Dragon Ball Kai on SABC2 in South Africa

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Dragon Ball Kai on SABC2 in South Africa

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Mon Jan 26, 2026 11:59 am

Does anyone have information about these broadcasts?

All I've been able to find mentioned is that Kai replaced Dragon Ball Z in January 2012 and aired until December 2012 using the Nicktoons cut. It was apparently rerun throughout 2013 on Saturday mornings in 4 episode batches at 11am.

Apparently The Final Chapters aired uncut from December 2019 Mondays-Fridays at 5pm (presumably the first part of Kai aired at this time too since it was when Dragon Ball Z and original Dragon Ball aired on the same channel) where it was rerun until April 8th.
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Re: Dragon Ball Kai on SABC2 in South Africa

Post by Yellow Flower King » Mon Jan 26, 2026 12:03 pm

This was South Africa's biggest anime broadcast. It was huge, in a way it wasnt even in the USA. It was THAT BIG.

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