The Metropolis of Johannesburg has cracked down on unlawful billboards, hilariously focusing on one selling the hit Netflix present The Polygamist. The sequence – centred on serial cheater Jonasi Gomora – has taken the world by storm, touchdown on the High 10 lists in over 75 international locations.
The 22-episode sequence is predicated on the e book written by Zimbabwean creator Sue Nyathi and is produced by Thuli Zuma and Gugu Zuma-Ncube.
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG TARGETS
On Tuesday, 23 June, Metropolis of Johannesburg officers took to the streets to crack down on bylaw enforcement. One specific sector was targeted on eradicating unlawful, noncompliant indicators and billboards.
Town’s official X account revealed that it had already taken motion towards two sports activities betting firms. Subsequent was the video streaming service Netflix and a billboard selling its hit present, The Polygamist.
The billboard featured the 2 major characters, Joyce and Jonasi Gomora.
Jonasi – performed by actor Sdumo Mtshali, practises polygamy and infidelity and has been extensively hailed as a villain.
Calling out the antagonist, the town’s X account tweeted: “Very like Jonasi, this billboard thought it was utterly untouchable behind a cultured picture. However identical to the present’s plot twist, native authorities got here by way of, the empire crumbled, and the signal was utterly taken out of the image! Secure to say, Jonasi isn’t the one one dealing with strict accountability in Joburg at the moment”.
It added: “We’re preserving the momentum going. No exceptions, no shortcuts. If it’s unlawful, it comes down!”
Within the remark part, Mtshali laughed off the town’s no-nonsense strategy.
WHO PLAYS JONASI GOMORA?
The Polygamist’s lead character and antagonist, Jonasi Gomora, is performed by veteran actor Sdumo Mtshali.
The 43-year-old has featured in TV productions comparable to Isibaya, My Brother’s Keeper, iNumber Quantity, Marked, and Intersexions, to call just a few.
In accordance with the creator of The Polygamist, Sue Nyathi, the character is fictional.
She informed The Herald: “I’ve come to grasp that he’s a narcissist, and I didn’t see him that manner after I wrote the story. It’s solely now that I perceive that’s what he’s — his character embodies that. He isn’t primarily based on anybody.
“The truth that so many individuals can level to Jonasi is a testomony to the power of the characterisation; it can’t be a single particular person. Individuals at the moment are saying, ‘My father, brother or husband is a Jonasi,’ so it clearly can’t be one particular person. The sequence is well-liked as a result of individuals can relate to the characters”.
