Home Affairs (TV series)

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Home Affairs
Genre Soap opera & Drama
Created byRoberta Durrant
Written by
  • Catherine Stewart
  • Minky Schlesinger
  • Natalie Harrhoff
Starring
Country of origin South Africa
Original languages
Production
Running time30 minutes (incl. commercials)
Original release
Network SABC 1
Release10 August 2005 (2005-08-10) 
2016 (2016)

Home Affairs was a South African television drama series created and produced by Roberta Durrant. It told the story of nine very different women whose lives are interconnected. The women's stories reflected the wide cultural range of South African women. The women each undertook a journey of self-discovery, connecting with each other in various and random ways.

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