The young Dineo will die in a shack fire in tonight's episode of Rhythm City with the producers of the local weekday soap on e.tv saying the character is being killed off in a fiery blaze to draw attention to the real-life damaging impact of violence in the lives of young South Africans.
Viewers of Rhythm City will see how the young Dineo, the little sister of Dumi, dies in tonight's episode at 19:00 on e.tv when thugs set Dumi and his family's shack alight while his little sister is sleeping inside.
Quizzical Pictures producing Rhythm City says the soap continues to address various social cohesion issues in the fictional weekday show that affect South Africans on a daily basis.
"The storyline attempt to demonstrate how violent crime affects young people."
In Rhythm City's current storyline, a gang led by Chicken, played by Nelson Ntombela, rules the streets of DK and have lured Dumi (Siyabonga Mtshali) into a life of crime.
Dumi's decision to leave the gang will prove to have dire consequences in tonight's episode when e.tv viewers will see how this affects the young and children-led family.
The gang wants to prove that they have a hold on the young Dumi and Chicken and his thugs will set Dumi and his family's shack alight while his little sister is sleeping inside. The result is that Dineo dies in the blaze.
"Young people are often led to think that crime is a way out of poverty and popularity," says Pontsho Mdakane, Rhythm City's executive producer.
"Nothing could be further from the truth and it's reflected in the current storyline. Once they step into that world, everybody loses and in this storyline we see Dumi's family suffer from the very violent death of young Dineo".
