Johannesburg – Friday, 09 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased to release the broadcast schedule for the Mzansi Super League (MSL), in which the SABC has partnered with Cricket South Africa (CSA) to broadcast the tournament live and exclusive on SABC platforms.

The hashtag for the league is #MSLT20 and this partnership will allow the SABC to bring the much anticipated #MSLT20 to millions of audiences across the country using the power of SABC Television, Radio and Digital platforms.

Johannesburg, Friday 09 November 2018 –The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted the peaceful picketing/protests which took place at the various SABC offices around the country by Broadcasting, Electronic, Media & Allied Workers Union (BEMAWU) and Communications Workers Union (CWU).

Memoranda were delivered by the respective Unions and the SABC will review the memoranda and respond to organised labour.

Johannesburg, Wednesday 07 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will today appear before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), in terms of Standing Rule 206 of the National Assembly.

The SABC will present details pertaining to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, accrual and commitments, as contained in the SABC’s 2017/18 Annual Report.

The SABC is currently in a dire financial situation, which has resulted in the corporation being technically insolvent and this is mostly due to the previous management’s maladministration and lack of adherence to governance policies.

Johannesburg- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 – On 1 June 2018, the SABC announced the establishment of Commission of Inquiry into Sexual Harassment (the Commission) to investigate instances of sexual harassment at the Corporation. The Commission, which is independent from the SABC and headed by an independent commissioner completed its work on 31 October 2018 and presented its final report to the SABC board which the board accepted in its entirety.

The inquiry was organisation-wide and submissions came from all the provinces in which the SABC has presence, except the Western Cape. The objective of the inquiry was to determine whether there is a discernible trend of sexual harassment at the SABC.  The Commission aimed to determine the prevalence and extent of the sexual abuse and the role of institutional culture in enabling it, and the reasons why the problem had not sharply come to the fore, despite the SABC having an existing Sexual Harassment Policy.

Johannesburg- Friday, 2 November 2018 -The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted the reactions from various parties following the release of the packages of the Corporation’s Executive Directors.

The SABC would like to re-iterate and place on record that the packages are significantly lower than those of the previous Executive Directors and amount to 0.4% of the current salary bill of R3.1 billion.

Johannesburg – Monday, 29 October 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) today issued a notice to all staff informing them of the SABC’s intention to proceed with Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act (“LRA”).

The process was halted following the joint consensus seeking meeting held on 12 October 2018 with organized labour. At this meeting it was agreed that the LRA’s Section 189 notice will be put in abeyance until further details as requested by organized labour, were made available. The meeting also agreed to the appointment of a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) facilitator who will foresee the consultation process.

Johannesburg – Monday, 29 October 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is approaching the Labour Court with an application to have irregular appointments and promotions declared invalid as first identified in the 2014 Public Protector’s report, “When Governance and Ethics Fail”.

The Public Protector’s report had identified irregular appointments, promotions and salary increases of certain employees that are no longer with the SABC.

Johannesburg – Friday, 26 October 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted with concern a WhatsApp message doing the rounds warning members of the public, particularly in the Weltevreden area west of Johannesburg, of would-be robbers posing as SABC TV License agents.

Johannesburg – Friday, 19 October 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) joins hands with the rest of the media fraternity, in the commemoration of Black Wednesday. This year marks 41 years since Black Wednesday, when oppression against the press by the apartheid government took place on 19 October 1977, through the banning of The World, Weekend World and Pro Veritate publications.

The dawn of our democracy brought with it many freedoms, amongst them freedom of the press, which is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.