Uproar over Giyani: Land of Blood’s ‘untimely’ end

South Africans have taken to social media to voice their anger after the South African Broadcasting Corporation announced on Monday that Tsonga telenovela had reached its end on SABC2.

“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.”

It will be replaced by new telenovela, Lithapo, scheduled to grace our screens in January next year.

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

While cast member Fumani Shilubana has thanked the SABC for airing his show, viewers are not impressed.

According to Shilubana, the second season of the telenovela has not been confirmed yet.

Also read: PICS: Vukosi and Khensani get ready for biggest wedding in ‘Giyani: Land of Blood’

An online petition has already being started, with the intention to keep the telenovela on our screens.

It reads: “The drama has stolen a heart of multitudes of South African’s whereby it even teach other tribes the ways of the Tsonga,  Venda, Mapedi and Balobedu speaking people culture and their daily challenges. It has find a way to teach us to unite and acknowledge our differences as tribes. It is said that it is going to be replaced with a Pedi telenovela, however, what we stand for is rather they keep them both on different time slots as we are all about embracing the languages of each tribe.

“By removing this Tsonga drama with a Pedi drama [sic] it will cause some controversy. In which we believe introducing a Sepedi is good, however, SABC has hosted a lot of Sepedi dramas for years and this is the only time where Xitsonga drama has been visualised.”

The telenovela has been trending since, with most calling on the broadcaster to keep the show.

These were some of the comments from viewers:

https://twitter.com/Fadablack1/status/1196717678381150208

https://twitter.com/Mdudemeister1/status/1196736722597531648

#GiyaniLandOfBlood how unfortunate it has to come to an end but why give us the taste of good drama then take it away just like that 😢Mara Hina maTsonga avahi komangi kahle. pic.twitter.com/18i4skwKGb

— T. Mabaza (@t_mabaza) November 19, 2019

But You can't be Serious after those Views you have gained cause of #GiyaniLandOfBlood . Make a Plan to Accommodate Giyani and it must not be Telenovela anymore but Drama. We enjoy it we want to continue enjoying it.🙄 https://t.co/fSrnXz90K8

— THEMBA SHIVAMBU. (@ThembarifumoS) November 19, 2019

Telenovelas have a lifespan of 120 episodes hence #GiyaniLandOfBlood is ending. If it was a soap then it wouldn't be ending so soon.

— Setlhare (@VryzaBoy) November 19, 2019

https://twitter.com/Mdudemeister1/status/1196734991650177025

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