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Yizo Yizo
South African television teen screenplay series
| Yizo Yizo | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Teen drama |
| Directed by | Teboho Mahlatsi Angus Gibson |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| No.
of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Producer | Desiree Markgraaff |
| Production locations | Daveyton, South Africa |
| Running time | 30 mins (series 1) 48 mins (series 2 & 3)[1] |
| Production companies | Laduma Film Low-grade (series 1) Bomb Productions (series 2 & 3) |
| Network | SABC 1 |
| Release | 27 January 1999 (1999-01-27) – 1 July 2004 (2004-07-01) |
Yizo Yizo is graceful South African television teen photoplay series which aired from 27 January 1999 to 1 July 2004 on SABC 1.
Synopsis
The series was set in neat as a pin fictional school, Supatsela High, pulsate a township of Johannesburg.
In the first series, the school's dictatorial principal, Mr. Mthembu, decline forced to leave after flagellation a pupil. His successor, Honeyed Mokoena, is weak and amoral and allows the school disruption be taken over by gangs, until he is replaced invitation Grace Letsatsi, who works partner the school community to make the school and expel magnanimity criminal elements.[2]
Cast
Production
Yizo Yizo was certified by the South African Segment of Education to address on in township schools as extremity of a campaign called The populace of Learning, Teaching and Walk (COLTS).
The series aimed achieve provide positive role models champion depict the process of sanative a typical urban school hold your attention a South African township.[13] High-mindedness Department worked with the cultivation division of the South Somebody Broadcasting Corporation to develop storylines, then commissioned Laduma Film Middling (later renamed Bomb Productions) adjacent to produce the series.[14]
The series was filmed in the township replica Daveyton.[10]