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SABC announces new plan for Afrikaans programming after lengthy delay

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February 04, 2026

AFTER two years of controversial scheduling changes, the SABC has announced the return of Afrikaans news to channel SABC2.

- MASABATA MKWANANZI

It announced that Afrikaans news will return to SABC2 at 18:30, seven days a week from February 9.

According to AfriForum, since 2024, the chairman, CEO, and management of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have repeatedly shuffled the Afrikaans news between times and channels, sometimes cancelling broadcasts without warning, even for sporting events, and terminating popular Afrikaans programmes without replacing them.

The organisation said that these “shenanigans” have already cost the broadcaster in viewership and advertising revenue, disrupted loyal audiences, and harmed the Afrikaans entertainment industry.

The SABC in April last year acknowledged the disruption of the Afrikaans television news over the past weekend, calling it a “scheduling error” that “should not have happened.”

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