Tropika Island of Treasure 5: Jamaica on SABC1 produced by Stimulii has now made it as a story onto CNN International (DStv 401) with the global 24-hour news channel saying that people are describing it as being "in very bad taste".
Tropika Island of Treasure 5: Jamaica features the dead model Reeva Steenkamp who was shot in the head and killed in the early hours of Thursday morning by the Olympic and paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. A case of premeditated murder has been brought against Oscar Pistorius.
Hala Gorani talked with CNN International's South African correspondent Robyn Curnow about Tropika Island of Treasure 5: Jamaica on SABC1, noting that "some people are upset that it's airing at all".
"Reeva participated in this reality show and producers decided to air it after her death. What has been the reaction overall?" asked Hala Gorani.
"People are saying this is in very bad taste and really is not at all helpful," reported Robyn Curnow.
"On the other hand the producers and many South Africans tuned in. They wanted to see what she was like, what she sounded like. She's very pretty. A lot of people said it amplified even more how caring she seemed; what kind of a loss it was," said Robyn Curnow.
"It also depends on as we go on. She's going to be appearing every weekend until she is so-called evicted from this reality show. It is a bit strange for many people," said Robyn Curnow.
"Well you hear somebody speaking after their death; almost speaking from another world. It is strange I'll admit," said Hala Gorani.
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ALSO READ: "Eery", "shock to many" as Tropika Island of Treasure 5 makes the main news in America on NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News on Saturday.
ALSO READ: eNCA will try to do live coverage of the Oscar Pistorius court trial and judgement.
ALSO READ: Outside Eye on eNCA on Wednesday to look at Oscar Pistorius and how the international media is covering the murder case and South Africa.
ALSO READ: Charge of $3000 per foreign broadcaster to use clips of Reeva Steenkamp in Tropika Island of Treasure 5, reports The Independent.
