World PR Day

PR builds narratives, weaves stories and amplifies diverse voices

Bridging gaps and building narratives that matter

PR helps brands earn a place in culture

Evan-Lee Courie

PR the thread that weaves connection across the fabric of society

Kisha Reader-Bain

Your voice matters

Bridget von Holdt

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

More #WPRDAY2025

Subscribe & Follow

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Faith Popcorn: The people's pushback trend

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

Digital Marketing Assistant Cape Town
Afrikaans Journalist Centurion
Sales Representative Pretoria
Data Operations Specialist / Media Data Coordinator Cape Town
Digital Media Sales Strategist - Media Sales House Johannesburg
Journalist Intern Johannesburg
Junior Production Coordinator Countrywide
Brand Strategist Cape Town
Designer Cape Town
Head of Content (Creator) Johannesburg

More jobs Submit a job Open account

SABC to merge African, international news services

NEWSWATCH: The SABC intends to merge its African news television service SABC Africa with its just launched SABC International channel in a bid to appeal to a wider audience, reports IOL Technology. It is also planning to invest heavily in content, “grow its mobile platform, and exploit airtime sales opportunities in radio and television and on the Internet” as part of changing “its revenue mix to reduce heavy reliance on advertising”.

By Simone Puterman

20 Sep 2007

Yet several of South Africa's most famous musicians, including Johnny Clegg and Mzwakhe Mbuli, are accusing the SABC's radio stations of “demanding bribes if they want to be heard on air”, according to the Mail & Guardian Online.

Deputy Judge-President Jeanette Traverso will rule today, Thursday, 20 September 2007, on FirstRand Bank's application to prevent magazine Noseweek from publishing “a list of the bank's clients who hold offshore trust accounts”, reports Business Day. “The case is being watched with great interest because it is the first time a company in SA is going to court to protect the privacy and reputation of its clients, instead of its reputation.”

Internationally, the New York Times, in a bid to leverage more advertising revenue, earlier this week reversed a two-year old marketing plan and is no longer charging for access to various columnists and back articles on its website.

For more:

IOL Technology: SABC goes global with channel merger
Mail & Guardian Online: SA artists vent fury over airplay payola
Business Day: FirstRand seeks interdict to guard clients
IOL Technology: NY Times allows unlimited online access

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.