Raenbows, it's the beginning of a new era.
Berets are out and medals are in.
With Sivu Levin being the new president,
the SRC just got a whole lot sexier.
Word is, our president needs a new first lady.
Could that be Mbali Hadebe?
That was the tea,
and this is The Spill.
[man1] What's popping, bruh? How are you doing, mate?
- [Sivu] I am... [grunts] - [man1] You're looking good.
Thank you.
- [man2] Sharp, Sivu. - [Sivu grunts] How's it?
[lady1] Hi, Sivu.
- [Sivu] Hey. - Congratulations on the presidency.
Thanks.
Can you please fix your face?
Sorry.
I'm just not used to having
people on my team all over again, you know, just so used to losing.
Look, people voted for you because they believe in you.
You just have to stop doubting yourself.
Relax with the existential crisis.
"Young Hadebe outshines corrupt Hadebe."
[Rae] You're famous!
We look good together.
Sivu, I'm throwing you a little inauguration party
at my house in Port Alfred.
The theme is "Angels and Demons."
- You should come. - Thanks.
Laters.
I did it. I fucking did it.
Okay!
Tomorrow, we'll stress but tonight...
Oh tonight, throats are open, my friend.
Miss Hadebe, I am a lady.
You have to take me to dinner first.
Well, I'll buy a three-course meal.
Hmm.
[lively party music playing]
Are you gatecrashing again?
- [lively party music continues] - [Jay sighs] No.
- Aphiwe? - [indistinct chattering in background]
[In Xhosa] Dad, is everything okay?
We have to talk privately. Right now.
Okay.
Please attend to that table for me. I'll be back.
You can have table six's tips.
Have a look, my child.
Oh my goodness, Dad!
I found them burnt in the rubbish bin yesterday.
Now I don't know what to do.
- But these are people's votes. - [Mthawelanga] Indeed.
Tell me. What are you going to do?
[theme music playing]
[Mbali] Ooh my Gosh!
Forget that you made me dance,
but how on earth did you convince me to wear this top?
[both giggling]
[Sivu] Hey um,
is this your old man here?
Yeah.
I think life would've been way different if he was still around.
- Yeah. Me too. - [wistful music playing]
Like, if my real parents were around...
My family.
I'm sure someone must be out there.
Cousins, siblings or
grandmother.
[wistful music continues]
[chuckles] Who knows, maybe,
maybe you and I are related.
Nothing a goat can't fix.
Congratulations, Sivu.
- ["Spin My World" by DJ Kent playing] - [whispers] Thank you.
[Mbali moans softly]
[Sivu] I...
I really like you.
But I just feel like, maybe, let's just take it slow for a bit.
I just ended things with Pearl and
this whole SRC president thing is just going to complicate things.
I can take it really slow.
- [both moan] - ["Spin my World" continues]
[Rae] Raenbows, our star Olympian, now SRC president,
is about to address our campus on his "Fees Must Fall" stance.
Ma'am, you need to see this.
What is that?
He assures the campus that he will not give up the fight.
Will the revolution stand or will chaos still ensue?
[Rae in Zulu] Power to the People, Raenbows!
[students chanting indistinctly]
♪ Iyoh Solomon ♪
♪ Solomon ♪
♪ Iyoh Solomon ♪
As your democratically elected SRC president,
I will not stand for any exclusion of any student
at Grahamstown University.
[crowd cheering] Yeah!
- Our forefather Nelson Mandela once said-- - [male voice] Okay, Mr. Rainbow Nation.
[students laughing]
I think it was our forefather Mandela who once said that--
We demand that our Vice Chancellor come down from her ivory tower
- and address us. - [students cheering]
And if they make the mistake of choosing not to engage us,
then we will be forced to call for a national shut down!
[crowd] Yes!
Anarchy will reign in the streets of Makhanda,
and the corridors of every university in this country!
[crowd] Yes!
We will not stop!
We will not rest, and we will make sure that
we take out the trash!
[crowd cheering] Yes!
[Mbali] We will do so much more.
- You just watch. We-- - [Caesar in Zulu] Just wait a minute!
[in English] Sivu's presidency is unlawful and illegitimate.
Sivu Levin is not the president of this Council.
- He cooked the votes. He's a fraud! - [students murmuring indistinctly]
Why are you lying to the people? I've never cheated a day in my life.
Well, we have proof
that he stole and burnt the votes. [students chattering indistinctly]
- [in Zulu] What is this?! - [crowd] Wow!
This campus will be on shutdown
until the miscarriage of democracy
and justice is addressed!
Sivu Levin must fall!
[chanting] Sivu Levin must fall!
[all chanting] Sivu Levin must fall!
Sivu Levin must fall!
- [chanting in Zulu] -Hey, yes! - [crowd] Yes! Yes!
- Hey, yes! - [crowd] Yes! Yes!
♪ War of soldiers ♪
♪ War of guerillas ♪
♪ Who will strike first ♪
♪ War of soldiers ♪
[soft romantic song playing]
Jay!
- [Mbali] Jay! - [banging on door]
[knocking continues rapidly]
We need to talk, now!
[Jay grunts]
[Natalie] What's up, Jay? Are you okay?
[Jay] What do you two want?
- Caesar knows about the burnt ballots. - [dramatic music playing]
Fuck! I told you! Oh!
[Mbali] No, they've got no reason to suspect us.
- [Mbali] We're good. - Yeah, but Sivu isn't.
Nat, he's innocent. The school loves him.
There's no way he's going down with this.
- Yeah, but we are. - [Mbali] No, we're not.
[Natalie] My skin is even flaring up.
We just have to stay calm and keep our mouths shut.
All of us!
- [knocking on door] - Campus security. Open up!
Just come clean, Sivu.
We can help you.
Caesar is setting me up because he lost.
Dean Jansen, you have known me my entire life.
Why would I cheat?
Everyone knows you've had a difficult few months.
Hurting your hand, losing your captaincy,
stealing Graham's bust.
Sivu, was it... Are you okay?
Mom, I'm fine. They're just accusing me of lying.
You don't honestly think that Sivu did this.
- Nomusa? - James, I know this is hard--
I don't need your fake sympathy. Thank you.
The ballots from the elections were found burnt and thrown away.
And we have reason to believe that
the app crash was not an accident.
[Sivu] It doesn't proof anything, ma'am.
- It wasn't me. - [Nomusa] You're the only one
with something to gain from all of this. And your appointment
as SRC president is under question.
Is this is what this university stands for?
Black boys are presumed guilty,
and crucified with no due diligence carried out?
- If Sivu was white, would this-- - [Nomusa] Ashley!
Don't try that with me, of all people.
That's fine, ma'am.
Please go ahead with your investigation.
All it's gonna prove is that I'm innocent like I've been telling you.
Until then, you are suspended,
pending the investigation.
[upbeat music playing]
- [birds chirping] - [Sivu grunting]
- [Mbali] Hey. - [Sivu] Hey.
I heard what happened with the VC.
I'm so sorry, Sivu.
Sorry? You are not allowed to be sorry.
Yeah. And Caesar, if he thinks he's getting away with this,
that's not gonna happen.
Yeah. No, he won't.
The investigation will expose the truth.
- He won't. - [Sivu] Hey!
- We got this. Right? We got this. - Yeah.
[nervously] Yeah!
Just like the election, babe.
- Just like the election. - [crow cowing]
[Mbali yelling] Caesar!
Hadebe.
- It's 2:00am and you're not my type. - [Mbali scoffs]
Right. You're more into [yells] assaulting gay students. Is that--
Don't you dare...
go around making accusations like that.
- [in Sotho] You hear me? - Sivu didn't rig the elections.
I know.
This has you written all over it.
You’ve been lying since the beginning for that boy.
- Okay, look. - Yes?
You wanted a meeting with my mother, I can... I can make that happen.
A clear path to the Youth League.
You just have to tell the Dean that you faked those burnt ballots.
MaBrrr. [snickering loudly]
See, I've been asking around and I know,
that the party will not protect her. She’s useless to me now.
Caesar, please.
You know Sivu doesn’t deserve this.
None of this would have happened if he had stayed in his lane.
- [tense music playing] - [Caesar] I worked hard for this.
I deserve to win.
How?
When you troll gay apps and assault young boys?
- I’ll expose you, Caesar. - [Caesar sniffing]
- [In Sotho] Don't test me. - [Mbali whimpers softly]
Fuck off!
[door bangs]
[Mbali sobs loudly, whimpering]
[Dean Jansen] Did you help Sivu Levin rig the election?
[Jay] No. I mean, Sivu is cute and everything
but I would never risk my future for him.
- Then how do you explain this? Hmm! - [tense music plays]
We know for a fact that you sell these to students to crash their computers.
One student's laptop crashing is normal.
Twenty-three in the medical department alone
is an alarming pattern.
Your customers gave you up for deadline extensions.
Okay, fine. I did sell them, okay?
But what does it have to do with the elections?
This USB crashed the university server which crashed the voting app.
Wait. So, is this about the voting app or the burnt ballots?
Both.
You crashed the app and then you rigged the manual vote.
I didn’t crash the app. I swear!
Then why was your student card used to
access the university server room moments before the crash?
You’re suspended pending a full investigation...
- What?! - ...where you'll probably be expelled.
[Rizzla] ♪ Come on, hey, oh yes! ♪
[in Zulu] ♪ The ones we are with, ♪
- ♪ We are not in a relationship with ♪ - Rizz! Rizzla!
[Rizzla] Hold on.
Man, I was in the middle of something beautiful from my ancestors.
You interrupted my first smash hit, bro.
Did you use the USB I sold you to crash the campus server?
- Let's try that in English. - [girls laughing]
Jade, where is the USB I sold you?
Fuck guys, it’s... wait.
No, I totally know you, I know you. Just hang on. I just...
- Jay! [laughing] - [girls laughing]
Jay the gay!
It's definitely not you.
Guys, are you sure you didn't crash the server?
- [in unison] Yes! - [Jay] Okay.
- [whimpering] - [Jay] USB!
- [yelling] Where's the USB I sold you? - Mbali.
[spluttering] I gave it to Mbali. She said she needed it for an assignment.
- Mbali? [scoffs] - Yeah.
- [whispering] Mbali! - [soft musicplays]
Mbali said she’d talk to Natalie for me.
Should I call her?
I'll call her. [giggles]
Jay! I've been trying to get a hold of you.
- How did the-- - Did you crash the server?
- What?! - Don’t lie to me. I’m not a Levin.
Did you crash the server?
Jay, how could I have done that?
I don't know.
Maybe whoring out Natalie in exchange for Junior. Hmm?
And I gave you my student card
just before the systems crashed. So...
Okay, look, I am sorry. Okay?
I just felt really bad after Sivu’s live with Uncle Drip tanked.
I had to do something.
You know, I used to think your crazy was cute.
That your drama made this place fun.
- It’s not so fun anymore. - [voice breaking] I can fix this.
[yelling] Stop saying that!
Fuck! Unless you’re going to go down to the Dean’s office and come clean.
- Help me stay in school. - Jay, I’d get suspended too.
I can’t go back to Jo’burg. There’s nothing there for me.
And me being sent home to keep faking straightness for my parents is fine?
That is not what I am saying.
- Oh please. - I--
Please stop the fake fucking tears, Mbali.
I have been there for you through everything!
Before you were Miss Popularity.
I had your back.
And you stabbed me in mine.
- Jay, where you going? - No, you stay the fuck away from me.
Jay.
Fuck!
- [dog barking] - [birds chirping]
- Hey. - Ur...
Don't tell me you went to the mountain before me. [laughs]
- Mom says you need to eat. - Thank you.
- What's going on? - [dog barking]
Nothing.
You've been avoiding me.
Look, its not like we were best buds before this.
- I guess that's my fault, isn't it? - [bird calling in background]
Have a seat.
I am really sorry, Nat.
I've been shitty towards you lately and...
it's not an excuse anything but,
after hurting my hand,
I started to wonder who I am, and where I fit in or don't fit in.
Do you feel like you don't fit in our family?
- Sometimes. - [Natalie huffs]
Not... because of you guys.
I love you guys. You're my sister.
And I'll always be here.
Okay?
- I'm fine. - No, you're not.
Sis, I know you.
You've been scratching yourself like crazy.
And I know that you get this rash
every time you're really stressed, so...
talk to me.
I'm here for you.
It was me.
Look, we stuffed the ballots with fake votes, for you.
And then we took the original ones and we burnt them.
And we did a fucking shit job because someone found them!
- And-- - Stop!
- Who the fuck is "we"? - [soft tune playing]
Natalie?
Me, Jay and Mbali.
Mbali?
Sivu, we were just trying to help you.
Especially Mbali. We saw how upset
- you were about the election-- - Don't.
- [Ashley] Professor won't shoot. - [Van Heerden] No.
- We actually kind of know that. - [Van Heerden] I agree.
- Natalie, we have a guest. - [Natalie exhales]
- What the fuck are you doing here? - [dog barking outside]
Hi.
Clint is here to pick up the camera you borrowed
- from him, for your assignments. - [tense music playing]
Yeah, sure... totally! Camera! Yes. I get, your...
Oh, I'm going to... go get it.
You're lucky I'm not pressing charges.
You didn't think about the security camera in my office, did you?
You shouldn't be in here.
Yeah, you shouldn't have my camera.
Well, the only reason I have your fucking stupid camera
is to delete my nudes after you dumped me.
I didn't dump you.
We just had sex. It wasn't a relationship. Camera!
- Dad. - What?!
James, [claps]
- this is a just misunderstanding. - You fucking pedo.
- James, it's just a--[grunts] - [upbeat music plays]
- [Ashley] James! - [James] What the fuck...
James?
- He's defiled our daughter! - [Van Heerden] What?!
[Ashley] James, first of all, you know better than
to perpetuate the idea that sex makes women dirty.
- Okay. She came onto me. - [Natalie] Oh.
- [Ashley] And secondly... - [Van Heerdon] Ashley, just--
- [whistle blowing] - [students cheering]
Thato!
- Thato, we need to talk. - [students continue to cheer]
Th... I'm going home. I'm go...
You know what...
- [Thato] Jay. - I'm going home.
- Wait. Please. - [Thato] Don't--
I just want to apologize.
- It's too late. - Thato.
- [Jay] Ow! - [crowd exclaims]
[Jay groans in pain]
[sighs]
- Glad I don't know what that feels like. - [Jay groans]
[Jay sighs]
[Jay] Look...
I was such a dick. Okay?
You opened up to me and
I made your coming out all about me and Caesar.
And it was wrong and I am really sorry.
It was shit because I really liked you, dude.
I really liked you too. I still do.
And now you’re leaving.
You know I honestly wish
I'd spent more time with you than with varsity girls.
- My mother was actually right. - [Thato chuckles]
- [soft music plays] - Well, I mean, we do have one more night.
Goodbye drinks?
Sure.
But first, more ice?
- Hmm. This is-- - [Thato] Got you.
- Yeah. - [Jay] Okay.
I'm the one who found the burnt ballots and gave them to Caesar.
You think this is a joke, [in Xhosa] right?
This is real life, Sivu.
I know. I'm the one who got suspended.
That's it? That's all you have to say?
I know why you don't like me.
I get it.
I thought running would be easy. I thought...
I didn't have to take issues seriously.
I didn't deserve to win.
But I never cheated.
Hey stranger, where have you been?
[kisses softy] I've been looking all over for you.
Is this where you're hiding?
So I hear that Jay got suspended.
Well, they have no way of proving that he was involved with the elections.
- [Sivu laughing] - What's so funny?
Why would you go through so much trouble,
just to make sure that I become president?
Okay actually, there's something I need to tell you.
- Caesar assaulted Jay. - [indistinct chattering in background]
I guess this was his revenge.
And you had no idea?
I guess you... think you know someone.
Yeah. You think you do.
- We need drinks. - [soft music plays over stereo]
I'm going to... get us drinks.
Could I please have a double gin and tonic, and a tequila gold?
[Sivu sighs]
[soft music continues]
Thanks.
[sighs]
[Mbali sniffles]
[knock on door] [door clicks open]
See, I'm getting used to this knocking thing.
Van Hard-On?
You know that name? [chuckling]
Who doesn’t?
[Ashley exhales loudly]
Is this because you were exposed to James’ penis as a child?
We were just trying to remove the shame
- around the nude body for you kids. - Mom, please.
I really don't feel like talking about Dad’s penis right now.
[hesitates] You’ve always been
all about sexual freedom and expression.
- So what’s the big deal? - [Ashley sighs deeply]
Always heard rumors about him, and students.
Can't do anything with rumors
- but if he abused his power with you-- - No. Mom...
- Okay, listen to me. - [dog barking outside]
I went after him.
I was just too stupid to know the rules.
You deserve so much better than that.
You're a gem, Natalie.
You're my world.
- But Sivu is your favorite. - [wistful music playing]
You came from my body.
- Sivu needs more. - No.
We are both your children.
And we both need you.
[sighs] Yeah.
I hear you.
- That’s all I've ever wanted. - [Ashley sobs]
I'm here for you, Natalie. Always.
I love you.
- You can bring Dad in for his lecture now. - [Ashley chuckles]
I think dad’s going to need some time. [sighs]
[Mbali] Come on, Sivu.
Look, I know you're going through it but you can't just ghost me.
Call me.
- [knocking on door] - [Mbali sighs]
Nat, where's Sivu? Oh!
What happened?
Nat?
My parents found out about Van Heerden.
I should never have slept with him.
My dad won't talk to me now,
Sivu is so upset with me because of this whole rigging the election thing.
Is life after high school really supposed to be this fucking shitty?
- You told him? - I had to.
Mbali, he's my brother.
I can't keep these kind of things from him because it's about him.
Now he's going to break up with me.
- [softly] Break up with you? - [wistful music playing]
You trying to tell me that
you and him have been together without telling me?
Okay, look.
I didn't know he was your brother at first.
- Okay? And he was with Pearl-- - At first?
Mbali, are you telling me that
you liked him before you and I even got close?
Would we even be friends if it wasn't for Sivu?
- [wistful music continues] - Probably not.
But look at us now. Come on, Nat.
We are ride-or-die best friends.
- Nat? - Being your friend
is the worst thing to have ever happened to me.
Because all this shit in my life only started when you came into it.
No. I had nothing to do with Van Heerden.
If you weren't such a...
insecure, emotional wreck
and grew some fucking balls then maybe you wouldn't be in this mess.
Yeah. You're one to talk.
Becoming friends with someone manipulating them
into a friendship just so that she can fuck their brother.
Well hey, at least I didn't get dumped after the first time.
I can understand why your mom doesn't care about you.
[door opens then closes with a bang]
You've reached Sivu Olympic Levin.
I can't get the phone right now. You know what to do.
[phone beeps]
Sivu, I'm really sorry about the election.
Please give me a chance to explain.
Call me back.
[hang up tone beeps]
[phone buzzing]
[Mrs. Hadebe chuckles]
Hmm. Not you calling me now.
[In Zulu] What's going on?
[Mbali crying]
Mbali?
- [in English] Are you okay? - I really messed up.
I need to leave Makhanda.
- All my friends are just... - Mbali, friends?
[In Zulu] You're wasting my time telling me about friends?
I have so many problems, you don't want to help me with.
My goodness. What is it?
[in English] Can you just... be my mother,
for once? Please.
So I must stop my things,
[In Zulu] for someone like you?
The same person who said she doesn't need me in her life,
and that you're better than me.
Listen here, my girl. This is the real world.
[in English] There are no friends. Only survivors.
Forget I called.
[phone disconnects]
[wistful music playing]
- [gun firing] - [students screaming]
[Rae] This is The Spill and things are getting real.
With Sivu suspended and Caesar declaring war against the VC,
our campus is now a battleground.
The road to equality is never easy.
Especially when we suffer the costs.
Fight on, Raenbows, but stay safe.
Mr. Mokoena,
the shutdown has to stop.
Did you call me here to reinstate me
as the rightful president,
or do you want to feel the wrath of the students?
The most democratic thing here, will be to run another election.
You think we will accept another bogus election in this place?
The Council has agreed to a fee freeze.
But if this shutdown continues,
- that's off the table. - [Caesar] No.
We will not cower.
[whispering] Caesar.
[Aphiwe clears throat]
[In Xhosa] We have to take this deal.
No.
[in English] They'll just reinstate the increase again next year.
This is my only chance to become president again.
[In Xhosa] I did not give you those ballots
[in English] so you could push your own political agenda.
[In Sotho] Stay out of grown people's matters.
[Caesar clears throat]
[in English] I will accept a temporary reinstatement
as president pending the new election,
on the grounds that Sivu Levin does not contest,
or participate. Capeesh?
[Caesar clears throat]
Thank you.
- [students screaming] - [police whistle blowing]
I used a corrupt USB to crash the university server
as well as the voting app.
And I switched out the ballots for the manual election because
I wanted Sivu Levin to win and for us to be this power couple.
And I know how problematic as fuck that is but,
he knew nothing about this.
Jay and Sivu are innocent. Okay?
I am ready to take full responsibility for what I did.
I acted completely alone.
Thank you for that speech, Mbali.
I appreciate it and...
I'm sure you’ll do better next semester.
Aren't you going to expel me?
[ceramic clinking]
What are you doing here?
I'm being the mother you've always wanted.
It's all there.
What is going on?
Where did you get this?
What have you done?
You are not going anywhere.
[In Zulu] Because Makhanda
[in English] is our new home now.
What the f--?!
[upbeat music playing]
Subtitle translation by: Regina Njoku