Johannesburg, Friday, 08 May 2020 –The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has today met with the Collecting Societies, South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA) and Independent Music Performance Rights Association (IMPRA) to resolve the long-standing dispute on the allocation of needletime royalties.
Johannesburg, Thursday, 07 May 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is once again thrilled to note the substantial growth that SABC News continues to register across its various platforms.
Johannesburg – Tuesday 05 May 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is pleased to announce that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has granted the public broadcaster “full exemption from compliance with the specific license terms and conditions of its sound and television services”. ICASA has further granted exemption from compliance with the local television content quotas. This exemption only applies to the SABC’s television services and not the radio or news services.
Johannesburg – Thursday 30 April 2020 – 5FM today announced their changes to the presenter line-up for 2020. The station will continue to focus on a strong music offering in addition to nurturing all current on-air talent listeners have grown accustomed to. The changes reflect the 5FM teams’ tenacity to maintain the station as an entertainment powerhouse and multimedia brand through incredibly talented presenters, carefully curated on-air and digital content. All while remaining on trend and with its’ finger on the pulse.
Johannesburg -Thursday, 30 April 2020- The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is delighted to announce the launch of a new channel, SABC Education. In line with the Corporation’s mandate, the new channel will broadcast public service content from the Department of Education, educational programmes currently available on SABC 1, 2, 3, and archived material produced by the SABC on a limited basis.
Johannesburg-Thursday, 30 April 2020-The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) would like to send its heartfelt condolences to the Sitsheke family, following the passing of Mr. Loyiso Lloyd Sitsheke.
Johannesburg – Wednesday 29 April 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) talk radio station SAfm, remains the only national talk radio station with the largest footprint in South Africa. In order for the station to retain relevance in the broadcasting space, it is imperative that it continuously refreshes, strengthens and rotates talent to ensure that it leads the conversation as it has in the last 83 years. The station believes its existing talent and with the introduction of new personalities, will ensure it remains current and attractive to its audience.
Cape Town-Wednesday 29 April 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Cape Town based commercial radio station, Good Hope FM is excited to announce a shake-up to its on-air line-up for 2020, in accordance with the station’s listener and regional demographics. The new line-up launches on-air on Monday, 4 May 2020 and Good Hope FM is pleased to announce that veteran radio personality, Stan Mars, will move from his current mid-morning show to host ‘The Big Breakfast with Stan Mars’ from 06:00 – 09:00.
Johannesburg, Friday 24 April 2020 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is pleased to announce its partnership with the Solidarity Fund, in an effort to give visibility to its objectives and activities. This comes as the country is dealing with the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Key to the work of the Solidarity Fund are measures aimed at lessening the severity of the COVID-19 impact on the nation.
