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SABC condemns staff member’s conduct on a local flight

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has expressed concern over a viral video circulating on social media involving a staff member on a domestic flight. In a statement, the broadcaster emphasized its commitment to values of respect and integrity, expressing regret over the incident. The video features the staff member referencing the SABC and claiming the incident would be broadcast on SABC News. The broadcaster reiterated that its Editorial Code ensures the newsroom makes decisions about […]

29 December 2024

Local

Parly’s Communications Committee meeting tense as SABC Board debacle continues

The meeting of Parliament’s Communications Committee was tense as members could not agree on how to resolve the SABC Board debacle following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s letter seeking legal clarity. The meeting, held on Tuesday, ended after midnight. The Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) suggested that the committee should stick with the 12 recommended names and remove the additional three names that were approved […]

15 March 2023

Local

SABC marks a week without board members

Sunday marks exactly one week since the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has been without a board. The previous board’s five-year term ended on Saturday last week. The SOS Public Service Broadcasting Coalition says it remains concerned that a boardless SABC faces uncertainty and potential destabilisation. The Parliamentary Process to recommend the 12 non-executive candidates for an appointment has not yet been concluded. The Committee Chairperson earlier said the process is […]

23 October 2022

Local

SABC officially has no board

LOCAL It is now official, from Sunday the SABC does not have a board. This comes as the non-executive board’s term ended on Saturday. The process of recommending and appointing a new board is not yet finalised, as deliberations on the 34 candidates who were interviewed have been delayed. The delay was caused by the State Security Agency which has only started vetting candidates recently. Parliament’s Communications Committee has been […]

16 October 2022

News

SABC dismisses ‘malicious’ claims: ‘There are no soldiers in our newsroom’

NATIONAL The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed soldiers to the SABC to protect journalists and not to interfere with its news operations, the public broadcaster said at the weekend. “As a national key point area, delivering an essential service to the nation, and considering the recent attacks on the SABC journalists, it was deemed necessary that the physical premises and the employees working in these offices be protected,” […]

8 August 2021

Local

Five things you need to know about recently retired & legendary Noxolo Grootboom

Mzansi celebrated the luminous career of legendary broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom, who retired on Tuesday after 37 years, by giving her well-deserved flowers. Noxolo became a household name as a news presenter, who made an art of presenting the news in her home language isiXhosa. Most South Africans will know and remember her for the phrase Ndi nithanda nonke emakhaya (viewers at home, I love you all), which she popularised. On […]

2 April 2021

Local

Right to Know Campaign says SABC should not have issued redundancy letters without thorough consultations

The Right to Know Campaign maintains that letters of redundancy should not have been issued by the SABC until the public broadcaster had engaged in a thorough consultative process. Earlier today the Labour Court in Johannesburg said it could find no illegality in the manner in which the SABC has been conducting its retrenchment process. The court dismissed trade union Bemawu’s urgent application for the SABC to retract redundancy letters […]

3 December 2020

Local

BEMAWU seek Labour Court interdict against SABC over retrenchment process

Worker's union BEMAWU says it has suggested that the SABC enter into a mediation process with all parties in order to resolve an impasse on the retrenchment process at the public broadcaster. The SABC board yesterday extended the suspension of the process by another 30 days until the end of December. However, unions want the board to withdraw all notices of redundancy and surplus issued to employees thus far. The […]

25 November 2020

Local

SABC Board to hold special meeting to discuss retrenchment proposal

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board will on Thursday hold a special meeting to consider a repeat proposal by the Communications Minister to halt retrenchments. The public broadcaster is forging ahead with its ongoing retrenchment process to reduce the numeration cost to the organisation. Around 400 permanent staff are affected. Concerns of transparency in the process have been raised, and the SABC’s senior management has been accused of imposing […]

19 November 2020

SABC

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