Zanele Malinga is an accountant, who stays in sandton. When she returns home for a family lobola ceremony, a chance encounter with a man from another world threatens to unravel the careful balance she's built. Drawn into a relationship marked by intense passion and dangerous silences, Zanele begins to question what's real-and what's being hidden. As pressure mounts from all sides, the cracks beneath her polished life begin to show. Secrets surface, trust is tested, and the line between love and betrayal blurs. In a world where silence protects and truth destroys, how much can one woman carry- before everything comes undone? ⸻

Nyezi Bhengu has built her career and life around being a wife. For years, her identity was tethered to her husband - as the "Real Housewife of Durban", "umfazi kaBafo", and "uNyezi kaSmiso". His sudden death upends Nyezi's life when, bound by isiko lokungenwa, she is forced to marry his older brother, Mnisi. Mnisiwokuhle Bhengu has a personality very few would describe as "lighting up a room". Reserved, and perpetually serious to the point of appearing cold, where Smiso was the life of the party, Mnisi is the brooding figure who leaves just as the fun begins. He wears detachment like armour, keeping himself unapproachable and at a distance from everyone - especially Nyezi. Forced into a union they're both less than glad to find themselves in, will forced proximity be enough to break down the walls Mnisi has so carefully constructed, or will tradition condemn them into a loveless arrangement they cannot escape?

Kgopotso's life is turned upside down when she's forced to marry Kwanele, the perfect son of a powerful family, to settle an old family debt. But as she gets to know him, she realizes his flawless exterior hides secrets - and finds herself falling deeply in love with him. Will she conform to her new life or risk it all for the truth, even if it means losing the love they share?

Liyana "Yana" Khumalo. ​Liyana believed in the lie of "one last time." She spent years hiding the bruises and the heartbreak behind the designer clothes and the prestigious Dlamini family name. She thought she could change Andile-that her love would eventually be enough to stop his hand from falling. She was wrong. ​Nkosinathi "Nathi" Mkhize. ​Nathi is the architect of the most elite private security empire in Sandton. He is cold, clinical, and has a past so dark it's never stayed on a public record. He operates on logic, protocol, and absolute control. When he agrees to take Liyana in, Luyanda thinks he's doing his sister a favor. He doesn't realize he's handing her over to a man who has been obsessively watching her from the shadows for years.

This story is about a married woman who is happily married with her husband however things take a turn and the husband passes away and the woman is now "forced" to marry his older brother who has never liked her

The story revolves around Amahle Khumalo, a strong-willed architect, and Bandile Zulu, a powerful mafia boss and taxi owner, who are forced into a traditional Zulu marriage by Amahle's father. Amahle struggles to assert her independence and modern values in a patriarchal society, while Bandile's controlling behavior and manipulation threaten to suffocate her. The narrative explores cultural identity, gender roles, and autonomy in a society bound by tradition.

After ten years of marriage, Mihlava Khoza walks away from a cheating, emotionally abusive husband , Left to rebuild her life at 33, she steps into a new job with nothing but a heavy heart and quiet determination to start her life over . Enter Bongani Maluleke - her boss, yes... but also the kind of man who sees beyond the past. Kind. Confident. And dangerously attentive. What begins as a professional slowly unravels into something neither of them expected. But as the fire between them burns hotter, Mihlava is forced to confront the shame her ex left behind - and ask herself if she can love again, without apology. This is a story of heartbreak, healing, and second-chance love that waits when a woman chooses herself.

Milonke Ndilika is a hardworking,fierce,powerful and strong woman trying to grow her company and build a name for herself in a male dominated industry. What happens when the person she trusts the most betrays her trust and leaves her in a twisted situation. ~~~~ Disclaimer:The pictures used do not belong to me. I give full credit to the respective owner.

This is a continuing story of chosen!!!! Do not read without reading the Chosen!!!

All my life iv been alone. I grew up in an orphanage where my mom dropped me off at 6months and never looked back. She gave them all my documents and told them every month she going to deposit money for my up keep and she did. Every month the nuns at my orphanages will dance like craZy when the money goes through cause that means that our doors will be open for one more month. When I was 5 the orphanage changed it name to Zibusiso Care. My name and we started receiving funding like crazy allowing our kids to go to the best schools in SA that also giving me an opportunity to grow. When I was 18 I had to leave to study and I did go and did communication and bagging a degree. Than on my graduation day which is today, i received a letter of appointment to come for an interview as a project manager to one of the biggest and world known company and am in nerves. Bare in mind iv never applied there. That the story of my life, things just happen for me. Just like how I got a letter of this apartment am staying at, just like how its got furniture to all the things that I love and adore and just like how BMW called for me to fetch my car and I got there its a blue M series just like how my phone rings now and than and I get what I need at that specific time. My name is Zibusiso Mae and this is my story called hidden. In this story we going to laugh, we going to cry and we going to enjoy every moment of it. But mostly we going to enjoy... Have fun with me❤️