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Egoli: Place of Gold (1992)

  • Soap
  • 22 min episodes
  • 18 seasons
  • PG age guide
  • ★ 7.2/10 from 5 ratings

A South African television soap opera created by Franz Marx which revolves around the daily ups, downs, trials and tribulations of a handful of families in and around Johannesburg (which is often referred to as eGoli - the City of Gold)

Created byFranz Marx

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