Johannesburg – What if you have just been released from prison and really have nowhere to go?
What if you have no money and the key to the treasure you thought would save you is halfway across the country, in the arms of your enemy?
Would you let it go, or would you do everything you possibly can to get it back?
This is the premise of Dula, a series by online streaming platform eVOD which was officially released on Valentine’s Day. The lead is played by Thabo Malema who takes on the role of Nicolas ‘Nico’ Rapanyane, a notorious has-been township criminal who has just been released from prison.
The infamous criminal was framed by his then close friend, Mindlos, played by Mpho Molepo. The series follows Nico as he hides gold bricks worth R8 million in a grave before being imprisoned and when he returns home from jail, his sister is a drunk, their house is dilapidated and the graveyard where he buried the gold has changed.
Nico also forgot what he engraved on the tombstone and it was in fact his girlfriend, Neo, played by Keke Mputhi, who used to say the name of the engraving when she climaxed during sex.
eVOD explained that the comedy is full of twists and turns as well as long lost romance.The eMedia online streaming platform was launched in August 2021, and allows viewers to watch movies, series, Afrikaans telenovelas and more on any device, at any time.