In Johannesburg, popularly known as 'The City of Gold', two couples travel equal and opposite paths in the search to find love. Taki has sworn off coupledom, that is until he meets Tumi. Mahlatsi and Bheka have been together for years and are looking forward to their third attempt at getting married. As one couple moves towards love and a life together, the other realize that love isn't what they imagined it to be.

Two drug addicts struggle to make ends meet and are forced to turn to prostitution. They find themselves encroaching on the territory of an ambitious pimp/drug dealer. The addicts stumble across his drugs and decide to steal them.