
18 June 2020
The River: Evil Emma orders a hit on Lindiwe
Lindiwe and Emma’s mind games have been going on for far too long. Their dislike for each other has been clear from the start, but for Zolani’s sake, they’ve tried to play it cool in front of the family. But it seems they’re both tired of pretending and it’s now survival of the fittest. Well, in this case, it’s about who has more power!
Emma stages a hijacking
For a second, we thought Emma would actually stand a chance against Madlabantu. The fake doctor hired men to hijack Andile’s car, while she was a passenger. The men shot Andile and drove off with Emma. This was meant to look like Lindiwe had ordered the hit. After some time, Emma came back to the house and she looked disoriented.

Emma told Zolani that his aunt’s out to get her, and he believed her. Once again, she managed to come between the aunt and nephew. As we all know, Lindiwe is a smart woman and she could see right through Emma’s plan. The two had a brief conversation that ended in both of them threatening to kill each other.
Lindiwe has killed many people in the past and she obviously won’t think twice about ending Emma’s life.

After that very bitter conversation, Emma had a meeting with those hitmen and ordered them to kill Lindiwe. “I want you to kill someone. Don’t mess it up… I’ll pay you after you’ve done the job. Her name is Lindiwe Dikana,” she told them.
She then gave them a piece of paper with the address. “I’ll make sure the gate is open. The guards will be off that day.”
Lindiwe kills the hitmen, seeks revenge
The hitmen accepted the offer and headed to the Dikana mansion. They found Lindiwe alone in the house and pointed a gun at her. Because she’s a smart woman, Lindiwe was very calm and she chose to have a conversation with the men instead.
She told them that she’d give them five times as much as they’re being paid to end her life. She then took them to the safe, where they saw money and diamonds. She told them that they’re dealing with the biggest mine owner in the world. Well, they didn’t care about that and decided to knock her out.
This made her angry, of course, and when she came back up it was war. Lindiwe managed to fight for her life. She knocked one of the men out and then tried negotiating with the second one. However, just as she was promising to give him money, the other guy got up and was very angry. This is when Lindiwe started shooting and both men died.
She told Tshabalala to clean up the mess. As far as she is concerned, Emma needs to go.
How will Lindiwe exact her revenge? Find out by tuning into The River right here on Showmax.
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