The South African National Editors’ Forum condemned the suspension of three senior SABC employees, who disagreed with a decision not to cover R2K protests.
The SABC and media lobby groups led by Media Monitoring Africa made arguments over the contentious issue before Icasa’s complaints committee today.
The SABC says it’s financially stable and plans to continue bringing in advertising revenue, while sticking to its guns on more local programmes.
The SABC said it will start broadcasting more religious and cultural events to show off the diversity of South Africa citizens.
The SABC is expected to submit an explanation of its decision to stop airing violent protest footage to Icasa today.
The SABC’s new quotas have apparently been well received by other countries across the continent.
Apparently “thank you SABC” and “thank you Hlaudi” can be said multiple times in an awkward six-and-a-half-minute song.
The SABC announced yesterday that it will not displays of violence in public protest in an effort to “not promote” this kind of behaviour.
If you think that ‘Thanks SABC’ is the weirdest song you’ll hear this week, think again.
If the SABC’s in-house choir costs R7m a year, just how much did the Thank You song cost, asks the DA.
The SABC and its COO commissioned a thank you song to thank – themselves.
SABC hopes to reach millions more viewers with new channels broadcast “in the language of their choice”.
