Tjokkie, his mother, and sister Tiemie live together on poverty row. Tjokkie has a gift of psychic ability and is prone to terrifying trances which allow him to see the future. His mother’s husband, a layabout called Giel Swart, sponges off her war pension. Meanwhile, Tiemie is in a relationship with an aggressive biker who has built a dangerous reputation around the suburbs.
Marius Weyers
Jake
Louis Van Niekerk
Giel
Sandra Prinsloo
Tiemie
Don Lamprecht
Tjokkie
Wilna Snyman
Ma
George Ballot
Albertus
Karen van Wyk
Fè
Tjokkie, his mother, and sister Tiemie live together on poverty row. Tjokkie has a gift of psychic ability and is prone to terrifying trances which allow him to see the future. His mother’s husband, a layabout called Giel Swart, sponges off her war pension. Meanwhile, Tiemie is in a relationship with an aggressive biker who has built a dangerous reputation around the suburbs.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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