An angry fan of SA’s first Xitsonga drama, Giyani: Land of Blood, has started a petition to keep the show on screens after it was announced on Monday that the show will end next week. The current season of the telenovela, featuring Ndivhuwo Mutsila, Candy Tsa Mandebele and Yvonne Chaka Chaka, ends on Tuesday. It will be replaced by another telenovela, Lithapo, in January.
Fans have reacted to the news with shock, disappointment and anger, with one starting a petition to keep it on air. The drama has stolen the hearts of multitudes of South Africans and teaches other tribes the ways of the Tsonga, Venda, Mapedi and Balobedu-speaking people’s culture and their daily challenges. It has found a way to teach us to unite and acknowledge our differences as tribes,” the petition’s founder wrote.
The fan hopes to gather at least 500,000 signatures. Within 12 hours, it had collected 10,000. Others made their voices heard on social media, with the show trending on Twitter. Tweets ranged from pleas for the show not to be cut to fans threatening to not pay their TV licences if it is.
Here are some of the reactions:
#GiyaniLandOfBlood
Whosoever took the decision to end this giyani land of blood, Bring it back asap🤔.#BringBackGiyaniLandOfBlood@GiyaniSABC2@SABC2@giyaniview pic.twitter.com/7oHFGWVJSi— Rito Sonny Mathebula (@MathebulaSonny) November 19, 2019
Remove Generations the Legacy and insert Giyani land of blood. #giyanilandofblood
— The Piper (@LesediKlaus) November 19, 2019
And what so special about the one whose gone replace Giyani land of blood, tribalism on its Best pic.twitter.com/xD9qn780PW
— Mayana the Gershom (@Mayana_Twala) November 19, 2019
Dear @GiyaniSABC2 viewers:#GiyaniLandOfBlood is coming to an end on 26 November 2019. As with any telenovela, it was due to end after some time.
SABC2 has lined up another interesting telenovela titled Lithapo – starting January 2020. pic.twitter.com/qhh7cd71XV— SABC_2 (@SABC_2) November 18, 2019
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Source: Timeslive
