Muvhango

{{Short description|South African Television Soap Opera}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Use South African English|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Muvhango logo.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| genre = Soap opera

| executive_producer = Duma Ndlovu

| network = SABC2

| related = Imbewu: The Seed

| story =

| language = {{plainlist|

• Tshivenda
• English
• Sesotho
• isiZulu
• isiXhosa

}}

| runtime = 24 - 26 minutes

| first_aired = {{start date|1997|4|7|df=y}}

| last_aired = present

| company = Word of Mouth Pictures(current production company)

Rhythm World Productions(sold to Word of Mouth)

| creator = Duma Ndlovu

| director = Jedi Mulovhedzi
Sipho Nhlaka Myeni
Sibongiseni Zondi
Tamie Madlakana
Raai Mokoena
Azwimmbhavi Rambuda

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Gabriel Temudzani
• Maumela Mahuwa
• Dingaan Khumalo
• Leleti Khumalo
• Liteboho Molise
• Innocentia Manchidi
• Sydney Ramakuwela
• Regina Nesengani
• Macdonald Ndou
• Zonke Mchunu
• Nathaniel Ramabulana
• Hastings Muravha
• Candy Magidimisa
• Ronewa Mudau
• Wiseman Zitha
• Tebatso Mashishi
• Wavhudi Lidzhengu
• Rinae Mmbobo
• Tyson Mathonsi
• Mulisa Mudau
• Mulanga Rashikinya
• Mufunwa Mudau
• Azwimmbhavi Rambuda
• Gugulethu Mzobe
• Gabisile Tshabalala
• Obed Baloyi
• Masutang Rasekele
• Nkateko Mabundla
• Junior Magagane
• Nyeleti Ndubane
• Rendani Litelu
• Phuthego Mahlatji

}}

| writer = {{plainlist|

• Loyiso Maqoma
• Pamela Power
• Nontuthuzelo Magoxo
• Tsholofelo Ndlovu
• Awelani Makhuvha
• Sarah Smith
• Amor Tredoux
• Jacques Du Rand
• Marina Bekker
• Vusi Khoza

}}

| producer = Herbert Hadebe
Leo Phiri
Malebo Mokoena

| creative_director = Nthabi Tau

}}

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.{{cite news |title='The Wild' nominated for seven awards |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/article/2906 |work=Daily Dispatch |date=17 February 2012 |access-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219001401/http://www.dispatch.co.za/news/article/2906 |archive-date=19 February 2012 }} The first episode was aired on 7 April 1997. It was the first Tshivenda language TV drama,{{cite book |title=Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays |last=Perkins |first=Kathy A. |page=142 |year=1999 |publisher=Juta and Company |isbn=9781919713151 }} 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.{{cite news |title=SABC still favours rich, urban viewers. |work=The Times |date=19 September 2004 }}

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.{{cite news |title=Inaugural SAFTA nominees announced |url=http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/97/11929.html |work=Bizcommunity.com |date=4 October 2006 |access-date=23 July 2012 }}