The model was tragically shot dead in the home of the Olympic and paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius just two days ago.
SABC1 and production company Stimulii refused to pull the commercial reality show from the schedule of the South African public broadcaster, deciding instead to go ahead with the airing of the reality show which started tonight.
SABC1 showed the first tribute card (above) as a short tribute at the end of RGB, the entertainment magazine programme preceding Tropika Island of Treasure 5: Jamaica.
In the break after the end of RGB, SABC1 flashed the second tribute card, adorned with a red rose, a black background and a solitary candle burning on the right hand side:
The beginning of the first episode of Tropika Island of Treasure 5: Jamaica was clearly re-edited for the first few minutes and started with Reeva Steenkamp talking to camera in a clip which has also run the whole day on Sky News (DStv 402) and which seems to have been taken from her exit interview from the show, .
It was then followed by the third tribute card before the episode's original "real" start with DJ Fresh doing the cold open:
The tribute cards are notable in that both the first card flashed in RGB at the end, and the one inside the first episode of Tropika Island of Treasure 5 contains and makes use of the exact same font in light blue with white shadow lettering.
