Johannesburg- Thursday, 22 November 2018 – The Commission of Inquiry into Sexual Harassment appointed by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on 1 June 2018 to investigate instances of sexual harassment at the Corporation completed its work on 31 October 2018. The Commission, which is independent from the SABC, presented its final report which was accepted in its entirety by the SABC board.
Johannesburg – Saturday, 17 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), would like to place on record that it made a commercially viable offer that would enable it to deliver football matches to South African audiences on SABC platforms and this offer was rejected by SAFA.
This followed the expiry of the previous contract between SAFA and the SABC. The high cost of sports rights coupled with low revenues has played a critical role in the solvency of the Corporation.
The offer put to SAFA for a new agreement was based on the revenue the SABC has made on the sports rights. Furthermore, the offer excluded the full production costs and marketing costs the SABC would incur in the broadcast of matches.
Johannesburg – Tuesday, 13 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Management met with organised labour as planned on 13 November 2018, in the first consultation meeting in relation to the contemplated Section 189 process, under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in terms of the applicable regulations.
Polokwane – Monday, 12 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) radio station Thobela FM, will be hosting its annual Thobela FM Gospel Festival in partnership with the Polokwane Municipality on 17 November 2018, at the Polokwane Cricket Club from 11h00 until 00h00. The station sees this festival as a vehicle for nation building and social cohesion, and the theme for this year is ‘Hope’.
The station has put together an interesting line up of renowned gospel artists like Dr. Rebecca Malope, Winnie Mashaba, Sipho Makhabane, Solly Moholo, Andile Kamajola, Sechaba, Peter Mabula, Ngwana Ledwaba, Tshepo Nkadimeng, Mphoza Mashabela, and many others.
Johannesburg, Monday, 12 November 2018 – The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has noted with concern the Competition Commission’s ruling on the SABC and Multichoice agreement entered into in July 2013 and which has since expired.
The Commission’s ruling found that the encryption part of the 2013 agreement amounted to a notifiable merger and recommended that the SABC and Multichoice file the 2013 agreement as a merger with respect to the encryption part of that agreement.
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.
