The success of the first season saw viewers left wanting more as the Pastors’ Wives hit TV screens in early 2021, with a consistent social media trend and high ratings.
The show features the wives of prominent pastors from across the continent who are infamous for “less than Christian like” actions. Some notable moments include the controversial exotic dancer party hosted by Phume Khethang and Innocent Sadiki, and the epic showdown between Nandipha Mlombi and Anietie Ezeimo.
This season we witness a few layers of the wives peel off. They defy the odds; they’re determined to live their lives, and go against the social expectations says Valentino Mathibela, Pastors’ Wives Series Director. “The new additions to the cast of course bring a stir to the settled waters. The OG’s suffer a fall out from an innocent situation that needed to be handled better but since it’s Pastors’ Wives, they keep it real with calling out nonsense.”
Three new cast members are set to join the show. One of South Africa’s most popular faces in gospel, Noluvo Duna, joins as a new addition. Duna the youngest wife but still equally committed and conservative, “what I do and who I am reflecting on my husband – be it good or bad. That is why I believe in being authentic and true to myself.”
Self-proclaimed “glamour girl and globetrotter”, Judy Renoto joins the cast. Renoto and her husband have been married for 22 years and run Trinity Life International Ministries in Gauteng, South Africa. “People think being a pastor’s wife means you must become boring and uninteresting,” says Renoto. “That doesn’t have to always be the case, and I think we show that this season.”
Tshidi Motlhose – a production company director and the wife of Pastor Ananius Tebogo Motlhose also joins the cast and remarks that “the fact that my life is being exposed to the public will have a massive impact. Let’s see how it goes.”
Adeola Costa Ayo, Anietie Ezeimo, Phume Khethang and Nandipha Mlombi from the original cast, are all set to return for the new season with the exception of Innocent Sadiki from the first season.
“The second season is quite different to the first. We’re catching up with some of the favourite cast members since we last saw them in season one” says Keneilwe Senyatsi, HONEY’s Commissioning Editor. “Tension rise in the most unexpected ways this time around.”