According to the South African Press Assocation (SAPA), the SABC on Thursday denied claims it is preparing to “dump” almost all its Afrikaans language shows on SABC2 and move the language’s programming to SABC3.<\/p>\n
Kaizer Kganyago, spokesman for the SABC, said the public broadcaster had not marginalised any language and would not do so in future. The SABC subscribed to the Broadcasting Act to ensure all languages were treated equally.<\/p>\n
Kganyago said the broadcaster had revealed on 29 May how programming would be affected due to the Soccer World Cup.<\/p>\n
“The Xitsonga, SiSwati, IsiNdebele, and Venda news have also been moved from SABC2.We strongly believe that all South Africans are equally important,\u201d Kganyago said.<\/p>\n
“This week, the most watched current affairs programme on SABC2, Leihlo la Sechaba, will not be playing. One of our flagship programmes, Generations, has been moved to SABC2 from SABC1,” Kganyago said.<\/p>\n
He was puzzled as to why programming was an issue only when the Afrikaans shows were affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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