01x01 - Welcome to South Africa

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music playing]

We have been together through and through.

[group] Cheers.

We've celebrated milestones
with each other.

I got you, man. I got you.

We've been through ups and downs
with each other.

When you call, we respond and we pitch.

We turn up.

[woman] We're a group of friends
living the African Dream.

Living the lavish lifestyle
that you want to, honey.

[man] Cheers to the bling-bling!

Johannesburg is literally a port for every
country in Africa. Everyone lives here.

If you're in Africa,
that's where the money is.

Being rich and famous is not easy.

I'm Khanyi Mbau.

Gold-digger is what
my trolls like to call me.

The world we live in is a place of dreams.

-From the squads we roll in…
-Cheers, baby.

[Khanyi] …to the clothes we wear,

to what we drive,
and, of course, who we date.

Let's just find out
who everybody is tonight.

[Khanyi] We're actors,
singers, and stylists.

Everyone here is a big deal
from where they come from.

Not one person here is a weak biatch.

[Khanyi] Some of us
are on the lookout for love.

My AK's "Lion," Simba, so I want to hunt.

But I know myself. I'm a player.

[Khanyi] Our relationships
are hella spicy.

I've been married twice now, so I consider
myself experienced in relationships.

Quinton is one of the most
unromantic people I've ever met.

What the hell does that mean?

I'm done.

[dramatic music continues]

[Khanyi] And us women, we're powerhouses.

[Zari] There's just this energy
about me that when it's there,

the confidence is way too high,
and it causes intimidation.

[Khanyi] We fight hard
because we are family.

What do you mean "slowly"?
This is the man I'll marry.

You are not getting married.

[Khanyi] We have swag for days.

I'm the god of fashion.

No Swanky, no styling.

[man 2] I wouldn't consider myself
the perfect gentleman.

But I'd consider myself
a gentleman in training.

[Khanyi] And what would friendship be
without any tension?

Is this your natural personality,
to piss people off?

I have zero time for drama.

I'm quick to slap a b*tch.

If you come at me, come with facts,
or be ready for something to go down.

Don't tell my husband I'm insecure.

When it comes to my family,
I don't play around.

You guys are dividing this party,
this friendship, and this group.

-I know him before you.
-Man, bye b*tch.

Now, the world is going to see
everything that it been missing out on.

[elevator bell dings]

[elevator doors slide open]

["Speak Softly, Love" playing on piano]

[Khanyi] Every morning
we wake up with the piano,

'cause we feel like the alarm
on your phone is quite violent.

Who wants to wake up with violence?

There's enough traffic
that you're gonna face.

At least wake up with a note.

-[car engine revs]
-[upbeat hip-hop music plays]

[Khanyi] I'm a South African actress,
producer, life coach…

Just a winner in general.

They call me the OG, and I currently
live in Sandton, Johannesburg,

the richest square mile in Africa.

What is Mbau without Sandton?

The 2196 is definitely
part of my ID number.

Being a gold-digger,
well, I'd earned the name,

when I had a baby with my baby daddy.

He was 31 years older than me,

and people said, "It can't be love."

"She's definitely there for his money.
She's a gold-digger."

[Khanyi sighs]

Thank you so much.

I thought I'd be a sugar baby all my life.

But now I'm a cougar.

I'm dating a 28-year-old, and I'm 35.

[driving rock music playing]

Men are like the police.
They protect and serve. Period.

Protect me from taking out my card
and paying for those sneakers.

Serve me by bringing that paper bag
that you paid for to me.

Protect and serve.

Mr. K is the brigadier.

He runs the station.

The sheriff.

[Kudzi] How about we go to Zim?

Earlier, you were telling me
about a house, right?

In Zimbabwe, they have bigger houses.

Forty bedrooms-type of houses.

Is Kudzi a bad boy? Yes.

He's got a crazy life.

"Alleged" stole money.

[Kudzi] People were writing
"fugitive this, wanted this,"

but the person who wrote that story,

they were just targeting me
because I'm newsworthy.

I don't know why I seem to attract them.

My baby daddy also had a scandal
about how he got his money.

I don't know, maybe I'm a gangster chick.

So if he is one, I literally don't care.

[thrilling music playing]

[Swanky Jerry] Welcome to South Africa!

-That's right! [laughs]
-With a South African accent.

Annie and I are from Nigeria.
We just touched down Johannesburg,

and we're about to
turn this sh*t upside down!

You know how, like, South Africans,
they make emphasis, like, with every word.

-We're strong.
-They emphasize everything?

Everything, there's emphasis.
You must come.

-Now you are sounding like them. [laughs]
-[Swanky Jerry] We must travel together.

-[cork pops]
-[both] Whoo!

You know when a girl has a best friend
and it's supposed to be a girl?

Swanky's one of my best friends.

He's been my stylist for years.

To more life, more money, more success.

-More dollars!
-More money!

Dollars!

[both laughing]

My name is Annie Macaulay Idibia.

When I walk into a room,
I know I make heads turn.

They want to know who she is.

That's if they don't already know
who I am.

Half the time they know.

I'm married to my first crush,
my first love, my first kiss,

my first every. [laughs]

["If Love Is A Crime"
by 2Face Idibia playing]

[Swanky Jerry] 2Face is a superstar.
He's a legend.

It's like, yo! [breathes heavily]

Who doesn't wanna be friends
with a legend? You know?

Innocent has been big for so many years.
He kind of overshadows everything you do.

You have to do ten times
for people to see.

I've acted over 200 movies.

I've been in over 50, 60 TV series.

There is so much to this woman,

and you call me 2Face's wife.

My name is Annie Macaulay,
and you will know about me.

-[Annie] This city is beautiful.
-[Swanky Jerry] The weather is so nice.

-The weather is good!
-The weather is perfect!

-[Annie] Damn!
-[Swanky Jerry] Weather is so perfect.

[Annie] I'm here in South Africa
to expand my empire.

Over the past few years,

I've sacrificed a lot
of my career and my business

for my children and my family.

And it is my time.

["Spirit" by Kwesta (Feat. Wale) playing]

[Khanyi] I'm off to the Rand Club.
It's in Johannesburg.

I've decided to throw a ball.

I've got a few friends
from all over the continent,

and I just want everyone to meet everyone.

And we're celebrating the continent
because it is our time,

and we want the world to know
that we're also as First World,

even though they call us the Third World.

As I'm walking up the stairs, I'm praying
to God they remember my brief.

Sometimes you can say things,
and people don't really get you.

-[event planner] Khanyi Mbau.
-Hello.

Hello. How are you?

I'm a bit stressed.
Are we going to be fine?

[event planner] We are.

Everything is running on time.

I don't have the time for mistakes
or miscommunication.

-This is stressing me.
-Don't stress.

-I don't see the picture yet.
-We've got it. Don't worry.

It has to look incredible.

-[in Zulu] Right?
-All right.

[Khanyi] I want things perfect.
Like, picture perfect.

What I see in the picture is what I want.
And this is who I am in life in general.

-Cool, so let me show you the dining hall.
-Okay.

You know, I heard stuff
about South African girls,

how they can be, like, proper B-I-T…

I'm not going to say the word.
You know what I mean.

Some of the South African women,
yes, are a bit snobbish.

But most of them,
like the ones I've met so far,

I get some not-nice vibes.

I am here.

It's okay. You think
anybody's gonna pull a diva stunt on us?

Nobody. They can't do that.

[camera shutters click]

[thrilling music playing]

[Khanyi squeals happily]

-Hey!
-Hey!

South Africans, Nadia Nakai!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

-[laughing] And this? What's happening?
-Girl, I've been working.

Come!

[both laughing excitedly]

[Nadia] I just got a new whip,
which is a Mercedes GLE,

and it's so sexy. As soon as
you hear it purr, you're just like…

♪ Make that kitty purr
You make my p*ssy purr ♪

So the working girl buys a car.

Hello, sis! Look at you, you're so sexy.

How are you?

-You look amazing.
-Thank you.

You are here to see the setup.
Not for a sh**t.

No one can catch me slipping.
I'm pushing a GLE.

When I think Khanyi throwing an event,
I think premium,

I think upper class, top,
what's the level?

I love it. I think it's regal, it's got
that African flower vibes, you know.

I really wished
she hadn't had it at the Rand Club,

'cause when you walk in,
it just looks like the colonizers' house.

There were g*ns,
and I'm looking at them like,

"These are the g*ns
they used to take our land." [laughs]

I want, like, baddies in a castle
versus Africa vibes.

-Do you feel my vision?
-[laughs] I get it, but--

Like, castles where you expect
to see princesses,

but you are getting this,
you know what I'm saying?

Nadia is… She's a vibe.

[rousing hip-hop playing]

Talk to me!

-[Khanyi humming] Sorry.
-Whoop! [laughing]

One thing Nadia and I appreciate
is a Jägerbomb.

-[Khanyi laughing]
-Now I'm psyched. I've unlocked my throat.

We need to unlock the throats.
We're sanitizing inside.

My original name is Nadia Kandava.

I am first generation South African,
but I have Zimbabwean heritage.

I am a businesswoman, I'm an entrepreneur,

but the basis of who I am is a musician.
I'm a rapper.

♪ P-p-p-p-pull up in a four-door Audi… ♪

I see myself as a Pan-African artist,

and I really give a damn about my work.

I give a damn
about the people I keep around me.

I give a damn about my energy.

My family's just filled with women,
also very powerful,

strong, opinionated women, and I think
that's what's made me who I am.

-[Khanyi] You're out here in the dunes.
-[Nadia] I know.

You're out here on a motorcycle.

So, Nadia's been teasing us
with very steamy, hot pictures.

I wanna know if she's dating the guy.
What's going on?

Is it work, or is it… is it?

Yo, I guess it's tricky.

-It's tricky?
-It's not…

-That is so cute.
-He's so cute.

[Nadia] I'm dating Vic Mensa.

He is an American rapper,
he's an amazing lyricist,

and he is originally also from Ghana.

So we did meet on social media last year.

I commented on a picture in the studio.
I was like, "Back in studio!"

A few minutes later, he DMs me,
and he was like, "What's good?"

[Khanyi screams excitedly]

That time, I'm with the girls.
They're like,

"Don't reply right now. Don't reply.
He wants bums."

I'm like, "Fine."
They're like, "Reply tomorrow."

I'm like, "Okay, I'll reply tomorrow."
I'm busy replying.

You're lying. I would reply on the spot.

It's like, "Don't look too thirsty."
I'm like, "But I'm thirsty!"

[Khanyi] They're doing safari,
they're out clubbing,

so I text and I'm like, "And then?"

He oozes so much sex appeal,
and he shows you that he wants you.

I'll tell you something about Vic.
Vic is very sexy.

-[Nadia] Very sexy.
-[Khanyi] When I saw, I said, "He's sexy."

Sexy, and he will show you,
"I want to jump your bones now."

-Don't lie. Did you give him bums?
-He's not hiding it.

Yes, immediately.

-[screams with laughter]
-The funny thing--

Can I have another Jägerbomb?

You guys don't have me that lost.
Is there another Jägermeister here?

[both] Cheers.

And yeah, now we're together.

-What is together?
-Together is together.

Now I have a problem
because I invited Diamond.

-Isn't Diamond married?
-He's a baby daddies. He's not married.

He's a baby daddies, like plural?

Baby daddies, Zari. Uh, now, the recent…

How would she feel if I try to set her up
while she's dating Kudzi?

So what, are you subliminally saying
my man ain't good enough for me, or what?

Like, what's happening?

I can't believe
you wanna hook me up with Diamond.

-Not hook up.
-Oh, just be friends.

Just putting friends together.

[majestic music playing]

[Diamond] It's the most
beautiful feeling in the world

to be young, African, and famous.

That's the best feeling.
I feel so blessed.

[upbeat hip-hop song playing]

[Khanyi] Diamond is from Tanzania, right?

But he brought Hollywood to Africa.

-It's been a while.
-Always dripping!

-So good to come home.
-Welcome home.

[crowd cheering]

[Khanyi] You can't be a superstar
with no scandal.

When you're a superstar,
we know about you.

We know who you sleep with, where
you live, what you eat, how you dress.

You can't be too clean. And he's had
enough scandals to call him a superstar.

When this man gets off a flight,
off a bus, off his car,

there's the army.

Thirteen million people follow this man.

-Let's do it, boy.
-[Diamond] Good to be back.

So much to tell you.

[Diamond] The good thing I like
about Khanyi, she understands standards.

Everything's on point.

And I love that type of vibe.
That's Platnumz.

I've been having a wonderful year,

so I want to chill,
I wanna have a good time.

[car engine revs]

South Africa is…
I can say it's my second home.

I love it here

and the fact that I've got two kids
who live here with my ex, Zari.

We were together for four years.
We are now co-parenting. I'm single.

Of course, sometimes, you know, there's
no way I can just be me the whole year.

Sometimes you do
those one-night stand things.

Like, it's complicated.

I'm sure you want to spend time
with the kids and the family.

Okay, I have four kids.

Maybe five or six.

And then I've got
a little surprise for you.

-Really?
-Someone I think… you'd like to know.

She's also in the music industry,
I think you do know her. Nadia Nakai?

-Oh, Nadia!
-Nadia.

And I know you're not dating,
unless I'm wrong.

-You're not dating.
-[Diamond] I'm not.

-100% right.
-[Khanyi] Do you follow her on Instagram?

Not really, but I've been stalking
her account most of the time.

I think it's been a while
that I've been, like, following Nadia.

Trying to see
if I can make her take a bite. [laughing]

[chill pop music playing]

Listen, my friend, um,
is inviting me for a ball.

-Yeah.
-Nadia Nakai.

She's one of the biggest
female rappers in South Africa.

I love what she's doing
with rap in Africa.

I mean… there's not a lot
of women rapping in Africa.

-Check out her videos.
-How do you spell her name, though?

Let me do that.

Nadia… Let me see.

Annie, you're so vain. You have…

Like, the last-- your last Google search
is your husband. Really?

-I need to know what that man is up to.
-[laughing] Really?

You saw that, right, Swanky?
Oh Lord, Lord, Lord.

[in Efik] My God! [laughing]

[in English] God! [laughing]

I don't know why he didn't use his phone,
and why he had to take my phone.

-I can't. I can't handle you.
-[laughing] I was watching his videos.

-I cannot handle you. Come on.
-Go away.

-Just one day you left. One day.
-Not just one. He's been away since…

[in Pidgin] It's not like that.

[in English] I'm not stalking him.
I'm just checking my property.

At least you can see your kids.

I'm going to call them again,
but I spoke to them, like, when we landed.

-Oh right, how they doing?
-Mm.

Missing you? Crying?

-[laughing]
-No.

[Annie] I have two daughters.
Isabelle is 12, Olivia is 7.

Isabelle, she's like
my proper best friend.

She's bigger than I am.
She's taller than I am.

She can't even wear my clothes no more.

She wears her dad's jeans now.

Then my superstar, Olivia.

That one is one brave child.

So, the follow-up,
Olivia's surgery and everything,

so the doctors, they had to do
a certain kind of therapy

where they put extra fluid there
just to make the bones stronger.

-Wow.
-And that was…

-hectic, painful for her.
-Wow.

Olivia turned seven on 3rd January,

and in the last four years,

first time Olivia actually celebrated
her birthday standing on both legs.

'Cause, um…

[somber music playing]

[laughs emotionally, inhales]

Yeah.

[emotionally] Olivia has had,
um, six surgeries.

She, um, has something called Blount's.

So without those surgeries,
she would have been, like,

those kids that…
People that walk like that.

Yeah, it's called Blount's.
That's what I know. So she's…

She's been through… so much.

I just thought, "Let me go to the balcony
and just give her this moment

before I get into the whole ball planning
and lunch thing."

Olivia, you okay?

[Olivia] I'm fine.

How are your legs?

It's ve-- it's very nice. It's okay.

I hope you're not climbing all the stairs
and running. I hope you're care--

No.

"No"?
So, you're climbing the stairs, Olivia?

I told you--

Kind of, yes.

No, now you should just stay
in one place now, remember.

It's also challenging having those kids,

and with the problems,
all the surgeries with Olivia,

and then my work
and then running the home.

It's draining.

Yeah, at night, I just, on my own,

just go to my rooftop and just break down

because I'm exhausted.

[Olivia] Mama, are you happy there?

-I'm happy.
-Are you happy there?

I'm very happy, Olivia. I'm happy.
Why are you asking? I'm happy.

I wanted to know if you were really happy
or you were just pretending.

[laughing]

Of course, Olivia, I'm very happy here.

The only thing is, I miss you guys.

-I love you, Mama.
-I love you too.

-I'll call you when Isabelle comes back.
-Later?

Later. Yes, later tonight. I promise.

[Annie] I should try
and hide my emotions more

when I'm speaking to her,

'cause I don't want my seven-year-old
worrying if her mama is happy or not.

I should be doing all of the worrying.

[somber music continues]

-[downbeat hip-hop song plays]
-♪ Sexy baby, come and get you some ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ I just wanna… ♪

[Naked DJ] People know me as Naked DJ,
MapunaPuna, Mr. AskAMan,

whatever they want to name me.

I'm at the beginning of life.

[in Zulu] I'm Phiwe's father.

[in English] And I'm Kayleigh's daddy.

I haven't seen you this wet since…

[Kayleigh laughing]

[laughing] …the week we met.

[both laughing]

Wow. [laughs]

So, Quinton's 40 years old.

I'm 28 years old.

The biggest gap
I've ever had in any relationship.

-Looking good.
-Thank you.

Have you been training without me?

No, baby, I'm always training.

I'm definitely a fitness enthusiast.

I actually play
semi-professional football.

I'm getting cold, babe.

[humorous music playing]

-Aren't you going to do something?
-What?

Keep me warm.

You lack… What?
You have no romance in you.

I do!

You're the least romantic person
I've ever met.

Don't give me hints.
I'm not a Sangoma, you know?

We are… The ship is-- it's rocking.

When was the last time you took me out?

When was the last time
you bought me flowers?

No, it's--

When was the last time
you done anything sweet for me?

I bought flowers
for the house the other day.

That doesn't count.

What are you saying?

Quinton is very awkward
when it comes to showing affection.

Come here.

-[humorous music continues]
-Stop showing off now.

[Kayleigh chuckles]

Ugh, it's freezing.

♪ Yo, I want to run to your love
Then run to the morning… ♪

I invited Annie out
on a date with Nadia Nakai,

so that before the ball
they can just vibe,

so Annie can see
that Nadia is also a cool person.

We're here.

-This is nice. Nice place.
-I know. It's really nice.

-♪ I got the rock ♪
-♪ I got the rock ♪

-♪ I got the sauce ♪
-♪ I got the sauce ♪

-♪ I got that drip ♪
-♪ Drip, drip… ♪

I'm about to meet Annie.
I hope she's a lot of fun.

If she's anything like Swanky,
she must be a ball of fire.

-Swanky, Swanky!
-Hello!

[Nadia] Hello!

-Long time!
-Hi, darling.

[Swanky Jerry] I know for a fact that
Nadia would love Annie

because Annie has good spirit,
she's young at heart,

she's yuppie, you know, she's been in
entertainment for over two, three decades.

-How are you doing?
-Very well.

-You guys don't waste time with the drip.
-I know!

[all laughing]

From her first hello,

from the first hug,

I could feel her energy.
The vibe was right.

-She's married to 2Face Idibia.
-I know!

That's already, like, a job,
a work, on its own.

That's a different career.

-[Swanky Jerry and Annie laughing]
-That actually is a career.

I know 2Face is a big musician.

That's about it.

I think my mom is a fan of him.

I literally had to convince her
to come for the ball.

Yeah?

And she's like,
"Why are you going to a ball?"

-Yes.
-I'm like, "It's Nadia's friend."

You have to come. Let me tell
you something about Khanyi Mbau.

-Yes.
-[Nadia] She's the queen of bling.

So if she's throwing something
and you're not invited,

that means you're actually
the trashiest, trashiest…

[all laughing]

You have to make it on the list.

So, everyone that matters will be
at this ball.

Is gonna be at the ball. You have to come.
She's an amazing person.

It's gonna be the A-list of the A-list.

[Annie] Okay, so that sounds good.

I hope South Africa
is gonna be good to me.

[Nadia] Swanky, for me, is
what you see is what you get.

Annie's not.

I don't feel like what I see
is fully what I'm going to get.

[all] Cheers!

-[Annie] Cheers to friendship.
-[Nadia] Yes.

There's something there that I think
is gonna shock all of us as human beings.

[birds chirping]

-[Andile] Look, love lives here.
-[Kayleigh] Hey!

[Naked DJ] Oh yeah!

[Andile] Today, I'm visiting Naked,
Quinton, with his girlfriend, Kayleigh,

at their house.
It's gonna be an exciting one

because I really haven't had time to sit
and get to know them as a couple.

The singles' chair for you.

-[Andile] Ahh!
-This is the lovers' nest. [laughing]

-No, that's so messed up!
-No, I'm kidding. Babe, I'm kidding.

It's a hat I wear proudly at the moment,
you know, so…

Andile, he's one of
my favorite people on Earth.

He's very well put together.

Basically, Andile is the way he speaks.

[Andile] I'm a guy who has many talents

when it comes to creativity
and the creative space,

but understands that
it's not always about you.

I'm the guy that doesn't mind holding
the spotlight onto others to shine.

Wait until you find the right person.

-[Andile] Yeah?
-Yeah.

-Is that what this is?
-[Kayleigh] Yeah.

I think so. I hope so. No, it is.

Oh, oh!

[Naked DJ] You don't find
the right person, okay?

You're supposed to mold the…

-The person you're with?
-[Kayleigh] No.

-[Naked DJ] No, you mold them into…
-What you want?

-You shouldn't try and mold anyone.
-No, can we be mature about this?

No, babe, being mature
is not trying to change anyone.

You can't just-- you can't mold me
into what you want me to be.

You would date the Quinton that you met?

I wish I was dating the Quinton I met!

-Oh.
-[all laughing]

He used to cut up
the cheese in little hearts.

-What? That's you?
-[Kayleigh] That was Quinton.

Now, I'm like, "Where is this man?"

This is a man I've known
for over ten years,

and I've never known
a single romantic gesture from him.

-Are you looking to have more kids?
-She doesn't have kids.

-I don't have kids.
-I'm talking to you guys as a unit.

I don't know if I wanna have kids.
I don't know if I wanna get married.

But I guess, like,
when the right person comes…

Whoa!

-[Kayleigh] AKA Quinton.
-[Naked DJ] Ah.

-Bullshit!
-Just listen with a clear mind.

I don't think you should
ever put a tagline--

-Kayleigh, how old are you?
-I'm 28.

[Kayleigh] Initially, I thought
it was gonna be a problem,

but I realized that I actually
enjoy dating a man that's a bit older.

I'm out. I'll see you later.

-I'll drink to that.
-Cheers. [laughs]

-Cheers, Miss Kayleigh.
-[Kayleigh] Bye, guys.

Did you just look back at it?

-I'm just looking at you!
-[both laughing]

[upbeat hip-hop music playing]

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey… ♪

[Naked DJ] Babe, we're going to be late.
I hope you're done.

Babe, I haven't even started.

-[Naked DJ] Ah, no.
-I was waiting for you.

I need your opinion.
I don't know what to wear.

She knew this ball was coming.

Days away, already.

Come on.

We must be a well… This relationship
has to be a well-oiled machine.

When is the last time
you actually looked this nice?

-[scoffs] Wow.
-No, you always look like a soccer person.

Every time I walk into the house, I feel
like we're going to play five-a-side.

Oh, so the truth is coming out.

When you come to bed every night,
I need to… [smacks lips]

…I need to salivate.

Get fishnets. Something.

That's lingerie, babe.
That's fulfilling your sexual fantasies.

[both laughing]

I find fishnets super sexy.

Especially… you know,
especially the-- the crotchless stuff.

Imagine, I'm in the club,
all I see is fishnets

and these sexy women…

Be careful with what you're about to say.

-…and then I get home to Lionel Messi.
-Be careful.

-Yeah, babe.
-Ahh!

I mean, it's like he's getting
a different woman every night.

Today you've got PSG,

tomorrow you might
get Tottenham. [laughing]

["Mali Eningi" by Big Zulu playing]

[Khanyi] Finally, my people together.

Paparazzi on one side, the lights,
the red carpet is this huge.

Tonight we're popping bottles,

'cause how else
will we really get to know each other?

[Nadia] It's red-carpet popping, honey.

We're all looking sexy,
we're all looking good.

Came out today to play, baby!

I can see that it's all
the invite said it would be.

It's glitz, it's glamour,
with just a touch of Africa.

[Diamond] Representing the African youth.

Blessings, style, like,
uniqueness and everything.

[Khanyi] It's quite stressful to be me,
'cause everyone expects the best.

And sometimes it's not always the best,

but here we are. We're in it.

[dramatic music playing]

It looked beautiful. It looked nice.
But I feel like it was just simple.

For me, I'm a bit extra
and very extravagant.

You know, it's like
everything must be… argh!

Hi.

-How are you?
-I'm good. Thank you.

[Annie] I didn't see no bling everywhere.

[in Pidgin] I don't know what I expected.

Maybe because they called her
the bling queen,

I expected a lot from her.

[Nadia, in English] When Khanyi
says "gather," it is her favorite people.

She's definitely exclusive and premium,

but she also keeps it safe
about the people she has around her.

That's why it was very nerve-racking
for me to invite Annie

because Annie's somebody
that she's never met.

The person that I'm most interested
to get to know better…

I never lied to you. It's Nadia Nakai.

-Nadia? How are you?
-[Nadia] Hi, I'm good and you?

It's nice to meet you.

-And you look cute.
-[Nadia laughing] Thank you.

I'm on a mission.

So, like, I need to know that person
so I can fulfill my mission.

You understand?
I can achieve my goal. [laughing]

So Andile, are you from here?

-No.
-[Annie] Where are you from?

I'm from Ethiopia.

[Nadia] No, he's lying. He's from here.

Please don't play with my friend.

I like the way Andile is dressed.

His suit is, like, well put together.

What does he do?

-[Nadia] News and sports.
-News and sports?

[Nadia] He's a sports presenter.

[Annie] Okay, he is a presenter.

Dressing like a guy
that, you know, has his S together.

[Khanyi] This is Kudzi, guys.

-Have you met everyone on the--
-[Kudzi] Yeah.

[Khanyi] Annie, Swanky…

Good to meet you guys.

[Naked DJ] All I know
is that he's from Zimbabwe.

I don't know what he does for a living,
but I know that he's a businessman.

But what kind of business? What he does?

I have no clue.

[clinking glass]

[Khanyi] Thank you so much
for all being here.

Tonight, I called
everyone that's in this room

because I think we're all
on the same level.

We have the same struggles.
We have the same likes.

And I think our bank accounts
are sort of the same level as well.

-You know what I'm saying?
-[all laugh]

[Khanyi] The room is filled
with heavy people.

At my table, I have African all-stars.

I have a whole continent of currency.

This is a flex night.

And I think that it's time that we,
as Black, young Africans,

we stand together and we stand up
and we say to the world,

"We're not a Third World
that the world thinks we are."

You came here with a private jet, Diamond.
Come on. What's up?

I really do not like it
when people are too forward

about what they have,
bank accounts and money.

I don't know. That long speech,
da-da-da, juice for, all that.

I'm like, "Let this party start.
Where's the food?"

[upbeat hip-hop music playing]

This menu is inspired
by everyone at this table

because we're all
from different countries.

-[Annie] This is real steak?
-[Swanky Jerry] Mm-hmm.

[Annie] I'm trying to be vegan.

But this is, like, proper flesh.

[Nadia] You don't like it?

Wash it down with some champagne.

I think the champagne is flat.

Like… [scoffs]
I'm disappointed at the food.

-The steak looked uncooked.
-[tense music playing]

Thank God I ate before I came here.

Maybe if it was fish.

I know, right?
You just said I should shush, right?

[Nadia] I feel like Annie's
got this part of her

that's mad shady and mad spicy.

Because, like, she started leaning over
and complaining about the food,

and she was like, "I don't want
to eat this," and I was just like…

Andile, why did you come alone?
Can you see that gap on this table?

-[Nadia] No, we both came alone.
-[Khanyi] Both you and Nadia!

[Nadia] I'm with nobody.

[Khanyi] Relax, let's see after dessert.

I'm not sure about Nadia Nakai,
if she's dating or not.

Even if she's dating, I'll Platnum her,
see whether I can play with her.

Why are you single?

[Diamond] I'm not blessed yet.

-[Khanyi] Are you looking?
-[Diamond] Of course.

-Nadia, are you looking?
-[Nadia laughs]

I know that Nadia's not, like,
single, single, single.

But she also hasn't come out, come out,
come out and said, "My man, Vic."

[Diamond] You have a boyfriend now?

-[Nadia] I do, but he's in America.
-[Diamond] I love that.

[Nadia laughs] You love that?

I hate the first line,
then I love the last line.

[in Swahili] From the way she responded,
it's a 50/50.

[in English] Which is good thing.

If you see a lady answer that way,
that means that…

things will be cool.

[Nadia] Diamond, how many kids you have?

-Four.
-[Nadia] Four?

-That's fine.
-He's just making love so much.

It might be six or five.

-How many kids do you have?
-[Annie] What, you're not sure?

-How many kids you got?
-[Nadia] Four, right?

I know four.

[dramatic music playing]

The first thing that came to my mind,
"This is wrong."

[Nadia] What do you mean, maybe six?

-What you mean maybe? Maybe is wrong.
-I say because so I heard…

[Annie and Nadia] It's so wrong.

Is he waiting for a paternity test?

-Can I explain?
-[Nadia] Let him explain.

[Annie] Let the man talk.

Why I say it may be six…

A couple months back,

my mom told me

she met this lady. And I know that lady.

And the lady say, like, she has my kid.

But then, she doesn't want to tell me

because she's married,

and her husband think the kid is his.

So, there's another one.
She's supposed to be my first kid.

-So, she must be I don't know ten years?
-[Khanyi] Oh shucks!

Back in the day…

when you first come out, you feel like
the world is yours, you understand?

I went on a tour in Mwanza,

and I met this lady,

and we had a one-night stand.

Then I heard after some time
that she was pregnant.

Somebody told me like,
"You know what? She has your kid."

-[Khanyi] Have you seen the child?
-[Diamond] I've been trying.

I've tried my level best
to make sure that I get connected,

but the mother keeps pushing me away.

Oh my God. That's painful.

That's not nice, yeah.

[Diamond] That's my kid.

I've been trying my level best to make
sure that I get connected with my kid,

because I don't want
to lose any of my blood.

-[Annie] Khanyi, you have kids?
-Huh?

[Annie] You have kids?

I have a kid,
but I don't think she's a kid anymore.

[Annie] How old is she?

Fifteen.

[Khanyi] I had a child 15 years ago.

Her name is Khanz.

She sees the world in her own way,

and sometimes when we don't get her,
she gets upset.

We allow Khanz to be herself.

If she wants to try stuff,
I mean anything,

we let her try it.

-'Cause we wanna see who this person is.
-[Andile] But where do you draw the line?

What happens when she's curious
about sex at 15?

-What if she's curious--
-Already she's curious, trust me.

Virginity can be lost,
or it can be stolen.

So lost is when you are ready

and it's a boy you think
you're going to marry, you give it away.

You love this guy. You are 15.
You think you're going to marry him.

-Fifteen?
-That was me. I gave it to my head boy.

Okay? 'Cause I thought
I was going to be with him forever.

[Andile] I've got girls, very young girls,
who are listening to Khanyi

and how she's chosen
to raise her daughter.

I'm trying to pick my jaw up
from the floor.

This is a 15-year-old.

-Yes, a 15-year-old.
-Fifteen?

-She's almost--
-No, guys. No.

Annie is as perplexed as I am.

I said there's no age for it.

You can give away your virginity
tomorrow night.

It's worse because
you sleep in your own apartment.

She lives alone?

Next door, yeah.
She's got her own apartment.

-Fifteen?
-[Khanyi] Fifteen.

-Because we're trying--
-Darling, I…

[Khanyi] She does. She lives alone.

-[tense music playing]
-[Andile exhales]

-She lives in her own apartment.
-She's too young.

[in Pidgin] This thing didn't sit well
with me. I didn't like what I was hearing.

[in English] She's still young. She might
not be able to make the right decisions.

But young in whose--

Regardless of how you speak with her,
she's still 15.

Wow, like why are they ju--

I'm the parent that
I also wanted as a 15-year-old, okay?

It's about time she became that as well.

She dresses older than 15, right?

-She doesn't--
-No, she dresses like a kid.

-Dresses like a kid.
-[Khanyi] 100%.

So if she dresses like a kid,
how is she staying alone?

[Nadia] This is what I was saying
about Annie.

You can't come to a ball
and offend the host, babe.

It's like, don't offend the host!

I'm a liberal in my thinking, and I think
all my life I've been a liberal.

[Andile] I want you in this conversation.
Don't get away.

-Why are you running? I need you in this.
-My life will never stop.

[Andile] So I think during dinner,
Annie and I found that

we had lot of things
that we could talk about.

So we stepped out to go have
a more in-depth conversation.

I met your husband a couple of years back
when "African Queen" had just come out.

He came to South Africa
on a promotion tour.

When you hear,
"You are my African queen." So that's you!

African queen! African queen!

[Andile laughing]

I met 2Face when I was,
like, around 16 years old.

We both had dreams.

He had not even had
his first single as an artist.

He's a lovely man.

He is.

Wow, that's beautiful.

Thank you, thank you.

But then his career went overboard.

So he became this superstar.

Like, I was sleeping, and I woke up
and this young boy I was dating

was, like,
an international superstar already.

And that's when all the trouble started.

[Khanyi] I'm checking on my guests.

-[all laughing]
-Push this thing here. You're a guy.

We're having this nice conversation,

we're heart-to-heart,
we're talking heart matters,

queen of bling comes in.

Because it's my party,
I'm allowed anywhere.

Share that spirit. What's happening?

I mean, you were telling me about how

there's been trials and tribulations,
ups and downs in your relationship too.

What happened in her relationship?

What, cheating?

When you meet someone

and then you know them first,

and then you wake up,

two different people
are having babies for him.

And then he has five kids
with other women.

-How did that happen--
-My first child is his fifth.

And I met him before everybody.

So you know what that is?

Yeah, I get you.

Ah, that's why you are so closed.

That's why you take
everything so personally.

You know how many humiliations
and embarrassments?

Damn, and I was like…

[emotional music playing]

Man…

[Annie] How do you repeat
the same mistake twice?

[sniffles]

-So, do you think he went to play…
-I was hurt.

-…and then when he was done, he came back?
-[Annie] That's not even what happened.

Even when we were engaged, it wasn't…
[laughs emotionally]

Story for another day.
I don't want to get into that right now.

[exhales] It's all pain, hurt.

But, like I always say,

that the good times are so much more,

and I have forever with him
to make up for the bad times.

[Andile] Love is not black and white.
It's not a straight line.

People abuse the word love.
I hate the way people abuse it.

People abuse the word love.
You know, right?

Love is so much more
than what people say it is.

So much more.

[Khanyi] I mean, I've just met this woman,
and here we are…

She's giving me everything
I need to know about her.

Showing me her weakness.

Bad move, Annie.

Now, I have you.

[dramatic music playing]

[Khanyi] Waiters, can we please have
more champagne everywhere?

There's lots where this came from,
so do drink the tears of Caesar.

The tears of Caesar,
it's given by the gods.

It's not something you just drink
on an ordinary day.

It's a big situation.

I've got a surprise. His name is Diamond.

-[woman] Yes!
-He's from Tanzania.

-[woman] Yes!
-He's my friend.

He's out here with these diamonds,

and he's about to give you
a big performance.

[audience cheering]

-[Diamond] Ladies and gentlemen…
-Whoo!

I took a glimpse at Diamond,
and I saw he changed in a whole outfit.

This song goes out to
all the African beauties right here.

[woman] That's right!

But personally, I wanna dedicate this song
to Nadia. Don't ask me why.

Because she said she's single.

[Nadia laughs]

-[Khanyi chanting] Nadia!
-[Diamond] And I'm single, so…

I definitely did not tell you
I'm f*cking single. [laughs]

When did I say that?

-[upbeat hip-hop song playing]
-[Diamond vocalizing]

This one's for you.

Yes, for yourself. For yourself.

[Nadia] Honestly, I am very nervous,

'cause I don't want to embarrass him.

Where are the African--
African beauties at?

♪ I'm in love with you ♪

♪ There's nothing I wouldn't do… ♪

I thought he was gonna keep it discreet,
between them, just move in.

Now he makes it public knowledge.

Now Kudzi's on my case. Because
it's like, "Doesn't she have a man?"

I'm like, "Kudzi, wait."

African beauties,
show me what you got now!

♪ African beauties… ♪

Okay, well, let's see what the vibes are.

You made me so shy
when you dedicated that song to me.

It is 'cause it came from my heart.

But also because the first lyric was,
"I'm in love with you."

It's already tough
having a man that has cornrows.

Now, I'm a bump-bump.

I'm not sure…

[laughing] But we'll see
how it goes, I guess.

You seem very easygoing,

which is not what I expected
when I thought about you.

You seem very chilled and relaxed,
which is nice.

I'm chilled and relaxed.
I'm a cool person.

You're very cool. I like that about you.
You're very relaxed.

[in Swahili] These slay-queens,
or these beautiful women…

if they don't want something,
they'll tell it to you straight.

[in English] "I'm over that."

I feel like even in relationships
you're very dangerous.

I'm not. I look that way
because I don't think--

I need to see your eyes
because I see-- I see honesty in eyes.

She's interested.
I was like, "Oh yeah." [laughs]

How old are you? [laughs]

-Um…
-How old are you?

Why do you have to think about it?

No, I'm not thinking about it.
I was just… untying my button.

I'm 31st.

-31st?
-Yeah, 31.

-Do not ask me my age.
-Tell me what's your age.

No, I'm not going to tell you.
Never ask a lady her age.

I am in a relationship,
but it is long-distance. It is tough.

Even though I'm committed
to that relationship,

I feel like a part of me
is trying to also just see

if there is anything that would be,
like, a better option

when it comes to future relationships
or whatever the case is.

I'm very good in reading the eyes.

But I don't think reading a woman's eyes
is as easy as me reading yours.

You don't have to try though.

You really don't have to try.

I know, I'm just--

You'll tell me in the couple times
that we'll see each other in the future.

[Diamond] I can take her to Tanzania.
She'll love to stay there more than here.

I'll make her a queen there.
I will change her life.

I'd like to get to know
the real Diamond Platnumz.

I'm not shutting it down.
I just wanna see how it goes.

[Diamond] I'm looking forward
to have a date with Nadia Nakai.

I wanna spend time with her.

[Nadia] There's a gem
that needs to be cultivated.

I mean,
we're all digging for diamonds, right?

[laughing]

[upbeat techno music playing]