Muvhango
| Muvhango | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Duma Ndlovu |
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| Directed by | Jedi Mulovhedzi Sipho Nhlaka Myeni Sibongiseni Zondi Tamie Madlakana Raai Mokoena Azwimmbhavi Rambuda |
| Creative director | Nthabi Tau |
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| Original languages | |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Duma Ndlovu |
| Producers | Herbert Hadebe Leo Phiri Malebo Mokoena |
| Running time | 24 - 26 minutes |
| Production company | Word of Mouth Pictures(current production company) Rhythm World Productions(sold to Word of Mouth) |
| Original release | |
| Network | SABC2 |
| Release | 7 April 1997 – present |
| Related | |
| Imbewu: The Seed | |
Muvhango is a South African television soap opera, created by Duma Ndlovu. It was broadcast on the public TV channel SABC 2, and had an average of 4 million daily viewers during its latter run before its conclusion. The first episode was aired on 7 April 1997. It was the first Tshivenda language TV drama, but later became multilingual in order to showcase that languages and cultures of South Africa should be used to unite rather than divide, even so Tshivenda is its primary language.
The show is built on a premise that "umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" meaning that we exist within a context. The show has strong family orientated storylines that seeks to speak to the conflict between the traditional and the modern ways. The Vhakwevho's are the custodians of the traditional side of things while the Johannesburg lot focuses on the modern ways.
In 2006 the series was nominated for the South African Film and Television Award for best soap opera.