Then and now on this 2024 Heritage Day
Just this week we received notifications to say that new messages had been posted on the Isidingo Title Sequence video on our YouTube page.
We uploaded it in 2011 after the show debuted new opening credits on 14 June to coincide with the arrival of new family "The Sibekos".
Flashback!
Vusi Kunene and Kgomotso Christopher debuted as Jefferson and Katlego Sibeko that night.
They arrived with their niece Nikiwe, played by Linda Sokhulu, and their sort of adopted daughter Ayanda, played by Letoya Makhene - who was still Mangezi at the time.
It was before the splitsville from her husband Privilege Mangezi, who was the final husband she had.
Of particular interest was the fact that Sisa Hewana was included in the title sequence for the first time as Skhumbuzo "Ace" Nzimande.
Sisa won Isidingo's Talent Search in March 2010 and the following Monday he started filming 10 scenes a day.
At the time he told us he'd lost 5 kgs in two weeks as a result, ha!
A year later he was in the starring cast.
"If I could freeze the sun in the sky
I could go back in time."
- from King of Time by Johnny Clegg
After receiving the YouTube notifications we watched the title sequence again and re-read the messages which reveal how it makes people feel.
It filled us with complex emotions and we thought they'd do the same for you, whether you watched the show or not because they reflect a place and time that's evocative of our heritage.
Here's a selection of them, followed by the vid and a link to them all:
@prontomakaveli3078 (posted 3 years ago)
"when I heard this theme around the streets, I knew that it was the right time to go back home for dinner,I wish I could turn back time"
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@jusslee0465 (posted five days ago)
"0:42 just hits me the most, it takes me back to the 2010s where I feel like I truly belonged."
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@charlesdlamini2024 (posted 4 years ago)
What an amazing cast that was. I'm not against new talent but the minute the legends like Michelle Botes, Kgomotso Christopher and Robert Whitehead left the show I couldn't find it in my heart to watch the show.
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@lesleynkuna2408 (posted 10 months ago)
The time a lot didn't matter
My mom was alive
I was young
Life was very easy
I wanna go back
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@chefchuls (posted 5 months ago)
Have nothing against the show but the intro though, sometimes I'd forget I hav homework.
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@clinton7079 (posted 4 years ago)
I still love this intro theme song
@khwezimwandla4920
I agree
@sisandasibanda3306
Where can we find it and download it?
You'll find more comments under the video on YouTube here:
MORE TO BROWSE:
The original article about the sequence:
Isidingo's new title sequence (vid.)
The Sibeko's arrival:
New Isidingo family on the horizon
What was that about Sisa's 5kg loss?
Sneak Peak Grabs: Sisa's Debut
The TVSA Interview: Sisa Hewana