The iconic doors of the Big Brother house.
A gossip corner in the Big Brother Africa 2 house, in 2007.
As we celebrate the final day of Heritage Month today the BIG question looms: should our Big Brother house become a national monument?
There's currently a mega controversy going on in the UK about their Big Brother house and whether or not it should become a monument. Their National Trust is arguing that it should be because of what an iconic house it is and the impact it's had on British culture.
Of course the reason for the controversy is that there are those who are fuming, saying that it would be ridiculous to make it a monument and that it shouldn't be.
My response to their argument: bah!!! I definitely
think it should be and I believe that our Big Brother house should become one too.
Not right this moment but in September next year - after next year's Big Brother Mzansi because it'll be the eleventh installment of the house. 10 seasons have passed which means it's gone beyond the milestone of decade and also, the series reaches a full circle. It started with a South African season 11 years ago, it erupted throughout Africa and now it returns to SA.
It doesn't matter that the house hasn't always been at the same place since the start. The first two seasons of Big Brother South Africa were filmed at the M-Net studios and then the house moved to Sasani Studios for the first season of Big Brother Africa. The essence of it didn't change though - it simply moved location and it's subsequently become a fixture.
The house has divided people, it's united people. It's famous across the continent. It means so much to so many people and it conjures up such huge emotions that it's
definitely an important part of our heritage. Any building that does all that needs
to
be a monument.
I trust you agree?