e.tv just released the TV coverage details of the upcoming local government election taking place this Wednesday and how the eNews Channel (DStv 403) and e.tv will be covering it.
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The eNews Channel will stay with dedicated election coverage from 06:00 on Wednesday 18 May for 48 hours and will have a team of news anchors and reporters at election ''hotspots'' including the Results Centre of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in pretoria, the Cape Town IEC Centre, Port Elizabeth and East London as well as Durban's IEC Centre. TV reporters will also be at polling stations across South Africa for the day.
The eNews Channel says it will supplement its election day coverage with comprehensive analyses with top expert guests although no names are provided.
The e.tv schedule changes for Wednesday with e.tv taking the eNews Channel feed during several times of the day, most notably using the strength of the Morning News Today broadcast as well as the eNews Channel's primetime news bulletin News Night.
e.tv will be switching over using the eNews Channel feed on Wednesday from 06:00 to 09:00 to broadcast Morning News Today.
The eNews Channel feed will also be running on e.tv between 10:00 and 11:20. Then there is also the usual News Day between 13:00 and 13:30.
e.tv will again switch over from 18:00 on Wednesday evening for a simulcast broadcast of the live News Night with Jeremy Maggs and Nikiwe Bikitsha.
