K-TV started all this

EX-PRESENTER MOLEYA: 'WITHOUT IT THERE WOULD BE NO SERITI FILMS'

- Citizen reporter

Where are the 90s kids at? Today's generation has TikTok and Reels, but back in the day, we had K-TV a live, interactive playground of cartoons, games, competitions and cool kids just like us on screen every afternoon. If we were lucky, Candice Hillebrand might even pop up on Simba Surprise to wake us up.

Launched on M-Net in 1990, K-TV was more than a kids' programming block - it was a cultural phenomenon that united children across South Africa.

By the time DStv launched in 1995, the K-TV presenters were celebrities, its Playback segment introduced us to the latest music and international stars often dropped by the studio. From its Randburg home, K-TV ruled the airwaves, until signing off in 2011.

As DStv celebrates turning 30 by bringing back Open Time for this weekend only, we caught up with former K-TV presenter Thabang Moleya. Like his fellow K-TV presenter Tristan Holmes (Student Oscar winner for Elalini, Safta winner for The Fragile King), Moleya moved into directing as he got older.