I-telenovela ebonisa imixholo yobukhosi, intsapho, uthando, ukungcatsha, isithembu kunye nomona uya kugqiba emva kwexesha lesibini langoku.
Lo mboniso uzinze eMpuma Koloni, uncediswa yiTshedza Pictures, kwaloo nkampani ivelisa iThe River, Champions, Adulting, Youngins and Outlaws.
Lo mdlalo wawuqala ukuboniswa kunyaka ophelileyo kweyoMqungu wazisa uMzansi umdlali omtsha nowayesakuba yintshatsheli yeSMag uTembinkosi Ngcukana. Abalingisi abadumileyo baquka uBongile Mantsai, uZikhona Sodlaka, uMbulelo Grootboom, uOros Mampofu, uAnele Matoti, uKay Bikitsha noZandile Msutwana.
Ichongwe kumacandelo amathathu kwiMbasa yeshumi elinesibhozo ye-SA Film and Television Awards (Saftas) kuquka nomdlali weqonga ogqwesileyo kwi-telenovela nod ye-Sodlaka.
“Sibulela ngokungazenzisiyo kubavelisi, abalingisi, kunye nabasebenzi beGqeberha: The Empire. Ukuzinikela kwabo okungagungqiyo kunye netalente ebalaseleyo iye yazisa amabali amnandi kwelinye lawona maxesha anokhuphiswano oluqatha,” utshilo uShirley Adonisi, umlawuli wamajelo olonwabo akuM-Net.
“Njengoko sisondela kwisiphelo esihle, silindele ngolangazelelo ukubona incopho yolu hambo lumangalisayo.”