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ENCA

ENCA

eNCA, also known as eNews Channel Africa, is a 24-hour televisionnews broadcaster owned by e.tv that focuses on African stories and events. Launched in June 2008, the channel is South Africa's first and third most- watched 24-hour news service. The channel has covered several important South African events, including the Marikana miners' strike, which culminated in clashes with police, leading to 34 miners being killed and more than 70 injured.

eNCA's former Chief Meteorologist Derek van Dam became the first broadcaster in South Africa to earn the American Meteorological Society's Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) designation.

eNCA's website launched in May 2013 and passed half a million unique users in September of that year. It had 2.4 million unique users as of February 2017.