South african broadcasting corporation
SABC: Scaling down '7de Laan', 'Muvhango' will make way for other SA voices
A new Afrikaans telenovela, 'Die Sentrum', and Tsonga series, 'Giyani', will fill the open slots left by the two iconic dramas.
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SABC picket: Cull top management, not the workers
Irate workers have been picketing at the public broadcaster’s Auckland Park studios against planned Section 189 job cuts.
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‘It’s not okay’ - SABC journalist makes tearful appeal against retrenchments
SABC employees addressed their management in a meeting after news broke that 400 employees would be retrenched. An emotional Chriselda Lewis, SABC journalist and news anchor, made an appeal against the retrenchments.
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SABC never wants to ask for money again - CFO Yolande van Biljon
The public broadcaster has in the past struggled to generate revenue and was in constant need of bailouts.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: The impact of slates and factions on the ANC and SA
Former SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle's funeral was testament to the tragic result of factions within the ruling party, writes Omry Makgoale.
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SABC admits reaching out SSA, but denies it wants to spy on staff
The public broadcaster says it has been in contact with state security over some confidentiality breaches, but it dismissed a report in the Sunday Times on Sunday that claims it wants to spy on staff.
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CSA and SABC extend MSL broadcasting deal
The tournament will run from 8 November, when the defending champions Jozi Stars take on Cape Town Blitz, until the grand final scheduled for 16 December 2019.
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Former SABC interim board adamant they did nothing wrong in awarding tender
An SIU report found irregularities in the awarding to a R185 million tender to the Mafoko Security company.
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Sudden resignation of SABC COO a major blow, says media watchdog
Acting COO Dr Craig van Rooyen resigned on Monday just four months after he was appointed. He cited personal reasons for his sudden exit.
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SABC to urgently start process of looking for new COO after Van Rooyen quits
Acting COO Dr Craig van Rooyen resigned on Monday just four months after he was appointed. He cited personal reasons for his sudden exit.
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Faith Muthambi considers taking SABC report on legal review
The former minister issued a statement on Tuesday criticising the press ombudsman Dr Joe Thloloe and lawyer Steven Tawana who led the inquiry.
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SABC: Employees implicated in wrongdoing will be held to account
The SABC was in the process of taking to court over 30 of its employees found to have been irregularly appointed, with the number expected to rise following the release of the inquiry’s report.
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WATCH: SABC suffers from capricious use of power to terrorise staff
A commission chaired by veteran journalist Joe Thloloe was established in May last year to look into alleged personal favours in the newsroom and within the organisation.
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Ndabeni-Abrahams deploys team to ensure SABC meets bailout requirements
The Communications Department was working with National Treasury to see whether the public broadcaster, which was facing major financial woes, could be granted a bailout.
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Govt won't allow blackout at SABC, says Ndabeni-Abrahams
The public broadcaster's finances have been in dire straits and the SABC is desperate for a bailout.
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Study: SABC newsrooms performed well despite troubles
SABC staffers have been threatened with retrenchments as the organisation tries to avert a disaster in the face of a budget deficit amounting to billions of rand.
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SABC chair: Assassination attempt of exec a fight back against cleanup efforts
The broadcaster’s chief audit executive Thami Zikode was shot at by four people outside his home on Friday night.
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Urgent SABC funding will help settle some debt, pay salaries, says minister
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says she doesn't know how much money the SABC will get but made it clear that it wouldn't be the R6.8 billion it has asked for.
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TV licence payment a big issue for SABC board candidates
Parliament’s communications committee started the process on Tuesday.
