by Thinus Ferreira
A new 12th season of the Friday night Afrikaans sports talk show, Toks & Tjops starts on kykNET (DStv 144) tonight at 20:00 but it will be without its co-presenter Toks van der Linde who quit in October 2022 over a fight about looming producer changes, and with the addition of a bar.
Toks & Tjops will debut its 12th season tonight at 20:00 on kykNET (DStv 144), with co-presenters Breyton Paulse and Janina Oberholzer who will both be back.
Toks van der Linde is gone and is being replaced by a rotating carousel of new presenters including Afrikaans comedian Hamilton Wessels, Rika Nieuwoudt and the Afrikaans comedian Rikus de Beer, known as Jonathan of Radio Raps who did two seasons of Die Radio Raps Show on VIA (DStv 147) and MultiChoice's streaming service Showmax.
Braaimaster Tommy Dickson, known as Vaaitjie, is also back, but will now braai from behind a red corner counter next to a bar counter around which the presenters will now sit and interact.
The CSaw Media produced show with producer Liebie Opperman, done at Stark Studios in Johannesburg and where the Afrikaans soap Binnelanders is also filmed, will also feature a new set, a new show logo and a new opening theme sung by Robbie Wessels for the live broadcast of the show.
For the show's new format, a panel of sports experts will be included like former Springbok captain Jean de Villiers, former Springbok player Dr Jannie du Plessis, as well as former rugby player Jonathan Mokuena.
"We're putting on a new jacket but the heart of the show remains the same," says Liebie Opperman.
In October last year Toks van der Linde abruptly quit Toks & Tjops after a behind-the-scenes falling out, saying that he was stabbed in the back by Liebie Opperman, is getting replaced by Rikus de Beer and that he is against Toks & Tjops adding a bar as a set piece and drinking on a show that is considered family viewing.
Toks van der Linde wrote on social media that he had "decided to call it a day" since "trust broke down between Liebie and me". He said "Sjoe, so you learn people with me for 12 years and then he stabs you in the back. New presenter is Radio Raps. Enjoy him you guys".
