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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>The announcement that 1Magic\u2019s The River is coming to an end after six seasons is driving fans across Africa berserk, however, they have not failed to give Executive Producer at Tshedza Pictures Phathutshedzo \u2018Phathu\u2019 Makwarela his flowers whilst still alive.<\/b><\/p>\n

Having birthed the telenovela seven years ago, fans on social media platforms expressed their frustration, sadness, compliments, and wishes over the cancellation of the shows.<\/p>\n

The River remains one of the most awarded telenovelas in South Africa following how its scooped 26 SAFTAs out of 31 nominations and one 47th international Emmy award nomination to its name.<\/p>\n

On February 3 an announcement was made that the telenovela would be coming to an end and despite the heart-shattering and gut-wrenching news, fans did not hold back from sharing snippets of their favourite scenes, their favourite actors\/actresses, the storyline (good\/evil) and all that credit has been directed to Marakwela and his team at Tshedza Pictures.Madlabanthu played by Sindi Dlathu is one of the main characters that has had fans going wild throughout the show, as a businesswoman, a wife, a mother, an aunt, and the one enemy you did not want to have.<\/p>\n

Her niece Zolani played by Lawrence Maleka has been deemed as the best \u2018sidekick\u2019 making the combo a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n

@Kaubi_Mohla tweeted \u201cThe strongest team to come out of Zolani & Lindiwe. Tjeeer this bond was on another level.\u201d<\/p>\n

When making the announcement, 1Magic tweeted \u201cas the saying goes, a good dancer always knows when to leave the stage, and now it\u2019s that time for The River season 6.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking to Twitter fans also stated that The River has been the best telenovela on the SA screens and hoped that more producers had learned.<\/p>\n

@Rakgadikoolkat tweeted \u201cfor the cast to the storyline…perfection\u201d, whilst @PortiaMabuda said, \u201cI can\u2019t be the only one who is sad that the show is coming to an end\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhathu and Tshedza crew created a masterpiece here, well done to them and to more amazing production,\u201d tweeted @OriginalGumz.<\/p>\n

The Executive Producer stated that when they created The River seven years ago, they knew that they wanted to tell a story that will have a definite ending, and on its sixth season they feel \u201cthe time is right to bring the story of these beloved characters to an end on our own terms and where viewers still treasure the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eswatini. The announcement that 1Magic\u2019s The River is coming to an end after six seasons is driving fans across Africa berserk, however, they have not failed to give Executive Producer at Tshedza Pictures Phathutshedzo \u2018Phathu\u2019 Makwarela his flowers whilst still alive. 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