Chef Lawrence seeks to step up the soul food game at The Pink Tea Cup. But staff drama, jealousy, power struggles and love triangles get in his way. Soul City had a population of less than 150 in 1979, despite plans that projected a population of 2,000 by then.

• Soul City 11 Actors

Soul City Season 11 The popular and impactful drama series was created as a means of communicating about social and health issues. Soul City Series 11, consisting of 13 half-hour episodes, will aim to intrigue and impact audiences once more.

The latest series will welcome back favourite Soul City personalities including Fana Mokoena (Philani) and introduces a new line up of celebrity cast including Leleti Khumalo, Harriet Manamela, Dumisani Mbebe, Florence Masebe, Samukelo Ndlovu, Robert Mpisi and Siyanda Sesimani. The series forms a central part of Soul City’s ongoing OneLove Campaign, a social change campaign that focuses on preventing HIV. The Soul City Institute receives financial support from BP Southern Africa, MTN SA Foundation, Old Mutual, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) and the National Debt Mediation Association (NDMA). Government sponsors include the Department of Health and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Other donors are the Department for International Development (DFID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) / Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Soul City – starts Tuesday, 18 October 2011 at 8:30pm on SABC 1 Mzansi Fo Sho.

Soul City 11 Actors

Season 11 Season 11 is set in a community that has fallen on hard times and where service delivery is too slow. Meet Sis Noni (Florence Masebe), a community stalwart and health campaigner. She is the thorn in the side of local councillor Philani (Fana Mokoena), a man who looks after himself before others.

When Sis Noni's rundown clinic burns down sparks fly. Both blame each other for the problem. The stakes are high - the health of the impoverished community is at risk. The challenge is set. Will Sis Noni rally her community to make its voice heard and act together to make things work better? Smokin Joe's, the local boxing gym owned by Sis Noni's husband Malusi (Dumisani Mbebe) becomes the venue for a temporary clinic.

Here Sis Noni can continue with the important work of Preventing Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). Her parent support group introduces us to parents fighting the gallant battle against stigma and ignorance. Sis Noni's other passion is encouraging young men to undergo Male Medical Circumcision (MMC). Here she runs into a wall as her husband insists their two sons undergo traditional circumcision instead. The third theme this season deals with is managing personal finance, imparting key tips on how South Africans, rich and poor, can save and better plan for their future. Soul City 11 focuses on riveting individual journeys and struggles, weaving social messages into exciting stories, of love and betrayal, corruption and greed.

Jimmy (Patrick Mofokeng), a local part-time electrician, works with Sis Noni to start a Community Workers Programme (CWP). This way, unemployed people are given work and the community can embrace and take responsibility for its own health.

Some people in Council are more interest in profit than community ensuring that ordinary people's lives are made better. But people learn to work together and the health and livelihood of the community is restored. Season 11 was executive produced by Kgomotso Matsunyane, Robbie Thorpe and Akin Omotoso for T.O.M. Pictures and directed by Natalie Haarhof. The executive producer for the Soul City Institute was Harriet Perlman. Brent Quinn was head writer with Zee Ntuli also writing on the series.

The title sequence was by Jessica Clare Phillips anf the music was composed by Concord Nkabinde and Brendan Ross.