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Nineteen SABC radio stations and five television channels will be available on the public broadcaster’s new streaming service.

Quota-led regulation will stifle whatever growth potential the South African entertainment sector can offer, says Sifiso Skenjana.

okayafrica Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Netflix, along with other streaming platforms, could bear the brunt of South Africas new broadcasting legislation. South Africas New Proposal Could Force Netflix To Trim Down Its Content Catalogue Netflix argues that South Africas plan to slap international streaming services with a 30 percent local content quota will harm the industry. Shola Sanni, Director of Public Policy for Sub-Sahara...

More than 110 000 South Africans against proposed TV licence regulations 110 000+ South Africans voiced opposition against plans that will force users of laptops, tablets and streaming accounts to pay TV licences. The South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) confirmed thousands of South Africans “have voiced their opposition against plans that will force users of laptops, tablets, decoders and streaming platforms” to pay TV licences. More than 110 000 South Africans have signed a petit...

D-Day for people to have their say on license fee for Netflix By Staff Reporter Silindile Nyathikazi Durban - THE draft bill to extend the payment of TV licensing fees to other streaming services such as Netflix will likely very soon become law. This is according to political commentator Xolani Dube of the Xubera Institute for Research and Development, who says if the majority party is supported by the smaller opposition parties in Parliament, the bill will pass. “In principle, no one is s...

WhatsApp On 26 January 2021 The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and the Press Council hosted a briefing on the  Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) recently published Draft White Paper on Audio and Audio-visual Content Services Policy Framework: A New Vision for South Africa 2020. The briefing was arranged to assist journalism bodies and media houses to better understand the proposed regulation and to help them in responding to the invitation for public...

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said the government is also planning to implement stronger enforcement and penalties for people who do not pay…

  Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams urges viewers to pay SABC TV Licences@Stellarated@SABCNewspic.twitter.com/OUUijrHLlA However, her efforts have been widely criticised, with the DA urging South Africans not to pay a cent more to keep the public broadcaster afloat. “The DA strongly opposes the license fee on streaming services. This is effectively an underhanded attempt by the ANC to force South Africans to use their hard-earned money to bail out the SABC. “It is ridiculous that the govern...

Citizen reporter An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. Former President Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in Parktown, 16 July 2019. Picture Neil McCartney Source: Department of Health As of Tuesday, 12 January 2021, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1,259,748 with 13,1...

Stella must justify expense to taxpayers for SABC bailout Issued by Zakhele Mbhele MP – DA Shadow Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies 06 Jan 2021 in News The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, to ask her to justify properly government’s intention of charging people with mobile devices the cost of a television licence and transferring all the subsequent income to the SABC. This is after the Mi...