Press Release
KEY SCHEDULE CHANGES AS SABC DELIVERS AFCON 2015
32 games live on 4 TV Channels and 19 Radio Stations
The AFCON 2015 is a 3-week-long soccer spectacular which started on Saturday 17 January and will conclude with a thrilling finale on Sunday 08 February 2015. The SABC is committed to broadcasting live all the 32 games across its various broadcast platforms, including Radio and TV.
SABC1 carries the bulk of the games with a total of 27, followed by SABC3 with 4 games and 1 game scheduled on SABC2. SABC News Channel on DSTV broadcast the highlights from the tournament.
A transversal schedule strategy has been put in place with key SABC1 prime-time shows moving to SABC2 for the duration of the football tournament and, other notable schedule changes across the 3 SABCTV channels as reflected below:
- Generations - The Legacy - on SABC2 at 20h00
- Setswana/Sesotho & Nguni News - on SABC2 at 19h30
- Skeem Saam S3 on SABC2 - at 20h30
- Main News bulletin on SABC3 - moves to an earlier timeslot at 17h30 on Wed 21 & 28 January
- Isidingo on SABC3 - falls away on 21 & 28 January
As a result of SABC1 being the official broadcaster of AFCON 2015, the SABC‘s Nguni News will be broadcast on SABC2 at 19h30, alternating with the Sotho news.
Refer below to Full Broadcast Schedule of the Nguni/ Sotho news:
| Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thur |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
26 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu
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20 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu |
21 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
22 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu |
23 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
24 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu |
25 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
2 Feb
Setswana/ Sesotho
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27 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
28 Jan
Afrikaans News (18:00- 18:15)
Nguni News
(18:15- 18:30)
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29 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
30 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu |
31 Jan
Setswana/ Sesotho |
1 Feb
Xhosa/ Zulu |
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3 Feb
Xhosa/ Zulu
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4 Feb
Setswana/ Sesotho |
5 Jan
Xhosa/ Zulu |
6 Feb
Setswana/ Sesotho |
7 Feb
Xhosa/ Zulu |
8 Feb
Setswana/ Sesotho |
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