'We're sorry' - M-Net apologises for Love Island SA debut flop 2 March 2021 4:46 PM Share This: Television channel M-Net has issued a statement in response to the major flak it received after the first episode of Love Island SA aired over the weekend. The first episode of Love Island SA premiered on Sunday night and South African viewers were not impressed. The local spin-off of the reality dating show has come under fire for its poor production quality and lack of representation. Pay-TV channel M-Net issued an apology on Tuesday afternoon acknowledging the online backlash aimed at the show. "You called us out on the lack of diversity and production quality in our first episode of Love Island SA. We're sorry - we didn't meet our usual standard on both counts", M-Net said in a short statement.