Johannesburg, Thursday, 07 January 2021 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has concluded its Section 189 process after an extensive 6-month consultation process. This process comprised 48 consultations, including 7 CCMA facilitated consultative sessions, 9 bilateral sessions, 28 divisional structure consultative sessions and 4 facilitated sessions by an Independent Labour Expert.
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 06 January 2021 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will re-broadcast the second leg of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League match this Sunday, 10 January at 15h00 on SABC 1. This follows the interruption of yesterday’s live broadcast of the match between Mamelodi Sundowns FC and Jwaneng Gala, 17min into the second half, with Mamelodi Sundowns leading with 1-0.
Johannesburg – Thursday, 31 December 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) welcomes today’s Court Order of the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local Division in Johannesburg striking off from the roll an urgent application brought by Mr. Owen Ndlovu’s Michael Owen Production (MOP), for lack of urgency. Michael Owen Production has been ordered to pay the legal costs of the SABC on an attorney and clients scale, including costs of counsel.
Johannesburg – Thursday, 31 December 2020 – SABC Education in partnership with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in “Enriching Minds, Enriching Lives” is launching its Matric Results service, which will run from 31 December 2020 until 29 February 2021.
Johannesburg, Tuesday 22 December 2020– The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio station SAfm, is pleased to announce that Mr. Aldrin Sampear will be the new host of SAfm’s afternoon drive talk show Beyond The Headline 15h00 – 18h00 Weekdays. Mr. Sampear will start presenting the show from 04 January 2021.
Durban – Friday, 18 December 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted the public interest in Ukhozi FM’s ‘Ingoma Ehlukanisa Unyaka’ campaign. This campaign which calls on listeners to vote for their favourite song, out of the Top 10 songs of the station, will continue despite threats from Mr. Yhulani Owen Ndlovu of Michael Owen Productions (MOP).
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.
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.
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)
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