SABC NEWS is both a

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n 24-hour

news channel News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televis ...

owned by the

South African Broadcasting Corporation The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations ( AM/ FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public. It is one of the largest of South Africa's state ...

as well as the name of the news division of the broadcaster.

History

The News Service was established in June 1950, replacing the programmes of the BBC. Although this was because the BBC broadcasts were seen as giving a British viewpoint of current affairs, there were also concerns that the SABC service would become overly pro-government, or "Our Master's Voice". By 1968, it had over 100 full-time reporters in the main cities and local correspondents all over the country, with overseas news provided by Reuters, AFP, AP and UPI. There was a News Film Unit which, prior to television in 1976, produced films for news agencies and television organisations. In 1998, the SABC began to broadcast two TV channels to the rest of Africa: SABC Africa, a news service, and Africa 2 Africa, entertainment programming from South Africa and other African countries, via

DStv Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...

. In 2003, Africa 2 Africa was merged with SABC Africa to create a hybrid service, drawing programming from both sources. SABC Africa closed in August 2008 after the SABC's contract with DStv was not renewed. In 2007, the SABC launched a 24-hour international news channel, SABC News International, but closed in 2010. In 2017 SABC announced that they would launch two new channels on DStv as part of a deal with

Multichoice MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and GOtv, a minor service operating in over 9 countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the sub ...

to add a news service and a general entertainment channel, SABC News and SABC Encore.

Current television series

* ''Cutting Edge'', Current affairs in ZesiNDEBELE language,

siSWATI language The Swazi or siSwati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini and South Africa by the Swati people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 2.4 million. The language is taught in Eswatini and s ...

Xhosa language Xhosa (, ) also isiXhosa as an endonym, is a Nguni language and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a second ...

and

Zulu language Zulu (), or isiZulu as an endonym, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal o ...

SABC 1 SABC 1 is a South African public television network operated by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) which carries programming in English and Nguni. It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. SABC 1 ...

* ''The Agenda'', Weekdays 9am-12noon & Weekends 10am-12h30pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Prime News On 3'', Weekdays @ 8pm & Weekends @ 6pm on SABC 3 (S3) * ''It's Topical'', Sundays at 8pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL & Tuesdays @ 8h30pm on SABC 3 (S3) * ''The Watchdog'', Weeknights at 8-9pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Fokus, an

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...

Show'', Tuesdays on

SABC 2 SABC 2 is a South African family public television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). SABC 2 broadcasts programming in English, Sepedi, Afrikaans, Venda, and Tsonga. As of August 2018, the channel started broadc ...

* ''On Point'', Weekdays at 12noon-3pm on SABC 3 (S3) and the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * '' SA Today'', Weekdays @ 3pm-5pm & Weekends @ 2pm-5pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Leihlo la Sechaba'', Current affairs newsmagazine in

Sotho language Sotho () or Sesotho () or Southern Sotho is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken primarily by the Basotho in Lesotho, where it is the national and official language; South Africa (particularly the Free Sta ...

Setswana language Tswana, also known by its native name , and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. It belongs to the Bantu language family within the Sotho-Tswana branch of Zone ...

and

Sepedi language Northern Sotho, or as an endonym, is a Sotho-Tswana language spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa. It is sometimes referred to as or , its main dialect, through synecdoche. According to the South African National Census ...

* ''Zwa Maramani'', Current affairs in

Venda language Venda or Tshivenda is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba people in South Africa. The Venda lan ...

* ''Vital Signs, Health Show'' in

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

& the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Media & Society'', in

, Sundays @ 9am on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Ngula Ya Vutivi'', Current affairs in

xiTsonga language Tsonga () or Xitsonga ( ''Xitsonga'') as an endonym, is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people of southern Africa. It is mutually intelligible with Tswa and Ronga and the name "Tsonga" is often used as a cover term for all three, als ...

* ''Yilungelo Lakho'', multilingual consumer affairs series on

* ''Full View'', Current affairs in English, Monday-Sunday @ 5-8pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Expressions'', Current affairs in English focuses especially in youth on

* ''Unfiltered'', Current affairs focuses in govt & politics on SABC 3 (S3) * ''The Globe'', News from around the world, Monday-Sunday Nights @ 21h00-00h00 on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Morning Live'', Breakfast Show with news, markets, traffic, weather, sports & headlines, Weekdays @ 6-9am & Weekends @ 7-8h30am on

, & Monday-Sunday @ 6-9am on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''SPORTS Live'', Saturdays @ 8h00pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''TrendZ live'', Saturdays @ 8h30pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Week In Review'', Saturdays @ 1pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''The Week Ahead'', Sundays @ 1pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Stories Untold'', Saturdays @ 12h30pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL * ''Network'', a

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Show, Sundays @ 12h30pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL

References

External links

*{{official website Television news in South Africa