Photo: Christina Reichl Photography SABC2 is scaling back local soaps 7de Laan and Muvhango, reducing the number of episodes for both to just three a week. A new Afrikaans telenovela, Die Sentrum, will take over the remaining two slots from 7de Laan, while the second season of Xitsonga series, Giyani, will fill the open spots left by Muvhango. Merlin Naicker, the SABC's head of TV, says the changes are part of the broadcasters "long-term plan to invest in quality local content". In a shocking scheduling move, SABC2 is cutting back its iconic Afrikaans weekday soap 7de Laan, as well as its Venda weekday soap