The SABC has added a new weekly economics half-hour show, Economics Unbound on SABC News (DStv 404) at 21:30, anchored by the SABC News economics editor, Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki.
The SABC announced Economics Unbound on Thursday at 17:17, four hours before the debut of the first episode. No title card of publicity image was released as is customary.
The SABC says Economics Unbound will be "one of the flagship programmes of the SABC News division".
Economics Unbound will seek "to rise above the market noise that obscures the understanding of the economy, how it operates and how it is managed".
"The show seeks to include ordinary South Africans in purposeful and well-informed discussions about the economy while providing them with enough information to make better economic and financial decisions".
The SABC says Economics Unbound will include "30 minutes of deep and tough questioning on the issues of the week, including interviews with key decision makers and experts".
Phathiswa Magopeni, the SABC's head of news and current affairs, says "the programme is one of the many endeavours by the public news service to ensure quality and credible news content to its local and international audiences".
"Economics Unbound is one of the many shows that seek to break down complex issues and make them comprehensible to the South African public, in line with our mandate."
