SABC TAKES NOTE OF A WEBSITE ADVERTISING NON-EXISTENT SABC LEARNERSHIP FOR 2021

Johannesburg – Thursday, 17 December 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted a post circulating on social media platforms, inviting people to apply for the Film and Television learnership programme. The link contained in the post, directs the public to opportunists4youth.co.za, a website which has published misleading information regarding the SABC’s learnership programme for the year 2021.

HACK OF TV LICENCE WEBSITE RESOLVED

Johannesburg – Friday, 11 December 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased to announce that the hack of its TV license website, www.tvlicences.co.za has been resolved.

The SABC is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its clients’ details and will be taking further measures in this regard. The public broadcaster once again apologises to the public for this unfortunate incident.

The amended report is published in compliance with the High Court which ordered that reference to Mr Matlou in the initial report be excised and deleted from the report

MEDIA STATEMENT – SABC RESOLVING HACKING OF ITS TV LICENCE WEBSITE AND APOLOGISES TO THE PUBLIC

 SABC RESOLVING HACKING OF ITS TV LICENCE WEBSITE AND APOLOGISES TO THE PUBLIC

 

Johannesburg – Thursday, 10 December 2020 –The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is aware of  the TV license website, www.tvlicences.co.za hack. The problem is being prioritised and urgently dealt with by the Corporation.

 

The SABC would like to appeal to the public not to leave their personal details on the website until this matter is resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

 

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Issued By: Group Communication

Media Enquiries:       Mmoni Seapolelo (Acting Spokesperson)

seapolelomv@sabc.co.za | T. 011 714 3057 |C. 073 688 1590

SABC RESOLVING HACKING OF ITS TV LICENCE WEBSITE AND APOLOGISES TO THE PUBLIC

Johannesburg – Thursday, 10 December 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is aware of its TV license website, www.tvlicences.co.za being hacked. This problem has been prioritised and being dealt with the urgency it deserves by the Corporation’s Media and Technology Infrastructure division.

The SABC would like to appeal to the public not to leave their personal details on the website until this matter is resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

SABC RESPONDS TO FALSE AND MISLEADING ARTICLE BY SUNDAY WORLD

Johannesburg- Monday, 07 December 2020- The SABC Board has noted an article in the Sunday World headlined “Broadcaster Blasts News Boss” dated 6 December 2020 and written by journalist Aubrey Mothombeni. The article contains several false, misleading and completely fictitious information about alleged SABC Board’s decision on the Group Executive: News and Current Affairs, Ms Phathiswa Magopeni.

SABC RESPONDS TO FALSE AND MISLEADING ARTICLE BY SUNDAY WORLD

Johannesburg- Monday, 07 December 2020- The SABC Board has noted an article in the Sunday World headlined “Broadcaster Blasts News Boss” dated 6 December 2020 and written by journalist Aubrey Mothombeni. The article contains several false, misleading and completely fictitious information about alleged SABC Board’s decision on the Group Executive: News and Current Affairs, Ms Phathiswa Magopeni.

SABC WELCOMES THE LABOUR COURT JUDGEMENT ON THE SECTION 189 PROCESS

Johannesburg – Wednesday, 2 December 2020– The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased with today’s judgement by the Labour Court of South Africa, in the matter pertaining to BEMAWU and the SABC. The Labour Court dismissed, with costs, BEMAWU’s application to declare the Section 189 consultation process as irregular and invalid as well the withdrawal of the redundancy letters.

Muvhango actress Vho Masindi gets capped for a PhD .

Word of Mouth Pictures is proud to announce that actress, Regina Nesengani, popularly known as Vho-Masindi in Muvhango was conferred with a PhD degree by the University of South Africa (UNISA).

Her thesis done in TshiVenda was about women abuse through dialogue on drama books written by male writers. The contention of the thesis was that because most if not all the drama books were written by men, women are often portrayed in a very negative light and are hardly portrayed as intelligent creatures who can think and make decisions for themselves.

CSA AND SABC ANNOUNCE CRICKET BROADCAST DEAL

Johannesburg – Friday, 27 November 2020– Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have announced an exciting broadcasting deal for the upcoming inbound tour of South Africa. The national broadcaster will broadcast live cricket matches of the cricket tour between the Proteas and their fiercest rivals, England, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Pakistan.