Begeertes is a series about the love intrigues and life dramas of a group of people in East-London. The main character, Anton Schoeman, is struggling to cope while taking care of his sick mother. His dream of earning his own fortune is made possible by the rich businessman, Hugo Wessels. Each of the characters find it difficult to keep their past hidden. Anton learns the identity of his biological father; Hugo, whose wife and daughter died in an accident, then married a woman who tried to keep him ignorant of her past at all cost. Anton experiences love at first sight with Annalien - whose mother shot and killed her father.