SABC News

SABC News is both a 24-hour news channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation as well as the name of the news division of the broadcaster.

SABC News
Launched2013 (channel)
NetworkSABC
SloganIndependent. Impartial.
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish (on the 24-hour TV channel, on SABC 3 and on 5FM, Radio 2000, Metro FM, Lotus FM, SAfm, Good Hope FM, Channel Africa and Tru fm )
IsiXhosa, isiZulu, SiSwati and isiNdebele on SABC 1 (all), Umhlobo Wenene FM, Ukhozi FM, Ligwalagwala FM and iKwekwezi FM (respectively)


Sesotho, SePedi, SeTswana, TshiVenda, Xitsonga and Afrikaans on SABC 2 (all) and Lesedi FM, Thobela FM, Motsweding FM, Phalaphala FM, Munghana Lonene FM and RSG (respectively)

!Xu and Khwe (on X-K FM)
Availability
Satellite
DStvChannel 404

History

The News Service was established in June 1950, replacing the programmes of the BBC. Although this was because the BBC broadcasts were seen as giving a British viewpoint of current affairs, there were also concerns that the SABC service would become overly pro-government, or "Our Master's Voice". By 1968, it had over 100 full-time reporters in the main cities and local correspondents all over the country, with overseas news provided by Reuters, AFP, AP and UPI. There was a News Film Unit which, prior to television in 1976, produced films for news agencies and television organisations.

In 1998, the SABC began to broadcast two TV channels to the rest of Africa: SABC Africa, a news service, and Africa 2 Africa, entertainment programming from South Africa and other African countries, via DStv.[1] In 2003, Africa 2 Africa was merged with SABC Africa to create a hybrid service, drawing programming from both sources.[2] SABC Africa closed in August 2008 after the SABC's contract with DStv was not renewed.[3] In 2007, the SABC launched a 24-hour international news channel, SABC News International, but closed in 2010.[4] In 2017 SABC announced that they would launch two new channels on DStv as part of a deal with Multichoice to add a news service and a general entertainment channel, SABC News and SABC Encore.[5]

Current television series
  • Cutting Edge Current affairs in Ndebele language, Swati language, Xhosa language and Zulu language
  • Agenda
  • Frankly speaking
  • Global
  • Fokus
  • Interface
  • A view from the house
  • Leihlo la Sechaba, Current affairs newsmagazine in Sotho language, Tswana language and Pedi language
  • Zwa Maraman , Current affairs in Venda language
  • Bophelong, Current affairs in English language
  • Ngula Ya Vutivi, Current affairs in Tsonga language
  • Yilungelo Lakho, multilingual consumer affairs series
  • Democracy Gauge, Current affairs in English
  • Expressions, Current affairs in English focuses especially in youth
  • Special assignment,Current affairs in English
  • Unfiltered,Current affairs focuses in govt & politics
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References
  1. Media Studies: Institutions, theories, and issues, Pieter J. Fourie, Juta and Company Ltd, 2001, page 54
  2. Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order, Jean K. Chalaby I.B.Tauris, 2005, page 121
  3. SABC Africa to go off air for now, Mail and Guardian, 14 July 2008
  4. SABC International goes bust, Mail and Guardian, 5 February 2010
  5. Underhill, Glynnis. "SABC launches 24-hour news channel on DStv". The M&G Online. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
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