Love Island South Africa has endured a difficult start to its run this weekend, after it was subject to a wave of ridicule online. As well as struggling with technical issues, the cast itself was called into question – with some comparing the majority of white contestants to the Afrikaner-only enclave of Orania.
M-Net’s Love Island SA mocked on debut
Indeed, ‘Love Island Orania’ became the top trend on Twitter overnight, and remains there on Monday morning. The complaints raised on social media tackled a serious issue, but didn’t spare us a that typical dark-brand of SA humour:
If you wanted to do Love Island Orania, just say that, man. https://t.co/8OPcbRIQQG— Kovie Biakolo (@koviebiakolo) February 28, 2021