“The Bala Family” Gets Canned

Bad news for the Bala Family, as their reality show has been cancelled after only two seasons.

Most recently, Zwai Bala – who stars on The Bala Family alongside his family, which includes brother and popular musician, Loyiso Bala – confirmed that the Mzansi Magic series was not being renewed for a third season.

“For close to two years, we have been trying to make another season of The Bala Family happen,” he wrote in a recent statement posted to Instagram. “We wanted to do it. We were ready to open our lives, our homes, our relationships and our music to you again.”

“But Season 3 is not happening in the near future. And we want to be clear about something: that decision was not ours. We won’t pretend we’re not disappointed. We are.”

Bala ended the statement by thanking fans on behalf of his family.

In response to media enquiries, Mzansi Magic’s head of unscripted content, Mbali Ntuli, released a statement: “We’re grateful to the Bala family for sharing their lives and stories with our viewers over two seasons of The Bala Family.”

Ntuli wrote that “a number of factors are considered as part of any commissioning decision, as we continually review our slate and programming strategy”, though she did not specify what these factors are.

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