Crooked tree, bad apple

Dintle reaps what she sowed when her troublemaker daughter Motshabi gets her hit with legal action.

-  NKOSAZANA NGWADLA

It's not uncommon for a child who was adopted to seek out their biological parents when they're older, and Motshabi "Mo" Martins (Dakalo Molope) did just that in May this year - she escaped boarding school and headed to Johannesburg to find her birth mom Dintle Nyathi (Mapaseka Koetle). The apple clearly didn't fall too far from the tree - we all know Dintle and her scheming ways when she was younger. But Mo's return opened old wounds, and now Dintle may have to confront her past in public - on her precious TV show Izigigaba! And just wait until Motshabi's adoptive mom Erin (Lorcia Cooper) finds out that they're still talking behind her back.

DINTLE'S BIG RISK

In mid-July, an idea for Izigigaba triggers unpleasant memories for Dintle, and she realises that she has to deal with her past. "It involves Dintle having to reach out to someone via her show. It has the potential to backfire because the person she is reaching out to might reject and it may alienate her," Mapaseka warns. As a result, Dintle is on the receiving end of a tongue lashing. "The person is simply cautioning Dintle against what she's doing. And as a result, Dintle feels disappointed," Mapaseka adds.

While Dintle is being hauled over the coals, Motshabi makes a decision that pours fuel on the fire for Dintle. "What makes this hard is that Dintle hasn't really connected with Mo," Mapaseka adds.

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