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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SABC BOARD ON THE PROCESS OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVES

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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SABC BOARD ON THE PROCESS OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVES

Johannesburg, Tuesday, 16 January 2018– The Board of the SABC takes note of the pronouncements of the Minister of Communications, in her capacity as Shareholder representative of the public broadcaster, on the process of the appointment of SABC Executives, in particular the Chief Operations Officer (COO).

The Board wishes to state for the record that it has acted and will continue to act lawfully, and in line with the letter and spirit of the Interim Court Order, on this matter. This includes the requirement of consultations with the Shareholder Representative.

The Interim court order gives clarity on the Board’s responsibilities in making SABC Executive Appointments. The recruitment of Executives (CEO, COO and CFO) is one of the SABC Board’s urgent priorities, and the processes are in progress and on track. The appointment of the successful candidate for COO is still being finalised, and the positions of CEO and CFO advertised.

Issued By: Group Communications on behalf of the SABC Board Chairperson Mr Bongumusa Makhathini

Media Enquiries: Mr. Kaizer Kganyago (SABC Spokesperson)

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SABC WILL BROADCAST THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2017 MATRIC RESULTS

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SABC WILL BROADCAST THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2017 MATRIC RESULTS

Johannesburg, Wednesday, 03 January 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in partnership with the Department of Basic Education will host and present a complete bouquet of events and activities surrounding the announcement of the 2017 National Senior Certificate Examinations Results (NSC) on Thursday, 4 January 2018 at SABC M1 Studios in Radio Park, Johannesburg.

SABC Foundation CEO, Ms. Iris Cupido says: “The National Senior Certificate Examinations Results announcement has become one of the biggest events in the country, and as the public service broadcaster we have a responsibility to accord it the support it deserves. We have a role to play and we believe this partnership with the Department of Basic Education will take the country into the future.”

The SABC will provide comprehensive coverage of this important event on our platforms including 19 radio stations.

The events and activities are as follows:

Thursday, 04 January 2018 – A Top Achievers Breakfast session, on the day of the Ministerial announcement, where the Minister of Basic Education and the SABC Foundation will host the Top Grade 12 learners and their parents a chance to meet and interact with the Minister and Deputy Minister of Basic Education.
The live broadcast of the Ministerial announcement of the 2017 NSC Examinations Results on SABC 1 (and SABC Channel 404) and the awarding of two fully paid SABC Foundation bursaries to the top learners in the country amongst other awards for the evening.
Friday, 05 January 2018- A Morning Live Breakfast on (SABC 2 and SABC Channel 404) the morning after the Ministerial announcement to unpack the results, also to speak to various basic education sector experts and to cross live to all Provincial MECs before they announce their individual Provincial results.

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SABC APPOINTS MR THAMSANQA ZIKODE AS CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE AND MS NADA WOTSHELA AS GROUP EXECUTIVE: RADIO

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SABC APPOINTS MR THAMSANQA ZIKODE AS CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE AND MS NADA WOTSHELA AS GROUP EXECUTIVE: RADIO

Johannesburg – Monday 04 December 2017 – In line with its commitment to ensuring organisation stability, financial recovery, and sound governance, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased to announce two senior appointments.

Mr. Thamsanqa Phineas Zikode (known as Thami) has been appointed as Chief Audit Executive and Ms. Nada Ndulelwa Wotshela as Group Executive: SABC Radio. They both assumed their duties on Friday the 1^st of December 2017.

Mr. Zikode has both Bachelor and Honours Degrees in Accounting Sciences and has been a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) since 2009. He is also a member of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). Mr. Zikode has extensive working experience in both the private and public sectors – most recently with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA).

Ms. Nada Wotshela has both a BA Degree (Psychology and Sociology) and an MAP from Wits Business School. She began her radio career with Ubuntu Community Radio in Port Elizabeth in 1996 as a presenter, a producer, and a newsreader. Ms. Wotshela moved to CKI FM in 1998 and transformed it from a community station to the youth radio station launched as Tru FM in November 2007. After a stint at Umhlobo Wenene FM, Ms. Wotshela was appointed as an SABC Provincial General Manager – first in the Western Cape and thereafter in the Eastern Cape.

Ms. Nomsa Philiso, the SABC’s Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (AGCEO) stated “We are delighted to welcome the two new Group Executive members. I am particularly thrilled that they are joining us at a point where we are still deliberating about the plans for the 18/19 fiscal and can make an impactful contribution. I urge all staff to support them in their new roles”.

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Media Enquiries: Mr. Kaizer Kganyago (SABC Spokesperson)

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SABC REQUESTS ICASA TO REVIEW ‘MUST CARRY’ TV REGULATIONS

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SABC REQUESTS ICASA TO REVIEW ‘MUST CARRY’ TV REGULATIONS

Johannesburg, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 – The SABC has requested that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) conduct an urgent public review of regulations that allow Multichoice and other subscription broadcasters to carry SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 for free.

Known in the industry as the “Must Carry Regulations” and passed in 2008, these regulations ensure that all subscription broadcasters with more than 30 channels “must carry” the SABC’s three free-to-air television channels. However, contrary to the enabling legislation which provides for “commercial negotiations” between the parties, the regulations state the SABC “must offer its television programmes, at no cost,” to subscription broadcasters.

In a letter from SABC Chairperson, Bongumusa Makhathini, to Acting ICASA Chairperson, Paris Mashile on 21 November 2017, Mr. Makhathini explained that the Must Carry Regulations have “had a serious impact on the SABC from a potential revenue point of view”. He added that the Must Carry Regulations effectively ‘zero rate’ the three SABC channels and have created a “precedent-setting, non-commercial negotiating environment”.

The SABC submission states further that in 2008:

“……the regulations seemed to be drafted on the basis that the “must carry obligation” was an onerous one for subscription broadcasters and that these broadcasters would be ‘doing the public broadcaster a favour’ by carrying its channels as part of a subscription television bouquet. The SABC will demonstrate in the public process that, on the contrary, the SABC Must Carry Channels have commercially benefited Multichoice Africa at the expense of the public broadcaster”.

SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 are among the most watched channels on DStv.

The SABC Board is currently conducting an urgent review of all contracts and regulations that negatively impact on the sustainability of the public broadcaster.

Mr. Makhathini stated in the letter that:

“…By reviewing and amending the regulations to comply with the enabling legislation, the Authority will be fulfilling one of its core statutory objectives as set out in section 2(t) of the Electronic Communications Act, 2006 which is to ‘protect the integrity and viability of public broadcasting services’.

It is the SABC’s view that the 2008 regulations have unfortunately failed to protect the viability of the public broadcaster and it is on this basis that we submit that the Authority should urgently commence a separate, public regulatory process to review the Must Carry Regulations”.

The SABC’s has proposed relatively simple amendments to the regulations that only seek to bring the Must Carry Regulations in line with the enabling legislation and create the correct regulatory framework for commercial negotiations between the public broadcaster and subscription broadcasters.

In the interests of transparency and the public interest, the SABC has forwarded its letter to known, SA-based subscription broadcasters. For the public, other interested parties and broadcasters, the SABC has also made its letter to ICASA available. Click here to access the letter to ICASA

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Terms and Conditions of service

1. The main objective of the South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Limited “SABC” is to supply broadcasting and information services to the public in the Republic of South Africa as set out in the Broadcasting Act No. 4 of 1999 as amended “Broadcasting Act”.

2. The Terms and Conditions of Service contained herein as well as the Privacy Policy shall govern the relationship between us as the SABC and the User and/or Subscriber of our service/s. The User and/or Subscriber is only duly authorized to use the services or content if they agree to the Term and Conditions herein.

3. It is the duty of the User and/or Subscriber to familiarize themselves with the Terms and Conditions of Service and the User and/or Subscriber shall be deemed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as well as the Privacy Policy by using the services and content. Please be advised that we reserve the right to decide who registers for our services and are not obliged to furnish you with reasons as to why we have declined you access to our services.

4. The User and/or Subscriber is only permitted to use the service for personal and non-commercial use. The User and /or Subscriber is duly granted a non-transferable and non-exclusive right to access our services and content.

5. The use of our services must strictly be in accordance with all applicable laws of South Africa, and we prohibit any use of our Digital services or website/s and Mobile Application/s that is contrary thereto.

a. It is important to note that SABC uses YOUTUBE for playback through integration for some of their content and it is important that Users/Subscribers familiarize themselves with Google Privacy Policy and YOUTUBE Terms of Services

6. We do not warrant nor guarantee the accuracy of the information on our Digital Platforms i.e. website/s and Mobile Application/s and hereby wish to advise the User and/or Subscriber that our services are rendered “as is” and we shall not be held liable for any inaccuracies or any losses of whatsoever nature. We encourage the User and/or Subscriber to take steps to verify all information before relying on it

7. All personal information we acquire when a User and/or Subscriber when using our website shall be dealt with in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 “POPIA” as further detailed in our Privacy Policy.

8. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions by the User and/or Subscriber shall be borne entirely by the User and/or Subscriber. We shall not be liable for any losses, damages or injuries caused by arising from the conduct of the User and/or Subscriber.

9. All content or material on SABC Digital Platforms i.e. website/s and mobile application/s shall be and remains the exclusive property of the SABC, and the User and/or Subscriber agrees to comply

with all legal formalities within the territory for the protection and preservation of the content and the SABC’s intellectual property rights therein.

10. The User and/or Subscriber shall neither use nor permit the use, directly or indirectly, of the content for dubbing, copying and recording.

11. All other rights in and to the content, including, without limitation, all copyright and other intellectual property rights relating to the programmes, are fully retained by the SABC.

12. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of Republic of South Africa and the User and/or Subscriber consents to the jurisdiction.

13. Please be advised that these Terms and Conditions of Service are subject to change from time to time.

Privacy Policy

1. This notice applies to the SABC’s Digital Platforms i.e., website/s and mobile application/s and all other media and communication platform services owned by the SABC. Please take time and acquaint yourself with this notice as it details how we process and protect your personal information that you share with us when you access all our Digital platforms and all media sites owned by the SABC.

2. In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act No.4 of 2013 “POPIA” the SABC is a Responsible Party for handling personal information belonging to its User and/or Subscribers known as Data Subjects.

3. We are committed to protecting your privacy and the processing of personal information in compliance with POPIA that was enacted to give effect to a persons’ right to privacy through protecting individuals’ personal information from abuse such as identity theft in the Republic of South Africa.

4. When you use our Digital Platforms and all other media and communication platform services, we will collect your personal information for internal process such as understanding who uses our platforms, where our audience is coming from geographically and more so as to be able to improve our services inclusive of content offering. We are legally obliged to safeguard all the personal information that we process in compliance with POPIA as guided by our Protection of Personal Information Policy.

5. Under no circumstances will we share, rent or sell your personal information to a third party and we commit to use security measures to protect your personal information in our possession from abuse and only use such information for the purpose for which it is collected as well process data in accordance with POPIA.

6. We require your consent prior to processing your personal information, however there are exceptional circumstances where we are permitted to disclose personal information if we believe that such action is necessary to:- 6.1 comply with a legal obligation;

6.2 protect and defend the rights or property of the SABC;

6.3 investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service;

6.4 protect the personal safety of other users of the service or members of the public; and

6.5 protect ourselves from legal liability.

7. As a User and/or Subscriber, when you use our Digital platforms, we will collect the following personal information but not limited to the below; 7.1 general personal information including your contact details;

7.2 usage information;

7.3 device and browser information; and

7.4 location and demographic information.

7.5 User activities i.e., navigation and consumption of content and/or data on our digital platforms

8. Please be further advised that some of our Digital platforms i.e. website use Cookies which you may opt to exclude by rejecting or by changing your privacy settings. Once a User and/or Subscriber accepts Cookies, SABC will have access to your digital footprint and will store this information and use it for information gathering purposes.

Kindly note that from time to time we will have links to other 3rd party digital platforms i.e., websites and/or mobile applications on our website and all other media and communication platforms services owned by the SABC. Please note that once you click on the link, you will be redirected to a 3rd party platform i.e., website and will no longer on our website and all other media and communication platforms services owned by the SABC, this Privacy Policy will cease to be applicable and the notices on 3rd party platform i.e. website will be fully applicable. It is important to note that SABC uses YOUTUBE for playback through integration for some of their content and it is important that Users/Subscribers familiarize themselves with Google Privacy Policy and also YOUTUBE Terms of Services

9. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of Republic of South Africa and the User and/or Subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the courts in the Republic of South Africa.

10. Please be advised that this Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time and we encourage the User and/or Subscriber to constantly familiarize themselves with same.

FAQ’s

Q: WHY DOES THE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME POLICY GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AFRICAN RELIGION?

A: Religious broadcasting should strive to be contextual and relevant, and to reflect our African reality. Towards further correction test of the neglect of African culture in the public media, special attention is given to African Religion and traditional cultures

Q: WHY DO WE NEED THESE CORE EDITORIAL VALUES?

A: The values, based on those articulated in the Constitution — including national development, unity, diversity, non-racialism, non-sexism, democracy and human dignity — represent those things that are commonly held by South Africans to be important.

Q: HOW IS AIRTIME FOR RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING ALLOCATED?

A: In allocating air time to religious groups, the SABC is committed to the principle of fairness and applies this principle in determining the time allocated to each group. These allocations are made on a three-yearly basis, after consultation with the Religious Broadcasting Panel (RPB), taking the following into account: • Data on the percentage of the population in each religious group, as per the latest available census information. • The need for each of the major religions to enjoy meaningful and sufficient programming of a faith specific nature • The need for all the religions to be reflected in religious programmes • The need for sufficient programming of a multifaith nature • The need to redress past imbalances in religious broadcasting.

Q: DOES THE SABC’S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING POLICY COMMIT TO FORMAL OR INFORMAL EDUCATION OR BOTH?

A: The SABC commits itself to providing innovative educational programmes of excellent quality across our radio and television services, aimed at meeting the diverse formal and informal learning needs of all our audiences, including children, youth and adults.

Q: WHAT PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO EDUCATION NEEDS?

A: The SABC ensures that its educational programmes address imbalances in the historical provision of education, especially, but not exclusively, those based on race, gender and disability The SABC links its educational broadcasting to national priorities and needs, supporting the achievement of outcomes-based education, lifelong learning, and the association of educational and life experiences

Q: WHAT ARE THE SIX BROAD AREAS IN WHICH THE SABC PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES ACROSS ITS SERVICES?

A: Arising from the Broadcasting Act, the SABC has identified the following educational programme areas: • Early Childhood Development • Children at Home • Formal Education • Youth Development • Adult and Human Resources Development • Public Education

Q: WHO DO I CALL IF I HAVE A QUERY ABOUT THE EDITORIAL POLICIES?

A: Contact the Policy and Regulatory Affairs Division at 714-3728 or e-mail hassenf@sabc.co.za

Q: WHAT ARE THE THREE AREAS IN WHICH LOCAL CONTENT IS PRESCRIBED BY ICASA?

A: • Global local content quotas for each television channel. These stipulate that a percentage of the air time between 05:00 and 23:00 should be allocated to local content. The global quotas distinguish between public and commercial television • Genre quotas. These stipulate that if a television channel carries a certain genre of programming (such as drama), a percentage of that type of programming is to be allocated to local content. The genres are defined in the ICASA regulations3 and span the following six areas: drama, informal knowledge building, children’s, education, documentary and current affairs. In each case a minimum percentage is prescribed These quotas also distinguish between public and commercial television • Independent production quotas. Here the stipulation is that a percentage of the total amount of local content aired must be allocated to independent television productions. These quotas make no distinction between public and commercial services. All the quotas are set out in regulations which may be reviewed by ICASA every three years.

Q: HOW MUCH OF SOUTH AFRICA’S POPULATION DOES THE SABC COVER WITH ITS THREE TELEVISION CHANNELS?

A: Coverage is currently as follows: SABC1 – 89% SABC2 – 91% SABC3 – 77%

Q: WHAT FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DECIDING HOW MUCH TIME EACH LANGUAGE GETS ON TELEVISION?

A: In determining allocation of time to each language, the SABC has due regard to: • The number of home language speakers in the coverage area of a channel • The geographical spread of the language • The extent to which members of a language community are able to understand other languages. • The extent of marginalisation of the language • The extent to which it is understood by other South Africans • Available resources.

Mr Bongumusa Makhathini Chairperson	Ms Febe Potgieter-Gqubule Deputy Chairperson	Mr Krish Naidoo	Ms Khanyisile Kweyama
Mr John Matisonn	Mr Mathatha Tsedu	Ms Rachel Kalidass	Mr Dinkwanyane Mohuba
Mr Jack Phalane	Mr Victor Rambau	Mr Michael Markovitz
Ms Nomsa Philiso GCEO (acting)	Mr Chris Moroleng COO	Ms Thabile Dlamini CFO (acting)