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{{Infobox television channel {{Infobox television channel
| name = SABC 2 | name = SABC 2
| logo = ] | logo = New logo - SABC 2.jpg
| logo_size = | logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt = SABC 2's logo | logo_alt = SABC 2's logo
| image = | image =
| launch_date = 5 May 1975 (test transmission)<br>6 January 1976 (start of regular broadcasts, as SABC TV/SAUK-TV)<br>1 January 1981 (as TV1)<br>4 February 1996 (as SABC 2) | launch_date = 5 May 1975 (test transmission)<br />6 January 1976 (start of regular broadcasts, as SABC TV/SAUK-TV)<br />31 December 1981 (as TV1)<br />4 February 1996 (as SABC 1)
| closed_date = | closed_date =
| picture_format = ] (], ]) | picture_format = ] ]
| network = ] | network = ]
| owner = ] | owner = ]
| slogan = You belong | country = {{Flag|South Africa}}
| country = ] | language =
{{Plainlist|
| language = ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<ref name="MDDA-draft">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|title=The Media Development and Diversity Agency - a draft position paper|date=November 2000|publisher=South African Government Information|page=68|access-date=2008-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831080611/http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|archive-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
* ]
| area = ]
* ]
| affiliates =
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| headquarters = SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, ], South Africa
* ]<ref name="MDDA-draft">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|title=The Media Development and Diversity Agency - a draft position paper|date=November 2000|publisher=South African Government Information|page=68|access-date=2008-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831080611/http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|archive-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
| former_names = TV1
* ]
| replaced = SABC TV / SAUK-TV
* ] (Removed)
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| sister_channels = ]<br>]<br>]<br>SABC Education<br>SABC Sport
}}
| timeshift_service =
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| affiliates =
| headquarters = SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, ], {{Flag|South Africa}}
| former_names = CCV TV
| replaced = TV 2/3/4
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'''SABC 2''' is a ]n family public television channel owned by the ] (SABC). SABC 2 broadcasts programming in ], ], ], and ]. '''SABC 2''' is a South African free-to-air television channel owned by the ] (SABC).

As of March 2024, SABC 2 broadcasts programming only in ], ], ], ], ] & ].


As of August 2018, the channel started broadcasting in high definition. As of August 2018, the channel started broadcasting in high definition.

==History== ==History==
South Africa was already served by some closed-circuit systems in hotels before SABC-TV started.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Business/World-Communicatiions-Unesco-1975.pdf |title=World Communications |date=1975 |publisher=] |accessdate=19 April 2024 |page=112 }}</ref> SABC began airing test cards in early 1975 on its transmitters<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977-TV-Factbook/1977-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television |date=March 1975 |accessdate=5 February 2024 |page=1121 }}</ref> and started trialling its first television service on 5 May 1975 in South Africa's largest cities, and officially launched its first television channel on 6 January 1976 under the name SABC Television/SAUK-Televisie. The launch of SABC-TV caused South Africa to become the last country in the industrialised world to introduce television and had a viewership base of one million. As with other countries, the launch of television had negative effects in other sectors of the country's entertainment industry, especially cinemas. Within the corporation, SABC's regional radio stations would suffer from loss of listeners to the new television network, but Radio 5's playlists remained unchanged.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1976/Billboard%201976-02-14.pdf |title=Billboard |date=14 February 1976 |accessdate=5 February 2024 |page=46 }}</ref>
It was founded on 6 January 1976 under the name SABC TV/SAUK TV. On 1 January 1981, it changed its name to TV1, with the launch of two new services: TV2 broadcasting in ] and ] and TV3 broadcasting in ] and ], both targeted at a Black urban audience.<ref>, William A. Hachten, C.Anthony Giffard
Springer, 1984, page 222</ref> The main channel, now called TV1, was divided evenly between English and Afrikaans, as before. In 1986, a new service called TV4 was introduced, carrying sports and entertainment programming, using the channel shared by TV2 and TV3, which stopped broadcasting at 9:30pm.<ref>, Robert B. Horwitz, Cambridge University Press, 2001, page 68</ref>


The service opened at 6pm with a bilingual opening speech presented by Heinrich Maritz (Afrikaans) and Dorianne Berry (English), the culmination of a five-year project. The first programme seen was a special presentation from the Children's and Youth division, in Afrikaans, which presented ] and other characters produced by the unit. The English-language The Everywhere Express, which had been shown in the test service the previous year, was also introductory in nature.<ref name="UPretoria">{{cite web |title=TELEVISION COMES TO SOUTH AFRICA
In 1991, TV2, TV3 and TV4 were combined into a new service called CCV (Contemporary Community Values).<ref>, Department of Information, 1992, page 131</ref> A third channel was introduced known as TSS, or TopSport Surplus, TopSport being the brand name for the SABC's sport coverage, but this was replaced by NNTV (National Network TV), an educational, non-commercial channel, in 1994.<ref>, Malcolm Theunissen, Victor Nikitin, Melanie Pillay, Advent Graphics, 1996, page 127</ref>
|url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/24845/07chapter7.pdf?sequence=8&isAllowed=y |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=University of Pretoria |date=2008 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220320094055/https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/24845/07chapter7.pdf?sequence=8&isAllowed=y |archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
In 1996, the SABC reorganised its three TV channels with the aim of making them more representative of the various language groups. These new channels were called SABC 1 (formerly CCV), SABC 2 (formerly TV1) and SABC 3 (formerly NNTV). The amount of time allocated to Afrikaans-language programming on the new channel (SABC 2) fell from 50% to 15% - a move that alienated Afrikaans speakers.

The official opening of the service was at 8pm with a speech from Prime Minister ].<ref name="UPretoria"/>

As of 1977, the SABC-TV service was delivered over eighteen transmitters:
*Alverstone-]-Pinetown: channel 4<ref name=tvfactbook>{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977-TV-Factbook/1977-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1977 |accessdate=31 March 2021 |page=1121 }}</ref>
*]: channel 9<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*]: channel 8<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Davel-Bethal-Ermelo: channel 22 (UHF)<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*East London: channel 9<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*George Mosselbay: channel 5<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Glencoe-Dundee: channel 27 (UHF)<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Hartbeesfontein-Klerksdorp: channel 45 (UHF)<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*]: channel 13<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Kimberley: channel 4<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Kroonstad: channel 57 (UHF)<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Middelburg-Witbank: channel 41 (UHF)<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Port Elizabeth-Uitenhage: channel 7<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Port Shepstone-Margate: channel 8<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*]: channel 5<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Theunissen: channel 5<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Villiersdorp: channel 7<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>
*Welverdiend-Potchefstroom: channel 7<ref name=tvfactbook></ref>

Two years after launch, a South African Sunday newspaper called the service "prissy and pricey": "prissy" due to the strict moral standards of the SABC and "pricey" due to the high costs of both buying a television set and paying the licence fee. The introduction of television advertising would at the time threaten advertisers in newspapers. The schedule lasted for five hours (6pm to 11pm, earlier closing on Sunday nights) with a few hours of sports on Saturdays. On a technical level, the SABC claimed to have the highest standards, but not at programming level. The service was also touted as a propaganda vehicle for the then-ruling ].<ref>{{cite news|title=The black and white TV show|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19780108-1.2.53|access-date=6 February 2024|newspaper=New Nation|date=8 January 1978}}</ref>

By 1979, the broadcasts were picked up by 80% of the white population and 42% of the black population.<ref name="UPretoria"/>

On 1 January 1982, two television channels were introduced: TV2 broadcasting in ] and ] and TV3 broadcasting in ] and ], both targeted at a Black urban audience and broadcasting on the same television frequency.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJ-uCwAAQBAJ&dq=TV2+broadcasting+in+Zulu+and+Xhosa+and+TV3+broadcasting+in+Sotho+and+Tswana%2C&pg=PA222|title=The Press and Apartheid: Repression and Propaganda in South Africa|first1=William A.|last1= Hachten|first2= C. Anthony |last2=Giffard |publisher=Springer|year=1984|page=222|isbn=9781349076857}}</ref> The main network, now called TV1, divided its broadcasting languages evenly between English and Afrikaans, as before. In 1986, a new service called TV4 was introduced, carrying sports and entertainment programming, also timesharing with TV2 and TV3 on the same frequency, which stopped broadcasting at 9:30pm.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcQZ1D366t8C&q=%22TV4%22++&pg=PA68|title=Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa|first=Robert B. |last=Horwitz|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year= 2001|page=68|isbn=9781139428699}}</ref>

In 1991, TV2, TV3 and TV4 were merged into a new full-fledged network, CCV (Contemporary Community Values).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxB1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22contemporary+community+values%22+sabc|title=South Africa: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa|publisher= Department of Information|year=1992|page=131|isbn=9780797025769}}</ref> A separate network was introduced, TopSport Surplus (TSS), with TopSport being the brand name for the SABC's sport coverage. However, it was replaced by NNTV (National Network TV), an educational non-commercial channel in 1994.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NRDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22february+11%22++ |title=The voice, the vision: a sixty year history of the South African Broadcasting Corporation|first1= Malcolm |last1=Theunissen|first2= Victor |last2=Nikitin|first3= Melanie |last3=Pillay|publisher=Advent Graphics|year=1996|page=127|isbn=9780620207867}}</ref>

An agreement was signed with ] on 21 September 1993, enabling TV1 to air the channel during off-air hours from 15 October that year, akin to sister channel CCV which already had a contract with ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Murdoch enters African market|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19930923-1.2.52.5.2|access-date=21 July 2024|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=23 September 1993}}</ref> In 1994, with post-Apartheid democratisation, it was suggested that TV1 should broadcast entirely in English.<ref>"SABC changes slowly in the new South Africa", ''Africa Film & TV Magazine'', nº. 4, September 1994</ref>

In 1996, the SABC reorganised its three TV networks with the aim of making them more representative of the various language groups.<ref name="123SABC">"1, 2, 3, SABC!", ''Africa Film & TV Magazine'', nº. 9, April-June 1996</ref> These were renamed to SABC 3 (formerly TV1), SABC 1 (formerly CCV) and SABC 2 (formerly NNTV). The amount of time allocated to Afrikaans-language programming on the new channel (SABC 2) fell from 50% to 15% - a move that alienated Afrikaans speakers. A spokesman for the SABC said that such a reduction was "inevitable in the post apartheid era", and that the SABC had not abided to the IBA's recommendations.<ref name="123SABC"></ref>

Under the new format, 40% of SABC 2's schedule was in English, with the remaining 60% given to the other languages.<ref name="123SABC"></ref> The new service catered at Afrikaans and Sotho speakers during prime time, all-day language breakdown was as of the time of the change: 41% English, 15% Afrikaans, 8% Sepedi, 6% Sesotho, 8% Setswana and 1% each for Xitsonga and Tshivenda. 21% of its programming was multilingual.<ref name="123SABC"></ref>

For 2002, the channel was committed to be "the voice, the heart and the mind of South Africans", owing to its broadcast footprint - the largest out of any SABC terrestrial network. Aiming at increasing its audiences in the Black and Afrikaans sectors, the channel sought to increase its local offering, reflecting individual South African cultures and communities. Three new projects were being developed, The Res, Dark City and Zero Tolerance. ] increased its number of weekly episodes to four, while ] was planned to enter its third season in April that year.<ref>"SABC 2 - plans for 2002", ''Africa Film & TV Magazine'', nº. 32, February-April 2002</ref>


== Programming == == Programming ==
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] seeing the market need, launched the ] subscription channel ] in 1999 and followed in 2005 with the music channel ] (originally known as MK89.) In 2009, M-Net launched Koowee, a kids channel broadcasting in ]. ] seeing the market need, launched the ] subscription channel ] in 1999 and followed in 2005 with the music channel ] (originally known as MK89.) In 2009, M-Net launched Koowee, a kids channel broadcasting in ].


=== Soapies, Dramas and Telenovelas === === Soapies, dramas and telenovelas ===
The channel is popular for its two longest-running soapies ] and ], dramas such as Erfsonders, Gerramtes in die Kas, Roer Jouy Voete and 90 Plein Street, and Telenovelas such as Keeping Score and ]. The channel is popular for its two longest-running soapies '']'' and '']'', dramas such as ''Erfsondes'', ''Geraamtes in die Kas'', ''Roer Jou Voete'' and ''90 Plein Street'', and Telenovelas such as ''Keeping Score'', '']'' and ''Die Sentrum''.


=== Series === === Series ===
SABC 2 has in the past, broadcast international series such as ], ], ] and ]. However the channel is currently focused on local reality and actuality series such as Speak Out, Relate, and Saving Our Marriage, comedies like Ga Re Dumele and Ke Ba Bolleletse, and a few international series such as ]. SABC 2 has in the past, broadcast international series such as '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. However, the channel is currently focused on local reality and actuality series such as ''Speak Out'', ''Relate'', and ''Saving Our Marriage'', comedies such as ''Ga Re Dumele'' and ''Ke Ba Bolleletse'', and a few international series such as '']''.


=== Talk and Magazine === === Talk and magazine ===
The channel has a small number of talk, travel and magazine shows. Shows include Motswako, Vusaseki, Nhlalala ya Rixaka, 50/50, Voetspore and TalkAbility. The channel has a small number of talk, travel and magazine shows. Shows include ''Motswako'', ''Vusaseki'', ''Nhlalala ya Rixaka'', ''50/50'', ''Voetspore'' and ''TalkAbility''.


=== Music === === Music ===
SABC 2 plays local afro-soul and pop music interludes in between shows. It also has music shows such as Afro Cafè, Soul'd Out Sessions, Kliphard, Musiek Roulette and ]. SABC 2 plays local afro-soul and pop music interludes in between shows. It also has music shows such as ''Afro Cafè'', ''Soul'd Out Sessions'', ''Kliphard'', ''Musiek Roulette'' and '']''.


=== Religion === === Religion ===
The channel has religious shows aimed at Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Local shows include longest running show It's Gospel Time, Gospel Classics, Psalted , Derech Erets, and Issues of Faith. The channel has religious shows aimed at Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Local shows include longest running show ''It's Gospel Time'', ''Gospel Classics'', ''Psalted'' , ''Derech Eretz'', and ''Issues of Faith''.


=== Sports === === Sports ===
SABC 2 rarely broadcasts live sports due to funding issues, and instead focuses on sporting highlights. Its mostly focused on boxing, rugby, swimming and athletics. SABC 2 rarely broadcasts live sports due to funding issues, and instead focuses on sporting highlights. It is mostly focused on boxing, rugby, swimming and athletics.


=== News and Current Affairs === === News and current affairs ===
The channel provides three primetime bulletins for the ]/], ], and ]/]/] languages. In addition, it has current affairs programs like Fokus, Ngula Ya Vutivi, Zwa Maramani and Leihlo La Sechaba. It also airs the longest-running breakfast show Morning Live. It's known for national events like presidential inaugurations, ], Budget Speeches, and parliamentary events. The channel provides two primetime bulletins for the ]/], and ]/]/] languages. In addition, it has current affairs programmes including ''Ngula Ya Vutivi'', ''Zwa Maramani'' and ''Leihlo La Sechaba''. It also airs the longest-running breakfast show ''Morning Live''. It is known for national events such as presidential inaugurations, ], Budget Speeches, and parliamentary events. On 4 March 2024, the ] bulletin has been moved to ] on Mondays to Fridays @ 20:30 and Weekends @ 18:15.


=== Movies === === Movies ===
The channel is known for family-friendly and dramatic movies, autobiographies and animated movies. The channel is known for family-friendly and dramatic movies, autobiographies and animated movies.


=== Youth and Education === === Youth and education ===
{{Main article|List of children and youth programs produced by the SABC}}
SABC 2 has a roster of shows from its SABC Education slate, most notably ], It's For Life, The Epic Hangout, etc and also brings educational shows on how to manage money and a focus on senior citizens, as well as other children's shows from ], either in their original English soundtrack or dubbed in South African languages like ] in ], Ben 10 in Afrikaans and ] in ]. For teens and preteens it offers comedy series from ] and ], such as ], ], ], and Cookabout, as well as local series like Signal High, Snake Park and ]. Content that is most watched amongst the youth is the 17:00 slot, for airing anime series from ], Studio Pierrot and ], notably airing popular series that have a cult following such as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
SABC 2 has a roster of shows from its SABC Education slate, most notably '']'', ''It's For Life'', ''The Epic Hangout'', among others, and also brings educational shows on how to manage money and a focus on senior citizens, as well as other children's shows from ], either in their original ] soundtrack or dubbed in ]n languages, such as '']'' in ], '']'' in ] and '']'' in ]. For teens and preteens it offers comedy series from ] and ], such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and ''Cookabout'', as well as local series including ''Signal High'', ''Snake Park'' and '']''. Content that is most watched among the youth is the 17:00 slot, for airing anime series from ], Studio Pierrot and ], notably airing popular series that have a cult following such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.

== See also == == See also ==
* ] * ]
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==External links== ==External links==
*{{official website}}
* (official site)


{{SABC}} {{SABC}}
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Television channel
SABC 2
SABC 2's logo
Country South Africa
Broadcast area South Africa
NetworkSABC
HeadquartersSABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, Johannesburg,  South Africa
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerSABC
Sister channels
History
Launched5 May 1975 (test transmission)
6 January 1976 (start of regular broadcasts, as SABC TV/SAUK-TV)
31 December 1981 (as TV1)
4 February 1996 (as SABC 1)
ReplacedTV 2/3/4
Former namesCCV TV
Links
Websitewww.sabc2.co.za
Availability
Terrestrial
SentechChannel depends on nearest Sentech repeater

SABC 2 is a South African free-to-air television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

As of March 2024, SABC 2 broadcasts programming only in English, Venda, Tsonga, Sotho, Sepedi & Setswana.

As of August 2018, the channel started broadcasting in high definition.

History

South Africa was already served by some closed-circuit systems in hotels before SABC-TV started. SABC began airing test cards in early 1975 on its transmitters and started trialling its first television service on 5 May 1975 in South Africa's largest cities, and officially launched its first television channel on 6 January 1976 under the name SABC Television/SAUK-Televisie. The launch of SABC-TV caused South Africa to become the last country in the industrialised world to introduce television and had a viewership base of one million. As with other countries, the launch of television had negative effects in other sectors of the country's entertainment industry, especially cinemas. Within the corporation, SABC's regional radio stations would suffer from loss of listeners to the new television network, but Radio 5's playlists remained unchanged.

The service opened at 6pm with a bilingual opening speech presented by Heinrich Maritz (Afrikaans) and Dorianne Berry (English), the culmination of a five-year project. The first programme seen was a special presentation from the Children's and Youth division, in Afrikaans, which presented Haas Kas and other characters produced by the unit. The English-language The Everywhere Express, which had been shown in the test service the previous year, was also introductory in nature.

The official opening of the service was at 8pm with a speech from Prime Minister John Vorster.

As of 1977, the SABC-TV service was delivered over eighteen transmitters:

  • Alverstone-Durban-Pinetown: channel 4
  • Bloemfontein: channel 9
  • Cape Town: channel 8
  • Davel-Bethal-Ermelo: channel 22 (UHF)
  • East London: channel 9
  • George Mosselbay: channel 5
  • Glencoe-Dundee: channel 27 (UHF)
  • Hartbeesfontein-Klerksdorp: channel 45 (UHF)
  • Johannesburg: channel 13
  • Kimberley: channel 4
  • Kroonstad: channel 57 (UHF)
  • Middelburg-Witbank: channel 41 (UHF)
  • Port Elizabeth-Uitenhage: channel 7
  • Port Shepstone-Margate: channel 8
  • Pretoria: channel 5
  • Theunissen: channel 5
  • Villiersdorp: channel 7
  • Welverdiend-Potchefstroom: channel 7

Two years after launch, a South African Sunday newspaper called the service "prissy and pricey": "prissy" due to the strict moral standards of the SABC and "pricey" due to the high costs of both buying a television set and paying the licence fee. The introduction of television advertising would at the time threaten advertisers in newspapers. The schedule lasted for five hours (6pm to 11pm, earlier closing on Sunday nights) with a few hours of sports on Saturdays. On a technical level, the SABC claimed to have the highest standards, but not at programming level. The service was also touted as a propaganda vehicle for the then-ruling National Party.

By 1979, the broadcasts were picked up by 80% of the white population and 42% of the black population.

On 1 January 1982, two television channels were introduced: TV2 broadcasting in Zulu and Xhosa and TV3 broadcasting in Sotho and Tswana, both targeted at a Black urban audience and broadcasting on the same television frequency. The main network, now called TV1, divided its broadcasting languages evenly between English and Afrikaans, as before. In 1986, a new service called TV4 was introduced, carrying sports and entertainment programming, also timesharing with TV2 and TV3 on the same frequency, which stopped broadcasting at 9:30pm.

In 1991, TV2, TV3 and TV4 were merged into a new full-fledged network, CCV (Contemporary Community Values). A separate network was introduced, TopSport Surplus (TSS), with TopSport being the brand name for the SABC's sport coverage. However, it was replaced by NNTV (National Network TV), an educational non-commercial channel in 1994.

An agreement was signed with Sky News on 21 September 1993, enabling TV1 to air the channel during off-air hours from 15 October that year, akin to sister channel CCV which already had a contract with CNN International. In 1994, with post-Apartheid democratisation, it was suggested that TV1 should broadcast entirely in English.

In 1996, the SABC reorganised its three TV networks with the aim of making them more representative of the various language groups. These were renamed to SABC 3 (formerly TV1), SABC 1 (formerly CCV) and SABC 2 (formerly NNTV). The amount of time allocated to Afrikaans-language programming on the new channel (SABC 2) fell from 50% to 15% - a move that alienated Afrikaans speakers. A spokesman for the SABC said that such a reduction was "inevitable in the post apartheid era", and that the SABC had not abided to the IBA's recommendations.

Under the new format, 40% of SABC 2's schedule was in English, with the remaining 60% given to the other languages. The new service catered at Afrikaans and Sotho speakers during prime time, all-day language breakdown was as of the time of the change: 41% English, 15% Afrikaans, 8% Sepedi, 6% Sesotho, 8% Setswana and 1% each for Xitsonga and Tshivenda. 21% of its programming was multilingual.

For 2002, the channel was committed to be "the voice, the heart and the mind of South Africans", owing to its broadcast footprint - the largest out of any SABC terrestrial network. Aiming at increasing its audiences in the Black and Afrikaans sectors, the channel sought to increase its local offering, reflecting individual South African cultures and communities. Three new projects were being developed, The Res, Dark City and Zero Tolerance. 7de Laan increased its number of weekly episodes to four, while Muvhango was planned to enter its third season in April that year.

Programming

After the SABC restructured its television channels, SABC 2 took the place of the old TV1 channel. The reduced prominence of Afrikaans angered many speakers of the language, although the channel still features a significant amount of Afrikaans programming, including a news broadcast every week night at 19:00 and weekends at 18:00.

M-Net seeing the market need, launched the Afrikaans subscription channel KykNet in 1999 and followed in 2005 with the music channel MK (originally known as MK89.) In 2009, M-Net launched Koowee, a kids channel broadcasting in Afrikaans.

Soapies, dramas and telenovelas

The channel is popular for its two longest-running soapies 7de Laan and Muvhango, dramas such as Erfsondes, Geraamtes in die Kas, Roer Jou Voete and 90 Plein Street, and Telenovelas such as Keeping Score, Giyani: Land of Blood and Die Sentrum.

Series

SABC 2 has in the past, broadcast international series such as NCIS, Pretty Little Liars, Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries. However, the channel is currently focused on local reality and actuality series such as Speak Out, Relate, and Saving Our Marriage, comedies such as Ga Re Dumele and Ke Ba Bolleletse, and a few international series such as American Ninja Warrior.

Talk and magazine

The channel has a small number of talk, travel and magazine shows. Shows include Motswako, Vusaseki, Nhlalala ya Rixaka, 50/50, Voetspore and TalkAbility.

Music

SABC 2 plays local afro-soul and pop music interludes in between shows. It also has music shows such as Afro Cafè, Soul'd Out Sessions, Kliphard, Musiek Roulette and Noot vir Noot.

Religion

The channel has religious shows aimed at Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Local shows include longest running show It's Gospel Time, Gospel Classics, Psalted , Derech Eretz, and Issues of Faith.

Sports

SABC 2 rarely broadcasts live sports due to funding issues, and instead focuses on sporting highlights. It is mostly focused on boxing, rugby, swimming and athletics.

News and current affairs

The channel provides two primetime bulletins for the TshiVenda/xiTsonga, and Sotho/Setswana/Sepedi languages. In addition, it has current affairs programmes including Ngula Ya Vutivi, Zwa Maramani and Leihlo La Sechaba. It also airs the longest-running breakfast show Morning Live. It is known for national events such as presidential inaugurations, State of the Nation Address, Budget Speeches, and parliamentary events. On 4 March 2024, the Afrikaans bulletin has been moved to SABC 3 on Mondays to Fridays @ 20:30 and Weekends @ 18:15.

Movies

The channel is known for family-friendly and dramatic movies, autobiographies and animated movies.

Youth and education

Main article: List of children and youth programs produced by the SABC

SABC 2 has a roster of shows from its SABC Education slate, most notably Takalani Sesame, It's For Life, The Epic Hangout, among others, and also brings educational shows on how to manage money and a focus on senior citizens, as well as other children's shows from Disney Junior, either in their original English soundtrack or dubbed in South African languages, such as The Lion Guard in isiZulu, Ben 10 in Afrikaans and Doc McStuffins in Sotho. For teens and preteens it offers comedy series from Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, such as ICarly, True Jackson, VP, A.N.T. Farm, Sanjay and Craig, The Sparticle Mystery, Star Falls and Cookabout, as well as local series including Signal High, Snake Park and Hectic Nine-9. Content that is most watched among the youth is the 17:00 slot, for airing anime series from Toei Animation, Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo, notably airing popular series that have a cult following such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Beyblade, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball SUPER, Naruto Shippuden, One Piece and Bleach.

See also

References

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