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Primetime: The script needs change

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Mar 2018

South African soapies, as representations of its audience’s desires, fail to take their stories seriously

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Afrikaans soapie Suidooster speaks to us in a refreshingly familiar tongue

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Jul 2016

With its authentic depiction of coloured people, TV’s newest soapie is giving Afrikaans a new spotlight to shine in.

Axing Days of Our Lives may not decolonise our TVs

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jun 2016

A bittersweet moment for many as we celebrate the creation of space for locally produced content, while also mourning the loss of a nostalgic links.

For 7de Laan, it’s baby or career

Article Barbara Ludman - 26 Apr 2013

Amid 7de Laan's murder mayhem in suburbia, the biggest crime is the soap’s stunting of female viewers’ expectations.

Small screen, major trials

Article Staff Reporter - 16 May 2009

Percy Zvomuya speaks to five prominent South African scriptwriters about the trials and tribulations of writing for local soaps.

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