7de Laan is an award winning South African 30 minute soap opera, airing on SABC 2, Mondays – Fridays, 18:30 to 19:00. The show follows the life and sorrows of people living in a small community in Johannesburg. Like all soapies the story lines all seem a little too familiar, but after years and years on television you can’t really expect anything else. Characters come and go from time to time but at least they haven’t brought anyone back from the dead…yet.