SABC 2 BIDS FARWELL TO MUVHANGO - MUVHANGO BOWS OUT

 AFTER 28 YEARS ON AIR, SABC2 AND WORD OF MOUTH PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE
THE CONCLUSION OF THE LONG-RUNNING SOAPIE MUVHANGO.
 MUVHANGO HAS CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WITH ITS RICH STORYTELLING, ROOTED IN
TSHIVENDA CULTURE AND EXPLORES THE TENSION BETWEEN TRADITION AND
MODERNITY. THE BRAINCHILD OF DUMA NDLOVU, MUVHANGO MADE ITS

DEBUT ON SABC2 ON THE 7TH OF APRIL 1997, BRINGING TO LIFE MUCH-
LOVED CHARACTERS SUCH AS EDWARD, CATHERINE, DOOBSIE, DORIS, CHIEF
AZWINDINI, THANDAZA, JAMES, MULALO, KK, AND THE ROYAL FAMILY, WHO ALL
BECAME HOUSEHOLD NAMES.
 THE SOAPIE WAS INTRODUCED AT A PIVOTAL PERIOD WHEN SOUTH AFRICA WAS
TRANSFORMING, AND MOST VERNACULAR DRAMAS AT THE TIME WERE IN THE
MAJORITY DIALECTS. TSHIVENDA WAS SEEN AS A MINORITY LANGUAGE, AND THE
SHOW WAS A VEHICLE TO SHOWCASE THE CULTURE. OVER ITS NEARLY THREE-DECADE
RUN, THE SHOW HAS INTRODUCED A RANGE OF MEMORABLE STORYLINES THAT HAVE
IMPACTED VIEWERS.
 MUVHANGO CREATOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DUMA NDLOVU SAYS -MUVHANGO
GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AN IGNORED LANGUAGE THAT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
MOST CELEBRATED LANGUAGES IN SOUTH AFRICA NOW. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE
AND AN HONOUR TO CREATE MOMENTS ON TELEVISION WHERE THE MARGINALISED
LANGUAGES WERE AT THE CENTRE OF THEM ALL.
 WE ARE JOINED BY GABRIEL TEMUDZANI AND INNOCENTIA MANCHIDI WHO HAVE
BEEN PART OF THE CAST OF MUVHANGO FOR YEARS..