It is official, the legendary controversial local drama series yizo yizo is coming back on TV, the official SABC 1 twitter page just tweeted “Its back folks, you asked and we answered #YizoYizo returns to our screens on Thursday, 9 Aug at 10pm”. The series portrays a young rape victim haunted by nightmares; the perpetrators adjusting to prison life while awaiting their trial; the politics of school budgetary and staffing cuts; an opportunistic teacher-student affair; and a teacher who cannot overcome cultural differences between herself and her students. Yizo yizo is an award winning show which has often been described as an uncompromising television drama series set in a township school; it is directed by Barry Berk and Teboho Mahlatsi. Some of the popular characters from the show include Meshack Mavuso who plays the character of Javas and Jet Novuka who portrays Zakes.
