The majority of the conversation in the South African soap opera Isidingo was isiXhosa. The series had its SABC 3 premiere in July 1998 and ran there every night from Monday through Friday at 19:00. Its previous name was Isidingo: The Need.

The Villagers, a well-known Gray Hofmeyr soap opera that aired in South Africa during the apartheid era, served as a loose inspiration for the narrative.

 

Former series head writers include Liam J. Stratton, Rohan Dickson, Bongi Ndaba, Christian Blomkamp, Mitzi Booysen, Ilse van Hermert, Neil McCarthy, Mitzi Booysen, and Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso.

The SABC stated on November 29, 2019, that the production would end, with the final transmission airing on March 12, 2020.

The Haines family, the Matabanes, the mining boss Vusi Moletsane, and the different occupants of the boarding home operated by Maggie Webster are the key characters. Zebedee is the patriarch of the Matabanes, a close-knit family that serves as a sort of bulwark for the people of Horizon Deep.

The matabane family consisted of a father, mother and two children, they were the oldest characters in the drama, they started with it, that is why it was posted that if you know this family, you should be married with three kids , that is how old it is .