
Well, like it or not, two decades later, the renowned television concept is finally hitting Africa. Both South Africa and Kenya are currently launching their own versions of this political hit puppetry series. In Kenya The XYZ Show has just released a pilot trailer, which you can view on You Tube, although their website doesn't seem to be working. The official series is scheduled to launch on Kenyan Television on 26 May 2009.
The South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) who commissioned political satirist and cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro to produce a new television series 'Z News' are still sitting with the pilot seventeen months later. The pilot of Z News was produced for the SABC in December 2007. The pilot is still buried deep in SABC bureaucracy and no decisions have yet been made as to it's screening. Is this a sign of 'the return of censorship suffered under Apartheid'? Let's hope a decision is made soon! You can also find 'Z News' on Face Book here!
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