Saktyd

Genre

reality television

Country

South Africa

How it feels

Thirteen contestants compete for a job as a journalist at a major South African magazine. They work under the magazine's editorial team and face challenges related to meeting deadlines and producing content.

competitivefast-pacedworkplace-focusedaspirationalprofessionaldeadline-drivenearnestpractical

What happens

Saktyd (the Afrikaans word for 'deadline') is a South African reality television show, which aired on the Afrikaans television channel kykNET (channel 111 and 144) on DStv between 17 July 2012 and 9 October 2012. In Afrikaans, the word ʽsaktydʼ refers to the time that a magazine or newspaper is sent to a printer to be printed. The show was set in the offices of South Africa's biggest, oldest and most well-known family and general interest magazine, Huisgenoot (the Afrikaans word for 'house companion'), whose editorial team gave 13 delegates the chance to win the job of a lifetime as a journalist at the magazine. The show aired on Tuesdays at 19:30, and was repeated five times during the week: Wednesdays at 10:30, Fridays at 00:00 and 22:00, Saturdays at 15:30 and Sundays at 09:00. In the show's finale on 9 October 2012, the 26-year-old proofreader and copywriter Christiaan Boonzaier from Cape Town was declared the winner in front of an audience of 6000 people. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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