South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as 4 television broadcasts to the general public.

It was also known officially in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie (SAUK), but this term is now only used by the SABC when referring to the Corporation in the spoken word on SABC2's Afrikaans TV news and on the Afrikaans radio station Radio Sonder Grense. However, the Afrikaans newscasts on SABC2 use "SABC Nuus" instead of "SAUK Nuus". The term is still used by other Afrikaans language media.

Opposition politicians and civil society have often levelled criticism at the SABC, accusing it of being mouthpiece for the ruling African National Congress, a charge that the broadcaster also faced under the previous Nationalist government under apartheid.

Company history

Early years

Radio broadcasting began in South Africa in 1923, under the auspices of South African Railways, before three radio services were licensed, the Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (AS&TS) in Johannesburg, the Cape Peninsular Publicity Asociation in Cape Town and the Durban Corporation, which began broadcasting in 1924.

National Congress

National Congress is a term used by various political parties and legislatures.

Parties

Legislatures

Party Congress

Other uses