ISIBAYA TO CELEBRATES ITS MILESTONE THIS YEAR
WHEN the first guitar chords of the mbaqanga ballad Wangala strummed during the opening sequence of Mzansi Magic’s telenovela turned soapie, Isibaya , South African television was transformed forever. Five years later, the lovelorn melody, Wangala has become synonymous with one of the best television soapie to ever come out of the country. And t his year, it celebrates 1000 episodes and countless moments of action, family feuds, rivalry, love, murder and magic. Managing Director at The Bomb Shelter, Desiree Markgraaff said, w hen they launched Isibaya five years ago, they were "very excited about creating a show for Mzansi Magic viewers that had juicy villains, beautiful people, the rolling hills of Thukela and an inspiring hero whose enemies constantly schemed his downfall". "In the middle of this, there were two young lovers fated to be together. We wanted to bring a world full of drama, colourful characters, vicious battles over taxi routes...