Rockville (TV series)

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rdf:langString Connie and Shona Ferguson

rdf:langString Johnny Barbuzano

rdf:langString Johan "Ula" Oelsen

rdf:langString Connie and Shona Ferguson

rdf:langString Soap Opera

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rdf:langString English

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rdf:langString Sepedi

rdf:langString Bobby Heaney

rdf:langString Isibaya

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rdf:langString Gail Mabalane

rdf:langString Connie Ferguson

rdf:langString Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa

rdf:langString Shona Ferguson

rdf:langString Siyabonga Shibe

rdf:langString Thuli Phongolo

rdf:langString Lehasa Moloi

rdf:langString Phathutshedzo Makwarela, Gwydion Beynon, Linda Bere, Chisanga Kabinga, Pamela Power & Sibusiso Mamba

rdf:langString Rockville is a South African soap opera created by married couple Connie and Shona Ferguson and produced by their production company, Ferguson Films. The series is written by , , , , and . The show revolves around two different black families-the middle-class Bogatsus and the working-class Mabasos, who have are embroiled in an ongoing feud over a series of misunderstandings and hardships, particularly the one where the patriarch of the Bogatsu family, Jackson "JB" Bogatsu (Shona Ferguson) is secretly a pimp who corrupts innocent girls and make them prostitutes by using the attractive cigar lounge, Club Venus but when the Mabaso matriarch, Mavis' (Connie Ferguson) daughter, Lindi (Mbali Mlotshwa) gets a job as a waitress, JB pimps her into being a prostitute but it leads to an unrequited love that not only tears their families apart, but threaten to change the course of their lives forever as JB will have to confront enemies that threaten his business and family and Lindi and Mavis must face the hardships that threaten their family. Rockville premiered on 19 June 2013 and is broadcast on Mzansi Magic on Sunday at its 8:00 PM timeslot. Each episode plays for 1-hour and the total of the each season is 10-hours. Rockville stars Connie Ferguson, Shona Ferguson, Terry Pheto and Mbali Mlotshwa as well as an ensemble cast which includes Boity Thulo, Brenda Ngxoli, Trevor Gumbi, Sello Sebotsane, Thembsie Matu, Shaleen Surtie-Richards. Due to its success and reception, production began for the second season of Rockville. It premiered on 9 February 2014 with Clint Brink, Dorothy Ann Gould, Stephanie Schildknecht, Nandi Nyembe, Lerato Haji, Masego "Maps" Maponyane and Owen Sejake joining the ensemble cast. Rockville was renewed for a third and fourth season which premiered on 4 January 2015. Notable casting changes occurred in the series with Bonnie Mbuli being replaced by Terry Pheto and Sipho Ngwenya's character being taken over by Fezile Makhanya. In 2021, Mzansi Magic announced that their 20h00 Sunday slot was being taken over by Rockville again. They renewed the show for season five and Ferguson Films added Siyabonga Shibe and Thuli Phongolo to the cast.