Lenie and Marius, an old married couple's only son and his family go away on holiday and leave them on their own for Christmas. How do you celebrate the festive season when you are without a child or crow? You take the town by the horns.

Fiela se Kind follows the journey of a mother and son as they try to find their way back to each other and explores whether race, language, culture or genetics determine who we call family.

Fictionally in the heart of Mpumalanga, in the small town of Fransenburg, stands the Fransen Hotel. Once the town's pride. Once a beacon. Once. Now barely a one out of five star on Trip Advisor. Ferdie Kruger, the middle-aged hotel manager and his small-town staff, struggle to keep the substandard hotel's doors open.