Spite or right?

Hleziphi can shout that Nonka and Kwanda are pushing drugs, but why would you believe Miss Steal Your Man!

- NKOSAZANA NGWADLA

The friendship between Hleziphi (Sibongiseni Shezi) and Nonka (Thuthuka Mthembu) has been quite rocky, mostly thanks to Hleziphi’s conniving ways. But when she discovers that her best friend’s boyfriend Kwanda (Sandile Mfusi) is up to no good and putting Nonka’s life in danger, Hleziphi tries to do the right thing for the first time. Alas, no one trusts or believes her and why would they? Such a shame when you’re trying to turn over a new leaf in the middle of a forest fire.

At the end of July, Hleziphi becomes convinced that Nonka and Kwanda are drug dealers. “This is because of their sudden change in lifestyle. Nonka goes from living in a one-bedroom house with three family members, to her boyfriend buying her a fancy car and them buying a house together. And they claim the money is from Nonka’s beauty products. That sounds really suspicious to Hleziphi,” Sibongiseni says, and she’s right on the nose when she smells a rat. “What happens is that Kwanda presents products to Nonka to distribute as a partnership in business. Hleziphi makes the discovery that Kwanda is using these products as front to sell drugs under the radar. The consequences of Hleziphi having this knowledge could be, and eventually prove to be, dire,” she adds.

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