{"id":42200,"date":"2025-11-18T19:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42200"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:47:23","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngail-mabalane-and-thapelo-mokoena-land-new-roles-in-sabc2s-upcoming-telenovela-pimville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngail-mabalane-and-thapelo-mokoena-land-new-roles-in-sabc2s-upcoming-telenovela-pimville\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Mabalane and Thapelo Mokoena land new roles in SABC2\u2019s upcoming telenovela \u2018Pimville\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123810\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123810\" class=\"wp-image-123810 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gail-Mabalane-and-Thapelo-Mokoena-land-new-roles-in-SABC2s.jpg?resize=600%2C415&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gail-Mabalane-and-Thapelo-Mokoena-land-new-roles-in-SABC2s.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gail-Mabalane-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-123810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Mabalane<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former<em> Blood &amp; Water<\/em> stars Gail Mabalane and Thapelo Mokoena are officially joining the cast of <em>Pimville<\/em>, SABC2\u2019s brand-new telenovela set to debut in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The show will step into the 9pm slot previously held by <em>Muvhango<\/em>, which wrapped up in August 2025 after more than two decades on air.<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment commentator Jabu McDonald confirmed the casting news on X.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing excitement about Mabalane\u2019s new role, he wrote: \u201cUnseen star Gail Mabalane is set to appear in SABC2\u2019s new telenovela \u2018Pimville\u2019, which will premiere in the 9 pm time slot previously occupied by Muvhango.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDonald also revealed Mokoena\u2019s return to the genre, posting: \u201cThapelo Mokoena returns to the telenovela world after eight years, joining SABC2\u2019s new telenovela Pimville.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair will join industry veterans Lillian Dube, Clementine Mosimane, and Charmaine Mtinta, who are also part of the production. Pimville, produced by Bakwena Productions, is already generating anticipation as viewers look forward to seeing fresh faces and familiar favourites bring the new storyline to life.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Gail #Mabalane #Thapelo #Mokoena #land #roles #SABC2s #upcoming #telenovela #Pimville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Gail Mabalane Former Blood &amp; Water stars Gail Mabalane and Thapelo Mokoena are officially joining the cast of Pimville,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42202,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42200\/revisions\/42202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}