At the mercy of Welcome, Mnqobi finally told the real story of how Joseph Kumkani died.
While keeping Phindile at ransom, Welcome ordered Mnqobi to tell the guests at the engagement party what really happened in Bulalela all those years ago. Mnqobi then walked in and tried to alert Palesa to what was going on so she could call Rabotho and the police.
Dumile, who had left the party to go look for Mnqobi, ended up at the mental institution where Thembi was. She went there to ask Thembi to help her find Welcome. Of course Thembi wanted something in return, her freedom.
Dumile managed to get Thembi out and returned home just in time for Mnqobi’s confession which was clearly not enough for Welcome. He wanted everything that Mnqobi took from the Kumkanis back.
When Welcome saw Thembi in Dumile’s car, he went and strapped a bomb around Phindile. Later, he gatecrashed the engagement party, side by side with Thembi and Phindile. He ordered the Simelanes on one side and promised to set Phindile and the bomb off if they didn’t do as he asked. A fed up Thembi tried to calm him down but he turned on her and ordered her to set the bomb off.
During that chaos, the police arrived. Was it soon enough to unstrap Phindile and rescue the Simelanes?
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