Monday, December 21, 2009

BREAKING. SABC2 pre-empting Tuesday's schedule for a LIVE Manto funeral broadcast.


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SABC2 is pre-empting tomorrow morning's schedule to cover the funeral of the former health minister, dr. Manto Tshalalaba-Msimang LIVE between 10:00 and 12:30.

A few years ago, a former SABC2 channel head made the off-sides joke to me that SABC2 as ''the channel of the nation'' is actually ''the funeral channel'' because of all the high profile funerals of politicians that SABC2 has a unofficial ''must carry'' policy for.

SABC2 will carry the Manto funeral proceedings LIVE on Tuesday between 10:00 and 12:30.

Programs scrapped include: Takalani Sesame, Wild Touch, Mother of All Professions, Talk SA and
Motswako.