Speaking to eNCA’s Eusebius McKaiser on Sunday, former SABC CEO Jimi Matthews admitted that the public broadcaster deliberately banned EFF coverage.
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says her ministry has full confidence in the board of the SABC.
The group’s acting CEO is gone and one of its most popular DJs has just said bye Felicia. But what impact does this have? Ra’eesa Pather investigates.
Jimi Matthews has announced via his Twitter page that he can no longer be a part of ‘what is happening at the SABC’.
The SABC’s head of news, Jimi Matthews, has been accused of assaulting a staff member outside Parliament during the State of the Nation Address.
The broadcaster’s acting boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng is said to have thrown all the toys out of his temporary cot.
Sources from the SABC say they were instructed to cut away during a live broadcast, when Jacob Zuma was being booed during Nelson Mandela’s memorial.
So what does the respected Jimi Matthews think about the drive by his boss, Hlaudi Motsoeneng?
The SABC’s Jimi Matthews says all "checks and balances" are in place to ensure its new 24-hour news channel does not become a propaganda tool.
An anonymous letter purportedly written by SABC reporters, producers and presenters indicated concerns of political interference at the broadcaster.
The SABC needs to get off its path of returning to being a state broadcaster and start committing itself to the public.
Acting head of the South African Broadcast Corporation’s news department Jimi Matthews says he would never "follow the herd" in his news coverage.
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/ 11 February 2011
The SABC has appointed Jimi Matthews as its television news head and Mike Siluma as head of radio news, the broadcaster said on Friday.
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/ 12 September 2007
South African pay-TV consumers will soon have a choice between many new broadcast channels — this after the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa awarded pay-TV licences to four new players during a press briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The companies granted licences were Telkom Media, E-Sat, On Digital Media and Walking on Water.