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  1. dualmeister

    SABC cancels 7de Laan after 23 years

    After 23 years on air, SABC 2 and Danie Odendaal Productions announced Monday that the long-running popular soapie 7de Laan will end after season 24. The last episode will poignantly be aired on the day after Christmas - 26 December 2023. Source
  3. U

    The truth why South Africans aren't paying their TV licenses

    I'll just leave this here, how do they expect us to figure this out. Why do they need double digit math? If a robot can do single figure math with the blurred image, it can do double digit math... Are we Einstein?
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Information regulator probing SABC over security flaw in TV Licence portal

    Information regulator probing SABC over security flaw in TV Licence portal The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is under investigation by the Information Regulator over a vulnerability that let attackers access peoples' TV Licence accounts without their passwords. This is...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Launch of SABC's local language news channel could be unlawful

    Launch of SABC's local language news channel could be unlawful The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced it will launch a 24-hour news channel in local languages. However, the Sunday Times reports that the move could be unlawful, as the state-owned broadcaster doesn’t...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    No goodbye to TV licence in the next 5 years

    No goodbye to TV licence in the next 5 years The proposal to replace the SABC's TV licence fee with a broadcasting tax will take more than five years to implement. That is according to feedback provided to the Sunday newspaper Rapport by Dominic Cull of Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions, a...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Most-watched TV shows in South Africa

    Most-watched TV shows in South Africa SABC 1 soap Uzalo was South Africa’s most-watched TV show in November — and every month of 2022 for which South African TV audience ratings have been released. That is according to the latest television audience measurement (Tams) data provided by the...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Best Christmas movies to stream this year

    Best Christmas movies to stream this year Families travelling during the festive season may not have access to satellite TV broadcasts like those from DStv and the SABC. However, they can still stream Christmas movies while away, provided they have a suitable Internet connection.
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    SABC board appointment delayed due to SSA problem

    SABC board appointment delayed due to SSA problem The SABC no longer has a board after Parliament failed to appoint new members due to the State Security Agency (SSA) dropping the ball on vetting potential candidates, Sunday Times reports. The incumbent board's tenure ended on Saturday, 15...
  10. Jan

    Top state-owned company salaries - RTMC CEO takes home R9.4 million

    Top government executive salaries — Roads agency CEO takes home R9.4 million Top executives at South African government agencies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are paid large sums of money annually, with one earning nearly R9.4 million in the 2020/21 financial year. The Road Traffic...
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  11. Jan

    SABC must submit plan for making money from digital TV - Minister

    SABC must explain how it's going to make money — besides TV licences Communications minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has given the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) until 30 June 2022 to explain how it plans on generating more revenue. She also said her department is working with...
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  12. Jan

    State-owned tech companies owe suppliers R771 million in unpaid invoices

    South African state-owned tech companies R771 million behind on bills — the biggest culprits South Africa's state-owned companies falling under the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies owe R771 million in unpaid invoices from their suppliers. Communications minister Khumbudzo...
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  13. Agent67

    Hlaudi Motsoeneng: ‘The court should applaud me, not rule against me’

    https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-hlaudi-motsoeneng-sabc-high-court-2/amp/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Tuesday%2028%20December%202021&utm_content=The%20South%20African%20Daily%20Newsletter%20Tuesday%2028%20December%202021%20CID_594dd3ffc4...
  14. Jan

    Happy anniversary (for 1 November)! 10 years since South Africa first missed digital migration deadline

    A decade late and a dollar short — South Africa's digital TV hamster wheel This year, on 1 November 2021, it was ten years since South Africa missed its first deadline to switch off old analogue TV signals occupying precious radio frequency spectrum. The constant delays have cost South Africa...
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  15. Jan

    Takealot warns to get your TV licence now if you want a Black Friday TV deal

    Pay your TV licence now if you want a Black Friday TV deal in South Africa South Africans looking for a deal on a TV during this year's Black Friday should make sure they have a TV licence and that it is paid up to date well before the big sale arrives. That is according to South African...
  16. Jan

    SABC TV licence alternatives on the table

    Goodbye TV licence — This is what could replace it With less than one in every five TV licence holders in South Africa paying their fees over the last year, several proposals are on the table for a new way to fund the struggling SABC. The public broadcaster's TV licence revenue has nose-dived...
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  17. 6spdmanual

    How desperate are these clowns?

  18. Jan

    SARS should collect the SABC's household levy - MultiChoice

    MultiChoice wants a new tax to fund the SABC DStv-operator MultiChoice told the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies that it was against suggested changes in the draft SABC Bill, News24 reported. It also opposed the SABC's proposal that MultiChoice be required to collect TV...
  19. Jan

    How to ditch the TV licence but keep DStv

    Goodbye TV licence — Watch DStv without paying the SABC You can keep watching DStv without needing a TV licence if you use MultiChoice’s decoder-less online streaming option and a monitor rather than a TV set. DStv launched its standalone streaming service in South Africa towards the end of...
  20. Jan

    SABC signs sports deal with The Walt Disney Company for ESPN content

    SABC signs sports deal with ESPN The Walt Disney Company Africa and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) signed a distribution agreement on Friday to bring local and international live sporting events, news programming, as well as library and film sporting content from ESPN to SABC...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    TV Licence inspectors haven't worked in 10 years

    TV Licence inspectors haven't worked in 10 years The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, recently published the SABC Bill for public comment. The new law contains wording that allows TV licence inspectors to enter your home without a warrant...
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