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Further titles include <em>Mortified<\/em>, <em>Genie from Down Under<\/em> and <em>Girl from Tomorrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Violet Sekhibidu, channel manager at SABC, said, \u201cWe are excited to bring over 100 hours of high quality and engaging ACTF content to South African television. With Australia\u2019s dynamic landscapes, rich cultures and celebration of diversity showcased within these storylines, this is tv content sure to connect and inspire audiences of all ages. Watch it on SABC channels starting June 2020\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Buckland, CEO at ACTF, said, \u201cWe\u2019re excited that so many Australian children\u2019s series are set to reach South African children\u2014may the universal themes, quirky Australian humor and sun-drenched backdrops to our stories bring joy and connect the children of South Africa and Australia to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SABC in South Africa has picked up 16 titles from the Australian Children&#8217;s Television Foundation&#8217;s catalog (ACTF) through Urban Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[412,411,5467],"class_list":["post-18571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-actf","tag-australian-childrens-television-foundation","tag-sabc","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Africa&#039;s SABC Bolsters Kids&#039; 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