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Senegal star Youssou N'dour launches TV channel

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Senegalese pop star Youssou N'dour has officially launched his own television station in Senegal after a two-year struggle with the authorities.

MSNBC exclusive to TopTV holds steady

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MSNBC has outdone its competitors for another year running and TopTV subscribers can catch the leading news channel on channel 410, only on TopTV.

Only a genuinely independent board will save the SABC

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Reports this week suggesting that tensions within the ANC-led alliance are playing themselves out in the SABC's top management and board are deeply depressing.

Suspended boss awaits response from SABC

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Suspended SABC boss Solly Mokoetle’s lawyers on Wednesday said the Arbitration Federation of South Africa (Afsa) was waiting for a response from the corporation to their challenge to his suspension.

South African comedians create own TV channel on the internet

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The origins of comedy are hazy, but it is an art form that has long been a foil to the political shenanigans of the day, exposing the harsh reality of social conditions using humour or hyperbole.

MTV Launches Social Dating Game

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MTV is adding another social game to its roster, and this one is for all you homebodies out there who can't score a date this Saturday night: I Woo You, a new casual game from the TV network and Stone

DA Western Cape govt won't buy SABC news coverage

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The Democratic Alliance’s provincial government in the Western Cape says the SABC recently offered it the opportunity to receive television coverage 'for the small price of just under a quarter of a m

Exclusive details of SABC board report

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A copy of a report by the SABC board that was due to be submitted to Parliament, details how some members felt threatened by the behaviour of the board’s chairman, Ben Ngubane, over the appointment of

Leading TV current affairs show goes social

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Carte Blanche, South Africa's version of the actuality and documentary show 60-Minutes, is turning 22 this year and to celebrate they're throwing a party and inviting everyone.

SABC - here we go again

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This time, faction fighting could doom the broadcaster and whatever its weaknesses, the SABC plays a critical role in society and South Africa would be the poorer without it. By S'Thembiso Msomi