S’Dumo Mtshali has managed something rare for an African actor, becoming a household name for all the wrong reasons. As Jonasi Gomora, the scheming patriarch at the heart of Netflix’s ‘The Polygamist’, he’s turned deceit into a masterclass, and audiences worldwide can’t stop watching him (or hating him for it).
The show, an isiZulu telenovela adapted from Zimbabwean author Sue Nyathi’s novel of the same name, follows a wealthy but thoroughly unfaithful and narcissistic patriarch whose web of lies leaves more than a dozen broken hearts in his wake before it all catches up with him.
It’s a story built on infidelity, betrayal, family breakdown and the quiet devastation of love gone wrong. These are general themes that clearly strike a chord far beyond South Africa’s borders.
The numbers back that up. The series pulled in 7.7 million views in its second week alone, holding steady at No. 2 globally,
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