by Thinus Ferreira
kykNET is adding a new conflict-focused Afrikaans TV talk show, Sê jou sê, with host Aden Thomas, which will start on Saturday 1 October on both the kykNET (DStv 144) and kykNET & Kie (DStv 145) channels at 19:30 promising tears, to rip off the band-aid from old wounds, and to surprise talk show guests with unexpected visitors who know them.
With Aden Thomas in the studio and with Sê jou sê recorded at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town, Chrislynn Sias will be a field presenter.
Aden Thomas is a radio DJ on Cape Town's Heart FM radio station.
Similar to low-class tabloid American talk shows of the 90s like Maury, Sally Jesse Raphael, Geraldo, Jerry Springer and The JennyJones Show, kykNET says that Sê jou sê will focus on disputes, fights, misunderstandings and alleged deception between partners, family members, loved-ones, friends who are fighting and business partners.
Are Afrikaans-speaking guests going to be throwing chairs? Are they going to be grabbing and pulling each other by the hair while swearing in Afrikaans?
"With Sê jou sê we want to give two opposing parties the opportunity to clear the air face-to-face and to hear all sides of a case," Aden Thomas says in a prepared press release.
"In addition there's the chance that sometimes we will invite a surprise guest who knows one or both parties so that they can have their say over the issue we're trying to solve."
kykNET says that Aden Thomas will rip off the band-aid from old wounds in front of a studio audience to help Sê jou sê participants to find healing and solutions.
"The audience will play an active role in participating in the programme and to give their opinions over what they think is right and wrong," Aden Thomas says.
Chrislynn Sias will be in the streets doing vox pops to solicit comments and opinions from people on the subjects being discussed in studio.
