South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state owned broadcaster in South Africa, and was for many years the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. Most of its senior management were members of the Broederbond, the Afrikaner secret society.

Related Topics:
South Africa - National Party - Broederbond - Afrikaner - Secret society

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Today it is accused(?) of favouring the ruling African National Congress party in its broadcasts, while privately owned broadcasters such as eTV are reputedly more objective in their news coverage. It is still a dominant player in the country's broadcast media.

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It was also known in Afrikaans as Suid-Afrikanse Uitsaaikorporasie (SAUK), although this title is no longer used by the Corporation. Until 1979, the SABC also operated broadcasting services in Namibia, which was then under South African rule, but in that year, these were transferred to the South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC). This, in turn, became the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) after the country's independence in 1990.

Related Topics:
Afrikaans - 1979 - Namibia - 1990

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