by Thinus Ferreira
SABC2 is shifting its weekly Sunday evening Afrikaans current affairs show Fokus to Wednesday evenings to get away from "church time" and to be more topical and news-based as part of the channel's latest schedule changes.
Sunday 5 April 2020 was the last Fokus episode with host Lynette Francis on this night with the long-running show shifting to Wednesdays at 19:00 from 8 April.
According to the show the Fokus content will now be a mix of years and the show will continue doing so every Wednesday evening. Our content will be a mix of packaged inserts, live interviews, discussions and debates with news events that will determine the choice of topics and guests.
Fokus producers Karin d’Orville (based in Gauteng), Keith Sayster (based in the Northern Cape) and Euline Reid (based in Gauteng) will also travel to other provinces throughout South Africa to tell people's stories and to cover news events.
The experienced producer Karin d'Orville focuses on a variety of subjects, while Keith Sayster, also an experienced producer, will still travel to remote places that hardly ever make the news.
The Fokus team remains under the leadership of veteran journalist Alet van Rensburg Wright.
"We are looking forward to the move to a weekday as many of our viewers have complained the Sunday evening is church time," says Alet van Rensburg Wright.
"Our aim is to give a voice to those people, who don't have a voice and to keep our leaders accountable. By broadcasting on Wednesdays we can also ensure that our programme is news-driven and give our viewers a more in-depth account on the news of the day."
