1 day ago Letlhogonolo Mogale, who binged the amusement days aft its release, described Jonasi arsenic an "serial cheater" and "opportunist who would bash thing to fulfill himself".
The 35-year-old is not from a polygamist household herself, nevertheless The Polygamist's storyline resonated and highlighted "social ills that hap and [are] normalised successful South Africa".
"What stuck retired for maine personally was however breached families are and however breached nine is," she told the BBC.
Polygamy is legally recognised successful South Africa and wrong Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Venda cultures, among others, it is not uncommon for a antheral to person aggregate wives - arsenic happens successful immoderate different African and Muslim societies.
The women thin to beryllium acceptable up successful their ain households though determination is usually co-operation betwixt co-wives successful presumption of child-rearing - thing that tin beryllium little realistic successful municipality settings.
For Mogale the polygamy successful the amusement is duplicitous, secretive and "forced".
It is "not expected to beryllium that way", she said, adding that the country that champion illustrated this was betwixt Jonasi and his eldest girl Mpume.
Jonasi has six children altogether, with 3 women, and is closest to Mpume who is known arsenic "Daddy's Girl".
But arsenic a teenager, breached by her father's deceit, neglect and unfaithfulness, Mpume tries to explicit her feelings successful a missive that she starts to work retired large to him.
His absorption - turning up the measurement connected the TV and ignoring her - stunned many, including Mogale.
The amusement does not shy distant from tackling different issues specified arsenic sexually transmitted diseases, gender-based unit and the trauma these often inflict connected African families.
There is besides a arguable plotline astir HIV.
With 13% of South Africa's colonisation surviving with the microorganism – polygamous unions person divided sentiment successful the state with galore pointing to the dangers plural families face.
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