SABC NEWS is both a South African 24-hour news channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation as well as the name of the news division of the broadcaster.

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SABC NEWS

Independent. Impartial.
Country	South Africa
Broadcast area	South Africa African continent
Network	SABC
Affiliates	BBC Reuters
Headquarters	SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, Johannesburg, Gauteng,  South Africa
Programming
Language(s)	All Official Languages And 1 Indigenous And Recognised Language
Ownership
Owner	SABC
Sister channels	SABC 1 SABC 2 SABC 3 SABC Education SABC Children SABC SPORT
History
Launched	1 August 2013 (channel)
Links
Website	www.sabcnews.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital Terrestrial Television	Channel 9 (Discontinued)
DStv	Channel 404

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The News Service was established in June 1950, replacing the programmes of the BBC. Although this was because the BBC broadcasts were seen as giving a British viewpoint of current affairs, there were also concerns that the SABC service would become overly pro-government, or "Our Master's Voice". By 1968, it had over 100 full-time reporters in the main cities and local correspondents all over the country, with overseas news provided by Reuters, AFP, AP and UPI. There was a News Film Unit which, prior to television in 1976, produced films for news agencies and television organisations.

In 1998, the SABC began to broadcast two TV channels to the rest of Africa: SABC Africa, a news service, and Africa 2 Africa, entertainment programming from South Africa and other African countries, via DStv.^[1] In 2003, Africa 2 Africa was merged with SABC Africa to create a hybrid service, drawing programming from both sources.^[2] SABC Africa closed in August 2008 after the SABC's contract with DStv was not renewed.^[3] In 2007, the SABC launched a 24-hour international news channel, SABC News International, but closed in 2010.^[4] In 2017 SABC announced that they would launch two new channels on DStv as part of a deal with Multichoice to add a news service and a general entertainment channel, SABC News and SABC Encore.^[5]

• Cutting Edge, Current affairs in ZesiNDEBELE, siSWATI, IsiXhosa and IsiZulu on SABC 1
• The Agenda, Weekdays 9 am-12 noon & Weekends 10 am-1 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• It's Topical, Sundays at 7 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Fokus, an Afrikaans Show, Fridays @ 8:30 pm on SABC 2
• On Point, Weekdays at 12 noon-2 pm on SABC 3 (S3) and the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• SA Today, Monday-Sunday @ 2 pm-5 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Leihlo la Sechaba, Current affairs newsmagazine in Sotho, Setswana and Sepedi on SABC 2
• Zwa Maramani, Current affairs in Venda on SABC 2
• Media & Society, in English, Sundays @ 9 am on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Ngula Ya Vutivi, Current affairs in xiTsonga on SABC 2
• Yilungelo Lakho, multilingual consumer affairs series on SABC 1
• Full View, Current affairs in English, Monday-Sunday @ 5 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Expressions, Current affairs in English focuses especially in youth on SABC 1
• Unfiltered, Current affairs focuses in govt & politics in English, Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 8-9 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Get the latest news from all corners of South Africa on Late Edition, Monday-Sunday Nights @ 21h00-00h00 on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Morning Live, Breakfast Show with news, markets, traffic, weather, sports & headlines, Weekdays @ 6 am & Weekends @ 7 am on SABC 2, & Monday-Sunday @ 6 am on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• SPORTS LIVE, Sundays @ 8 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• TrendZ live, Fridays @ 8 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Week In Review, Saturdays @ 1 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• The Week Ahead, Sundays @ 1 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Network, a Technology Show, Saturdays @ 8 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL
• Stories Untold, Saturdays @ 8:30 pm on the SABC NEWS CHANNEL