We used to live for good telenovela shows. When You’re Mine, The Gardener’s Daughter, Second Chance, we were served banger after banger on weekdays, and the drama train hasn’t stopped.
Hidden identities, stolen birthrights, buried secrets clawing their way to the surface, it was one exciting storyline after another. And the new wave of soaps has all of this and more.
Here are the telenovela shows and ongoing soap operas you should be following right now.
- My Secret Truth (Mi Verdad Oculta) | Weekdays at 16:00 WAT on Novelas+ (DStv Ch. 133)
My Secret Truth (Mi Verdad Oculta) is a gripping new Mexican telenovela from TelevisaUnivision. Produced by Carlos Moreno Laguillo and adapted from the acclaimed Chilean drama Amanda, it follows Aitana Fernández (Susana González), who assumes a new identity to become nurse to matriarch Eloísa Arenas, infiltrating the family that destroyed her life years earlier.
Her quest for justice unravels when Zacarías Castillo recognises her and she finds herself drawn to Luciano Lizárraga, one of the men she means to expose. Leading a cast that includes David Chocarro, Andrés Palacios and Geraldine Bazán, with a theme song by Lucero, the series was a ratings hit on Univision in the US.
- Mannat | Everyday at 20:30 on StarLife (DStv Ch. 167) Mannat follows the journey of a talented young chef unaware that the woman who employs her is the mother who abandoned her at birth. Raised by her aunt after being left as a newborn, Mannat grows into a fiercely determined woman chasing her dream of becoming one of the industry’s best chefs, only to find herself working under a matriarch who is, unknown to both, her birth mother. As buried secrets edge closer to the surface, old wounds resurface alongside new betrayals, testing family loyalty, ambition and identity.
Airing every weekday, Mannat blends workplace drama with an emotional mother-daughter mystery that keeps fans guessing until the very end.
- The Casillas Dynasty | Everyday at 21:00 on Telemundo (DStv Ch. 118)
A bold new chapter in the iconic El Señor de los Cielos universe, The Casillas Dynasty finds the family teetering on the edge after patriarch Aurelio Casillas’ mysterious disappearance. Ismael Casillas must step into the fire, navigating treacherous alliances and lethal enemies to defend the dynasty’s name and fight for control of a cartel where danger lurks around every corner.
Alongside Diana, he sets out on a mission to free Aurelio and Rutila, only for unexpected events to upend their strategy. As old ghosts return and new conflicts erupt, the path leads to an explosive showdown with the ruthless El Gancho cartel. Airing on weekdays, it’s a high-stakes crime drama at its most relentless.
- Queen of Me | Mondays to Fridays at 16:30 on Zee World (DStv Ch. 166)
Queen of Me follows Avani, a devoted housewife from Kanpur determined to shield her family from financial ruin, even as skepticism from those around her threatens to hold her back. Defying the expectations placed on her, she opens a beauty parlour, using her skill and grit to help fund the family’s dream of a new home.
But independence comes at a cost: as Avani steps further into her own identity, she must navigate friction within her household, wounded pride and emotional conflict that tests the limits of her marriage and her sense of self. Airing on weekdays, it’s a heartfelt drama about ambition, sacrifice and a woman quietly rewriting her own story.
Whether it’s Aitana’s slow-burn revenge in My Secret Truth, Mannat’s buried mother-daughter mystery, or the Casillas family fighting to hold their empire together, one thing’s clear, nothing stays hidden for long on our screens this year. Secrets, stolen identities, dynasties on the brink: this new wave of telenovelas is proof that the genre’s golden age never really ended, it just found new faces to carry it forward.
Catch all these shows and more on their respective channels on DStv, and if the past is anything to go by, you’ll want to clear your evenings, because once you’re in, there’s no way out.
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