Jonasi Gomora (Sdumo Mtshali) is dead. On the outside, the South African business tycoon’s funeral seems like a full house of devoted mourners, including his wife of more than 20 years, social media influencer Joyce (Gugu Gumede), and their adult children Mpume (Noluthando Shabalala) and Menzi (Wonder Ndlovu). But what the bereaved audience doesn’t know is that, despite Joyce’s picture-perfect presentation as a grieving widow, she hates her dead husband with a fervor. It’s easy to see why, since Joyce isn’t the only woman who has lost Jonasi — there are also three notable ladies in attendance wearing their mourning blacks. Based on a Zimbabwean novel of the same name by Sue Nyathi, showrunner Akin Omotoso (The Brave Ones) adapted the story of how one man’s greed and lust led to his downfall — all thanks to a cunning wife who will stop at nothing to save her family’s reputation.
Alongside Mtshali (Marked), Gumede (Umjolo: The Gone Girl), Shabalala (Shaka iLembe), and Ndlovu (Go!), The Polygamist stars Celeste Ntuli (Only Jokes Allowed), Kwanele Mthethwa (Lobola Man), Luyanda Zwane (Miseducation), Kenneth Nkosi (Disaster Holiday), Vuyo Biyela (Sibongile & The Dlaminis), Lwazie Keith Tsebesha (Ithonga), and Sthandiwe Kgoroge (The Brave Ones). Stream all 22 episodes of the soapy South African drama now on Netflix.
