Jimi Matthews
latest news & developmentsFormer SABC CEO Jimi Matthews admits to eNCA presenter Eusebius McKaiser: ‘We banned EFF and Malema coverage’
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 fires back at former CEO Jimi Matthews over ‘suspicious’ timing of SABC resignation
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says her ministry has full confidence in the board of the SABC.
Hlaudi manifesto gives Jimi Matthews and his SABC comrades no option but to vote #Hlexit
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.
SABC acting chief executive Jimi Matthews resigns
Jimi Matthews has announced via his Twitter page that he can no longer be a part of ‘what is happening at the SABC’.
SABC worker lays assault charge against head of news
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.
Hlaudi reins in SABC’s leak brigade
The broadcaster’s acting boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng is said to have thrown all the toys out of his temporary cot.
SABC censors footage of Zuma booing at Mandela memorial
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.
Sunshine doesn’t reign in the newsroom, chief
So what does the respected Jimi Matthews think about the drive by his boss, Hlaudi Motsoeneng?
SABC launches 24-hour news channel on DStv
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.
Letter claims political interference at SABC
An anonymous letter purportedly written by SABC reporters, producers and presenters indicated concerns of political interference at the broadcaster.
SABC must make up for loss of face and faith
The SABC needs to get off its path of returning to being a state broadcaster and start committing itself to the public.
SABC news boss wants ‘nuanced’ news, not sensation
Acting head of the South African Broadcast Corporation’s news department Jimi Matthews says he would never "follow the herd" in his news coverage.
SABC appoints new tv, radio news bosses
The SABC has appointed Jimi Matthews as its television news head and Mike Siluma as head of radio news, the broadcaster said on Friday.
New dawn for South African pay TV
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…