Kismet

Kismet fate - destiny the illusive puppeteer that manipulates the strings.It is 1997 and three years since apartheid was dismantled. A New South Africa has emerged victorious. Opportunities abound and hope transcends but for some the warped ideology of that era still lingers. Doctor Henry Keyler a TV panellist is intent on promoting unity across the racial divides.Attractive and alluring his co-panellist attorney Lexie Lewin has become a voice for abused women. For the most part her marriage to the charismatic Steve and their charmed life in Kismet Manor is more than shed dared to envisage. After a series of jarring events however she begins to question whether shes been living in delusional contentment.Kate Mabusa a black maid has truly and utterly loved a white man and borne his child yet she never speaks about him - not even to her daughter - not even now that the laws have changed and love across the colour barrier is no longer a crime.As events unravel two estranged souls rekindle a beautiful and powerful love.Inextricably linked; a murder and trial rattle the lives of Kismets characters and through their intersecting journeys we learn that if we let it our past can debilitate us or inspire us to greater heights.