It focused on the lives of two families who were interlinked in the Chi. Shortly after the Generations: The Legacy went on air, another fan favourite returned, Jack Mabaso portrayed by Vusi Kunene. The cast of popular South African soap opera Generations has been sacked after going on strike in a long-running dispute over pay and contracts. Generations was a soap opera that aired on the NBC television network from 1989-1991. Long played Kathryn Kat Speakes on the soap opera Guiding Light, from 1991 to 1994. On 2 November 2016 Generations: The Legacy went on air marking the return of the all time favourites Karabo Moroka portrayed by Connie Ferguson and Tau Mogale portrayed by Rapulana Seiphemo. Fox starred on the now-defunct Generations from 1989 to 1991. This article investigates the ideological component of patronage in the subtitling of four South African soap operas: Generations, 7de Laan, Muvhango.

In 2013 reports began surfacing that there existed some discomfort between the actors and the producers of the show, that discomfort reached a boiling point on 15 August 2016 when the production company of that show fired the entire principal cast consisting of 16 actors and effectively ending a 21-year-run of Generations and ushering in Generations: The Legacy. Generations: The Legacy is a South African soap opera which first premiered on SABC 1 in 1994 as Generations.

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