After 23 years on our screens, 7de Laan is closing its doors, the news has broken many viewers’ hearts including the cast. Actress Mimi Mahlasela has taken a moment to speak about how she felt about the show ending. Mimi took on the character of Aggie Ngwenya in 7de Laan for the past 18 years. Viewers of the show got to see Aggie grow, from being Meneer Meintjies’ secretary all the way to being married to Vince Meintjies. Mimi said that she was sad the show was coming to an end, she joined the show just after getting her National Diploma in Dramatic Arts at TUT.

Thinking about the character she played, Mimi said, “The memories I have of being on 7 de Laan — such an iconic show — to single out one would be a lot but a recent one was a storyline that got me nominated for the Royalty Soapie Awards where my character goes through a rape storyline and she falls pregnant and she has to get rid of the baby. That storyline was too close to home for me. Also when my character got married as well. There’s a lot, but I think my debut storyline as well is one of the most iconic ones where literally I came in and I was in this huge storyline with two amazing actresses in the country, [one of whom was] Mam Themsie Times. It lasted for about three months so that storyline, [it was] the Mampoor storyline where we were brewing illegal alcohol.”