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COOL SpongeBob SquarePants and his aquatic pals now speak isiZulu. The series has been dubbed by Nickelodeon Africa, with English subtitles, and premieres on NickToons (DStv 308) on Monday 5 December at 07h30 and 15h00. New eps air weekly at these times. Take a first listen with the trailer. >>


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TVSA Team
30 Nov 2022 10:04


This from Paramount/BET Vice President and General Manager Monde Twala:

“Paramount Africa and Nickelodeon are committed to playing a pivotal role in promoting diversity, creativity and edutainment for African youth.

"Through Nickelodeon Africa’s dubbing of SpongeBob SquarePants into isiZulu we are unleashing the power of content; unleashing the value, impact and emotion of an already iconic piece of content. In so doing, we allow our children to see and hear themselves in the characters they have grown to love.” 

“We couldn’t just choose any show to achieve our mission of cultural impact and better representation on our channel; we had to choose the best. SpongeBob SquarePants has earned his stripes and this isiZulu series aims to preserve local language base and reach for new audiences."

The trailer:

  A good way for kids to learn Zulu if they speak other languages. They should dub other series into other languages too. 
 

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