{"id":8033,"date":"2021-08-04T07:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T07:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2021-08-04T07:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T07:48:02","slug":"media-statement-channel-africa-announces-newest-additions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-channel-africa-announces-newest-additions\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT &#124; CHANNEL AFRICA ANNOUNCES NEWEST ADDITIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 &#8211; <\/strong>Channel Africa is proud to announce a brand new IKB Programme <em>\u2018<strong>The African Passport\u2019<\/strong><\/em>. The online radio show will be produced and hosted by author, Mr. Godfrey Madanhire popularly known as Mr. G and will premier this Thursday, the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of\u00a0 August between 08h00 \u2013 09h00 Central African Time. The programme addresses how Africa is often portrayed as a dark continent both in the media and everyday conversations. It seeks to change the narrative by providing a platform to showcase homegrown high rollers and pacesetters, who dream and strongly believe in a United Africa.<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>\u2018The African Passport\u2019<\/em><\/strong> brings a new perspective to Africa\u2019s reality by giving the younger generation a platform to appreciate what their motherland can offer. This is the generation that often is negated when it comes to programmes that aim at reconstructing the continent. This is a high energy programme that is a home to our young professionals and the youth.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnother exciting addition to the Channel Africa family is Mr. Luyanda Maome who has made his comeback to the station as the producer and presenter of <strong><em>\u2018Africa of the Future\u2019<\/em><\/strong> which broadcasts Tuesdays between 08h00 -09h00 Central African Time.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nActing Business Manager of Channel Africa, Mr. Maurice Mate stated \u201cnowhere across the continent will you find a combination of radio programmes that tackle the issues of Africa like at Channel Africa. Indeed, this platform offers a plethora of insights that would empower our citizens in creating a better life for themselves\u201d.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTune into Channel Africa on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\">www.channelafrica.co.za<\/a>, Dstv channel 802, Openview channel 628 and on PAS10 satellite.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Issued By:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Group Communications <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Media Enquiries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Gugu Ntuli (Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Marketing)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><u><a href=\"mailto:NtuliGM@sabc.co.za\">NtuliGM@sabc.co.za<\/a><\/u>|T. 011 714 3311|C. 071 877 0513\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 &#8211; Channel Africa is proud to announce a brand new IKB Programme \u2018The African Passport\u2019. The online radio show will be produced and hosted by author, Mr. Godfrey Madanhire popularly known as Mr. G and will premier this Thursday, the 5th of\u00a0 August between 08h00 \u2013 09h00 Central African Time. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}