle the newly appointed Ashwin, much to Lindsay's secret delight. Isaac wants to know the truth about Kate's misfortune but Itumeleng shuts him down.
Tristan reels in shock as Kate fights for her life. Karel is furious when he finds out the part that Jack played in Kate's misfortune.
With Kate's life on a thred, Tristan is forced to make a difficult choice. Jack blames himself for Kate's misfortune, and his guilt is compounded when he has to tell Amber.
Jack's attempts to get a confession leads to catastrophic consequences. Marang wises up to a friend's past and makes a drastic decision about her future.
Kate and Tristan suspect someone close to them of a burglary and want that person gone. Jack has won the favor of Karel who will do anything to bring his enemy down.
Itumeleng confronts Jack. Marang makes a lifechanging decision, but is it the right one?
Lindsay continues to pursue Tristan, while Jack fails to prove his innocence. Itumeleng gets an unexpected surprise.
Tiro is furious at Marang. Itumeleng makes an announcement that shocks everybody.
The completion of the Kwena Bridge is under threat. Itumeleng hatches a devious plot. Marang choices are getting more and more dufficulti.
Itumeleng manipulates a staff memeber further into being his pawn. Marang feels pressured about making a decision about her future.
Itumeleng is desperate for funds. Jack tells all to Tristan. Marang is torn between a job offer and Zweli wanting herback.
Dinaledi plays host to the rich and fabulous, as the day of Marang's party finally arrives. But Marang's elation at her success is tempered by the arrival of an unexpected guest - Idols star Sindi Nene.
Incriminating evidence is found in Jack's room. Jack is suspended and ordered to get off the reserve pending a disciplinary hearing. Marang's event starts to come together.
Jack confronts Itumeleng. Marang realises that she may have bitten off more than she can chew organising the Black Tie Event, however she finds an unlikely ally.
Was Jack framed, his innocence still hangs in the balance. Itumeleng asks Marang to oversee a Black Tie event at Dinaledi - she is flattered and accepts the challenge.
Itumeleng sets a trap for Jack and he walks straight into it. Isaac has the chance to clear Jack's name but sells him out to Rossouw instead. Itumeleng rewards Isaac with the Head Ranger position.
Bernie and Itumeleng continue to deny their feelings for each other. Lindsay suffers from post-traumatic stress, and finds an unlikely friend.
Jack wants to lie low but Kate and Tristan are determined to send him packing. Bernie is considering re-starting her relationship with Itumeleng when Marang sideswipes her thinking.
Itumeleng decides to rekindle his affair with Bernie. Mama Rose locks horns with Marang and Isaac over their loyalties concerning Itumeleng. Isaac has officially taken over as head ranger, and strangely, Jack seems to be happy with that. Lelo officially moves in with all her boxes of clothes, much to Marang's dissatisfaction.
Itumeleng and Modise's uneasy truce allows Mama Rose to return to work. Diksie's taste of the high life comes to an end when Jiah leaves the lodge.
Itumeleng and Modise agree to put aside their differences for the good of the Tladi clan but come up against fierce opposition from Mama Rose. Karel tries to get jack out of hot water.
Mama Rose attempts to get her job back. Kate reacts to the news of who has actually been taking care of Amber, and Jack becomes a murder suspect.
Itumeleng lures Modise into the bush for a showdown, but only one of them has a gun. Karel calls the cops in and Rossouw identifies the owner of the burnt out bakkie, then he decides to call Jack in for questioning.
Karel and Jack lie to Lindsay about the events of the previous evening. Jack is overcome with guilt, and Karel offers him comfort. Diksie confronts Jiah, the difficult guest - with a surprising outcome.
Karel saves Jack's life and they have to work together to get rid of the evidence. Diksie tames "the princess" but her success is short lived.
In the wake of Mama Rose being fired and Lindsay going missing, Dinaledi struggles to meet the demands of a temperamental Bollywood actress.
Lindsay and Amber continue to bond famously, while Karel slyly encourages Jack to look for his future elsewhere.
Itumeleng learns more about the betrayal that is crippling his attempts to become chief. Mama Rose and Modise realise Itumeleng is ahead of them in the race.
Jacks paranoia increases as Blessing reveals the identity of the man in the camera trap image. Itumeleng promises Isaac a position of power when he becomes chief, which brings Isaac into further conflict with Rose.
Modise gets on the wrong side of Mogorosi, not knowing that Mogorosi might side with Itumeleng. Jack finally discovers the identity of his shooter.
Tiro and Lelo find a relative to represent the Lebone family and move forward with their wedding plans. And Karel struggles to find a minder for Amber.
RraTladi is buried. A grief stricken Mama Rose shares a personal secret to Modise and after hearing some disturbing news, Modise, now beliefs that his father's death wasn't an accident.
Diksie comes to terms with how much she wants a baby. RraTladi's body is returned home and Bernie turns Itumeleng down when he tries to seduce her.
Modise can't shake the feeling that his father's death was far from natural. Khumo and Diksie find it hard to conceal their possible pregnancy.
Having watched while his father died, Itumeleng tries to assert his control over the community, then Modise starts asking questions about what really happened in the moments before his father's death.
Itumeleng is distracted from the party preparations by Khumo's bid for promotion, and Jack's threats to expose him.
Khumo decides it's high time he was promoted to General Manager of the lodge. Karel talks Kate out of coming clean to Tristan, and instead she blurts out that she's going to have a boy.
Itumeleng continues to distance himself from his father, while Modise becomes closer to the old man.
Modise reveals that he is a better man than Itumeleng when he organises a clan feast in honour of RraTladi. Marang's antagonism grows when Tiro refuses to attend RraTladi's feast.
Lelo resigns from Chic. Bernie and Lindsay threaten to expose Jack and Kate. After hitting brick walls with Jack and Isaac, Modise presents Itumeleng with evidence of illegal hunting at Dinaledi.
Tiro gives Lelo the space she needs to make a crucial career decision. He refuses to get involved in the decision and they agree she has to make it on her own. But help arrives from an unexpected source.
RraTladi continues to recover, but confides that the future of the community is still uncertain. Although experiencing private doubts about his successor, he firmly endorses Itumeleng as future chief.
Rratladi ponders his own mortality and the future of his family and community. And Lelo and Tiro put their relationship on hold.
Modise agrees to help Itumeleng but lays down some ground rules that shift the balance of power in their relationship.
Itumeleng receives exactly what he wanted, at precisely the wrong time. Kate and Jack reinstate their affair on the day that Tristan's dream comes to fruition.
Kate tries to deal with her guilty conscience. Her guilt impacts on her relationship with Tristan, and she breaks it off with Jack. Tiro calls off his campaign against Itumeleng, at the request of Marang.
Itumeleng refuses to right his wrongs and go to his ailing father's bedside. Kate and Jack fall for each other even further, while Tristan begins to suspect something is up.
Kate and Tristan drift farther apart leading her to do the unthinkable with Jack. Marang confesses her betrayal to Tiro.
Modise realises he has been brought here to keep an eye on Itumeleng. RraTladi lets Mama Rose in on his thoughts about the future of the chieftaincy, and they are dark.
When Modise is sent to the lodge to do damage control, Mama Rose fully understands the implications of RraTladi's dream of the "Danger from Within".
Lelo and Zoe are committed to bringing down their common foe, Rosie. And problems begin to mount for Itumeleng as he faces formidable and unexpected challenges from Tiro, and RraTladi.
RraTladi's dreams are confirmed: the Tladi family is in danger. Itumeleng is exposed and his world begins to fall apart.
Itumeleng manipulates Marang into betraying Tiro. Tiro reveals his plan to flush Itumeleng out of his hole and expose the illegal hunting.
Tiro and Tristan try to work out why they've been sent a picture of Itumeleng on a leopard hunt and what it might mean for their poaching investigation.
RraTladi has a dream that foreshadows the fall of the Tladi family. Kate falls into a deep depression. Lelo has Chic and Rosie under control until Zoe returns.
Tristan takes a big step forward with his white lion project, just as he and Kate get bad news, news which leaves Kate with an enormous choice.
Marang, Blessing, and Tristan push a determined Tiro to the limits in the bush. A conflicted Itumeleng has to do a balancing act between the lucrative bridge tender and appeasing his father.
Tiro heads into the bush with Blessing and Tristan, in an attempt to win a bet. Karel voices his concerns about his family to Marang, during a visit to the Kwena bridge.
Lelo is forced to play her hand by a defiant Zoe, and finds herself in a difficult situation with Rosie, who no longer trusts her.
Lelo's new promotion doesn't go as well as she thought. Unable to resolve his conflict with Isaac, Jack takes him out in the bush for a little unofficial discipline.
In ‘winning’ the promotion at Chic, Lelo considers quitting and is seduced by Tiro's offer to buy her her own magazine.
A visit from Kate's friend Nina serves to highlight Kate's mixed feelings about her pregnancy, causing a wide rift between Kate and Tristan.
Tristan tries to get the truth out of Kate about how she really feels, however when she finally tells him, it's not what he wants to hear.
After much sleuthing Diksie, believes she knows the reviewer's identity - but the truth is not what she expected at all.
Khumo and the lodge staff continue to hunt for the mysterious and elusive lodge reviewer. And Kate grows more and more ambivalent much to the delight of Jack.
Kate tries to come to terms with everything, and Tristan tells Blessing his big news. Lelo and Zoe are pitted against one another in a battle for a promotion.
Kate struggles to reconcile her dreams with the pressure of her big news. Khumo is so wrapped up in lodge business that he cannot see that Diksie has other things on her mind that she needs to discuss with him.
Lelo still feels like an outsider in the Lebone family and this isolation is only made worse when Marang's divorce comes through and everyone rallies around her.
humo and Diksie restore the German couple's faith in love and marriage, learning a lesson about their own relationship along the way.
Modise plays along with Ayanda's games to collect info for Itumeleng. Marang makes Lelo's life hell which Tiro counters by offering Marang a job.
The Tladi Brothers almost go to war over an increasingly manipulative Ayanda.
After the failed pitch to Rratladi, Ayanda feels Itumeleng has betrayed her chances of grabbing the tender for the bridge, so she gets revenge via Modise.
Kate's friend Nina comes to visit the Van Reenen's and Kate realises that she's happy with her life. Lelo and Zoe's friendship continues to unravel, due to Zoe's one night stand with Modise.
No matter how much Itumeleng resists, Ayanda is determined to bring him to his knees. Khumo flounders without Diksie, and she shows no sign of forgiving him
Marang gets advice from Itumeleng that helps her restore her relationship with Tuelo. But then he destroys it all again. Khumo and Diksie's marriage hits an even bigger snag.
DeSantos gets his prize but Isaac learns that hunting at Dinaledi is far more complicated than it seems. Tuelo finally confronts Marang about her divorce.
Jack finally spots leopard tracks, but he has to deal with Isaac's suspicions about the legitimacy of the leopard hunt.
Jack and Isaac experience the beginnings of an unlikely, but mutual understanding and respect as they prepare for a hunt.
Dinaledi lodge is still not running at full tilt, and with a demanding VIP guest on the books Khumo and Itumeleng have their hands full.
During an outing with a few of her friends, Kate realises that Karel understands her situation. But will she make peace with her place?
Tiro's unwavering in his love for Lelo, even against Marang's vehement opposition. Kate butts heads with Tristan when he finds out that she is not proud of her family and who she has become.
The Dinaledi staff are becoming tired and overworked and Khumo's attempts to keep everything running smoothly puts him in conflict with Mama Rose.
Lelo and Tiro decide to take things to the next level, while Modise comes to terms with the breakup. Kate has a crisis of faith.
Ayanda oversteps the mark and Itumeleng realises it is time for her to go. Zoe and Modise try to make sense of their gigantic mistake and Lelo has shocking news for Modise.
Itumeleng is still resisting Ayanda's attempts to seduce him - both professionally and personally. She turns up the heat by forcing a confrontation Itumeleng is sure to hate.
Bernie and Itumeleng reach a stalemate in their relationship due to the cunning and enigmatic presence of Ayanda.
When Tiro learns of Modise and Lelo's break-up, he acts immediately, despite the problems this causes with his family.
As the staff gossip about the big break up, Modise appears to be falling apart, but his binge causes him to finally stand up to Itumeleng.
Itumeleng forces Modise to make a decision about Lelo, then fights his urge to be a part of whatever Ayanda is putting together.
Itumeleng forces Modise to make a decision about Lelo, then fights his urge to be a part of whatever Ayanda is putting together.
Tristan and Jack both race to save Kate, but only one will get there on time.
Kate is stuck in the middle of nowhere, and her attempts to connect with Tristan fail. Tristan finally learns something has happened, and the race is on to rescue Kate.
The tension between Tristan and Kate increases, and Amber starts to feel the effects of the worsening domestic situation.
Marang gets served divorce papers and shares with Hope why she is the "defendant".
Karel and Tristan form an uneasy alliance, but Kate is feeling increasingly offended by Tristan's lack of understanding.
Marang shares the secret of her divorce with Hope. Kate realises that balancing her newly revived career with her marriage to Tristan is going to be far from easy, and Bernie fights to claim the top spot in the lodge's kitchen.
When Nick leaves the lodge in the lurch, Bernie has an opportunity to step in and shine. She also takes the opportunity to test her boundaries with Itumeleng, but will she push him too far?
Tristan tells Karel he has to be excluded from the white lion project, and gets an unexpected response.
Marang brings someone new into the Lebone house while Bernie and Itumeleng continue their hot affair in secret.
Tension mounts for the Lebone family as the night of Tiro's party arrives and Tiro has to deal with seeing Lelo on Modise's arm as his fiance.
Head ranger Jack stays one step ahead of nemesis Tristan, while Lelo debates whether to attend Tiro's dinner party and the White Lion Project hits a few road bumps because of Karel's cold feet.
The lack of privacy at the lodge corners Itumeleng into telling Bernie they can't be together, but Bernie has other ideas.
After being teased and questioned by his siblings, Tiro decides an attack strategy is the best way to move on from Lelo.
With pressure mounting on the engaged couple, Lelo admits that she hasn't been open with her family about Modise and then lies to herself about Tiro.
Tristan reveals to Kate the promise of a new dream that she doesn't completely share.
Modise and Lelo stand up for themselves but can't help offending those who want to play a part in their wedding.
Lelo barely has time to catch her breath after getting engaged when Itumeleng sets about planning the wedding.
Jack cannot help himself: he offers the hunters an illegal Kudu bull.
Jack begins to fear that Bernie could be in real danger from Itumeleng. Jack begins to insinuate his way between Tristan and Kate, which infuriates Tristan.
Kate is drawn into the hunt by Jack, much to Tristan's annoyance, and Jack shifts his focus, to Kate.
A hunting party arrives and Jack is tempted to offer them an illegal kill, Modise wants an answer from Lelo.
Isaac takes on orientation and impresses everyone except Jack.
Tiro arrives at the Chic Young Designer Awards and Zoe has to run interference.
Tristan ploughs on with his investigation, and chooses to confront Itumeleng with the evidence of the dead rhino. Lelo attempts to convince herself that Modise is really the man for her.
The pressure is building on Tristan from both Karel and Kate to ease off on his investigation of the illegal hunting.
The initial spark between Tiro and Lelo grows into an increasing fascination with each other - a fascination which raises eyebrows amongst the guests at the banquet and causes Itumeleng to over-react and get into a fight with Tiro.
Bernie ventures into the bush with Karel and makes a meaningful connection. Khumo's dodgy life-style impacts on his family and Diksie takes a stand.
Tiro's decision to sell the land comes under pressure from both Itumeleng and his own family, and causes ructions amongst the van Reenen's.
Dinaledi Lodge prepares for a banquet to celebrate the concession agreement but everyone's world is thrown into crisis when Tiro threatens to sell the land. Tristan convinces Tiro that illegal hunting is going on and that it is an inside job. Bernie has to leave her comfort zone to save the Morula Berry Cake from being a failure for another year.