Photo: Facebook/7de Laan (Amptelik)
There are over 3 500 signatures on an online petition to save the SABC2 weekday soap
7de Laan.
In January, the channel announced that the soapie would be cut down from five to three episodes per week from April.
About the cut, Danie Odendaal productions said: We can only wait and see what the effect of the three days a week is going to be on viewership figures.
7de Laan in its weekday timeslot, the show says it makes absolute sense that viewers are disturbed over the SABC s shocking decision.
SABC2 plans to cut
7de Laan down from five to three episodes per week from April in the 18:00 timeslot. The Venda weekday soap Muvhango is also getting axed from 5 to 3 episodes per week from August in its 21:00 timeslot.
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7de Laan
The show will be replaced by a new Afrikaans telenovel,
Die Sentrum
Fans have now started a petition to try and save the SABC2 soapie.
The financially struggling SABC that is going through an acrimonious retrenchment process, in a shocking scheduling move on Friday night confirmed to
Channel24 that it s cutting back
7de Laan on SABC2 from five episodes per week to just three from April.
SABC2 is also cutting down its Venda language weekday soap
Muvhango, which is being reduced from five episodes to just three from August.
Well-placed insiders told
Channel24 on Monday that staff working on both shows – on-screen talent as well as crew and writers working behind-the-scenes – are extremely worried since they re set to lose work and income due to budget cuts on both series produced by Danie Odendaal Productions and Duma Ndlovu s Word of Mouth Productions.
Thousands of viewers sign #Save7deLaan petition to keep the soap running for five days a week Updated
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Verskaf/ 7de Laan
SABC announced that they will cut the iconic soap from five days a week to three days a week in order to accommodate new telenovela, Die Sentrum.
From April, the soap will be running for three days a week, however, dedicated fans are not happy with this decision.
A proud viewer of 7de Laan , Jermaine Christians from Lavender Hill in Cape Town, has started an online petition at change.org against cutting the soap to three days.