Programming note: A young man's journey to manhood captured in the new 26 episode local drama Intsika starting on 12 April on SABC1.

Intsika is a new 26 episode local drama series starting on Tuesday 12 April at 20:30 on SABC1, produced by Ochre Moving Pictures, about a young man's journey to manhood.

The primary theme in Intsika, with Tazz Ndinga as Ndoda in the lead role, ''is manhood, and what it means to truly be a man in modern South Africa,'' says Patronella Sello, executive producer for Ochre Moving Pictures. ''This journey of discovery takes us into the realms of our role in the community, the meaning of leadership and personal honour.''


Intsika with the award-winning director Pieter Grobbelaar was filmed in a small tradisional Xhosa village in the Eastern Cape. [CORRECTION: Intsika is set in an Eastern Cape village but was actually filmed near Walkerville, Gauteng -ed.]The Intsika cast includes Fezile Mpela playing a corrupt mayor, Mac Mathuniwa, Zizi Peteni and Khayakazi Kula playing the 17 year old Lizeka who has to choose between education or money.

According to the producers Intsika deals with ''compelling South African issues'' from a young man's journey to manhood that includes corruption in society and the conflicts that arise when traditional values come up in a modern, westernized world.