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Egoli: Place of Gold

1992–2010 · 18 seasons

A long-running daily soap that feels like catching up with familiar families, full of everyday drama and small cliffhangers.

Created by
Franz Marx
Genres
Soap
Starring
Christine Basson, Deon Coetzee, Chris de Clerq
Overview
A South African television soap opera created by Franz Marx which revolves around the daily ups, downs, trials and tribulations of a handful of families in and around Johannesburg (which is often referred to as eGoli - the City of Gold)

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Created by
Franz Marx
Genres
Soap
Starring
Christine Basson, Deon Coetzee, Chris de Clerq
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
soap
Created by
Franz Marx
Starring
Christine Basson, Deon Coetzee, Chris de Clerq, Phillip C Henn, Gé Korsten, Phillip Moolman, Thoko Ntshinga, Sandra Prinsloo
Length
18 seasons, 4689 episodes, 22 min each
Network
M-Net
Country
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans, English

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