.IsidingoSABC3 was hailed as a breakthrough in the television landscape and was often the first soapie to tackle taboo subjects
On Thursday, 12 March we will say our final farewell to the residents of Horizon Deep.
The soapie about the lives of the residents in a small mining town premiered on South African television screens in 1998.Isidingo was hailed as a breakthrough in the television landscape and was often the first soapie to tackle taboo subjects.was the first soapie to incorporate the news as it happened. If a big news event happened during the day, you would find it in the episode despite filming being done in advance. From the elections, to the World Cup, to Zozibini being crowned Miss Universe, there wasn’t a trending topic that they missed out on.
In an interview Hlubi said,"The message that the producers really wanted to convey was one of hope, was one of edutainment, was one of inspiration."Five days after same sex marriages were legalised in South Africa in December 2006had the first gay wedding on TV. Steve Stethakis and Luke tied the knot in a historic SA television moment.was never afraid to tackle hard news topics.
accusing the soapie of incitement of hatred, racism, offensiveness, irresponsible broadcasting and perpetuation of anger, to breaking down racial harmony in South Africa with the above-mentioned storyline.episodes which are the subject of these complaints, were upset and offended by what they saw, that was not sufficient to find that the broadcasts amounted to hate speech."
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