Yizo Yizo Explained

Genre:Teen drama
Director:Teboho Mahlatsi
Angus Gibson
Country:South Africa
Num Seasons:3
Num Episodes:39
Producer:Desiree Markgraaff
Location:Daveyton, South Africa
Runtime:30 mins (series 1)
48 mins (series 2 & 3)[1]
Company:Laduma Film Factory (series 1)
Bomb Productions (series 2 & 3)
Network:SABC 1

Yizo Yizo was a South African television teen drama series which aired from 27 January 1999 to 1 July 2004 on SABC 1.

Synopsis

The series was set in a fictional school, Supatsela High, in a township of Johannesburg.

In the first series, the school's dictatorial principal, Mr. Mthembu, is forced to leave after beating a pupil. His successor, Ken Mokoena, is weak and corrupt and allows the school to be taken over by gangs, until he is replaced by Grace Letsatsi, who works with the school community to rebuild the school and expel the criminal elements.[2]

Cast

Production

Yizo Yizo was commissioned by the South African Department of Education to address problems in township schools as part of a campaign called Culture of Learning, Teaching and Service (COLTS). The series aimed to provide positive role models and depict the process of restoring a typical urban school in a South African township.[12] The Department worked with the education division of the South African Broadcasting Corporation to develop storylines, then commissioned Laduma Film Factory (later renamed Bomb Productions) to produce the series.[13]

The series was filmed in the township of Daveyton.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yizo Yizo. SABC International Sales. 14 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Yizo Yizo Series 1. SABC. 13 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Mavuso Magabane. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  4. Web site: Charmaine Mtinta. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Nomonde Gongxeka. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Noluthando Maleka. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Lorraine Mphephi. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Dumisane Khumalo. TVSA. 13 June 2017.
  9. News: Get to know your favourite bad boy DRUM. 13 June 2017. DRUM. 31 July 2014.
  10. News: Neate. Patrick. Zola: the townships' beating heart. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/zola-the-townships-beating-heart-6103691.html . 2022-05-07 . subscription . live. 13 June 2017. The Independent. 14 April 2006.
  11. Web site: Sthandiwe Kgoroge TVSA. www.tvsa.co.za. 2020-04-29.
  12. Modisane. Litheko. The Visual black Atlantic? Trope- (ing) Black Identity in Yizo Yizo (1999, 2001). Gefame Journal of African Studies. Summer 2011. 8. 2. 13 June 2017.
  13. Book: Modisane. Litheko. South Africa's Renegade Reels: The Making and Public Lives of Black-Centered Films. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan. 1137027029.