What is "muvhango"

Muvhango is a popular South African TV series, it was created, written and produced by Duma Ka-Ndlovu, it has 3.5 million viewers. The first episode was aired on 7 April 1997. It was the first Venda language TV drama, but later became multilingual in order to showcase that languages and cultures of South Africa should be used to unite all South African people rather than dividing them . The creator of Muvhango is Zulu by birth, but can speak and is fluent in all South African languages.

In 2006 the series was nominated for the South African Film and Television Award for best soap opera.