2019 BUDGET SPEECH WATCH. Pre-analysis, live coverage and post-analysis broadcast plans on Wednesday of the SABC on SABC News and SABC2, eNCA, CNBC Africa, Open News and YouTube.

Several TV channels will be doing live coverage and analyses on 20 February when Tito Mboweni, South Africa's minister of finance, delivers his 2019 budget speech at 14:00 on Wednesday afternoon.

Here is TVwithThinus's round-up of what the coverage on South African television on Wednesday will entail:

SABC
The SABC tells me in response to a media enquiry that SABC News (DStv 404) and SABC2 will start with preview interviews and live crossings on Wednesday morning on Morning Live from the parliamentary precinct in Cape Town.

This will include economists, labour, politicians and various other experts. The SABC plans to do live crossings from the various regions on budget expectations from citizens on the ground, and also commissioned preview packages focusing on tax, Eskom, education, safety and security, and health.

Budget speech preview-related coverage will also be carried on the SABC News channel programmes, The Agenda and On Point.

Live coverage of Tito Mboweni's 2019 budget speech will start on SABC News and SABC2 at 13:50 as the minister of finance walks into parliament to deliver his address.

The speech will be carried live on these SABC channels. Subsequent to the speech, the broadcast will consist of analysis with various experts, as well as live crossings to the steps of parliament for reaction from political parties and civil society.


eNCA (DStv 403)
eNCA tells me in response to a media enquiry that it will provide full coverage and detailed analysis of Tito Mboweni's budget speech, live on the news channel from 14:00 on Wednesday.

The eNCA business anchor Devan Murugan will report live from the parliamentary precinct, leading the analysis and gauging the reactions from politicians and experts.


CNBC Africa (DStv 410 / Cell C black 512)
CNBC Africa tells me in response to a media enquiry that Godfrey Mutizwa and Karabo Letlhatlha will be anchoring the main desk from Sandton on Wednesday, crossing to Fifi Peters in Cape Town throughout the day for 2019 Budget speech coverage.

The business news channel will also carry the 2019 Budget speech live. CNBC Africa says it will naturally adapt to any changes or breaking news on Wednesday.

CNBC Africa's current run-of-day on Wednesday will be as follows:

13:00 - 14:00 Pre-Budget Panel with chief economists, banking heads and financial institutions

14:00 - 16:30 Live broadcast of the 2019 Budget speech & post-analysis with top economists, CFO’s and fund managers 

16:30 - 17:15 CEO and labour panel

17:15 - 17:35 Youth panel

17:35 - 18:05 Eskom panel

18:05 - 18:30 Tax and savings panel   

18:30 - 19:00 Highlights special (26 minutes)


Business Day TV (DStv 412)
Business Day TV tells me the business news channel will go live at 13:30 with a pre-budget speech panel anchored by Alishia Seckam.

From there Business Day TV will cross live to parliament for the speech and then come back for a brief analysis. Thereafter and into the rest of the evening, the channel will look at the various themes that come from Tito Mboweni's speech.

This will consist of various panels from tax, business, personal finance and politics, as well as taking a look at markets' reaction and some of the other news of the day.

Anchors for the day are Alicia Seckam, Leigh Roberts, Natassia Arendse and Giulietta Talevi.

Panellists appearing on Business Day for the day are Lumkile Mondi (senior lecturer: Wits School of Economics & Business Science), Zweli Mabhoza, founder/director: Priority Tax), Maarten Ackerman (chief economist: Citadel), Marcus Botha (BDO), Muneer Hassan (senior lecturer, taxation: University of Johannesburg), David Warneke (National Tax Committee Chair: SAICA), Vukani Mde (political analyst: Lefthook), Daniel Silke (political Analyst), Ralph Mathekga (political analyst), Andre de Ruyter (CEO: Nampak), Bernard Swanepoel (executive director: Small Business Institute), Nick Nick Kunze (Sanlam Private Wealth), Bernard Berson (Bidcorp), Razia Khan (Standard Chartered), Hanneke Farrand (director of private clients at ENS Attorneys), Lizl Budhram: Head of Advice at Old Mutual Personal Finance), Kevin Lings (chief economist: Stanlib), David Shapiro (Sasfin Securities), Nick Crail (Ashburton Investments).

YouTube

Parliament's YouTube channel will broadcast the 2019 Budget speech live.

Open News (Openview 120)

Open News tells me that the channel's viewers will get the opportunity to have their say from 17:00 on Wednesday afternoon when Open News starts its daily coverage of the day's top stories.

Anchors Naledi Moleo and Koketso Sachane will provide an incisive overview of the speech and weigh in on the key talking points. 

Social media anchor Ayanda Dlamini will gauge the reaction on social media, and viewers will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and reactions with the Open News team via Whatsapp.

A young group of anchors are the faces of the new South African TV news channel, Open News, on eMedia's Openview service.

A group of young anchors will lead coverage on South Africa's new Open News TV news channel launching on Thursday, 1 November at 17:00 on eMedia Investment's Openview free-to-air satellite TV service.

Open News will have a different approach to covering the news than the more traditional style of eNCA (DStv 403) that eMedia is supplying to MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV service, and the South African public broadcaster's SABC News (DStv 404).

Newzroom Afrika that will launch in early-2019 on DStv to replace the dumped and shuttered Afro Worldview will also have a heavy social media slant and will very likely look with hawk eyes from this evening at what and how Open News is doing things

The Open News anchors and news readers, as well as the reporters stationed nationwide all throughout South Africa, are young and relatively unknown to a national TV audience - something that hampers credibility.

Part of the matrix in this case though is that Open News doesn't seem to need pre-established credibility at launch since that isn't the mould the channel is coming from.

Open News is targeting a new media demo who scroll, whatsapp and do insta-selfies and who care less about who is bringing them the news, and more about getting it in a real-time, unfiltered (except photos), and in an unending loop.

On Open News Naledi Moleo, Koketso Sachane and Ayanda Dlamini will guide viewers through the day's "trending" news, including the top celebrity and showbiz stories. 

Adrian Botha will anchor Open News' sports coverage, while Inge Isaacs is the weather presenter.

"Our anchors are young, opinionated and sassy. They are informed and ready to engage on a range of topics. Open News has purposefully recruited a team that reflects a new South Africa," says Nisa Allie, OpenNews managing director.

Naledi Moleo has been a TV presenter, producer and radio host. She has worked at the SABC's SAfm where she hosted a number of talk shows.

Koketso Sachane has worked as a radio host, journalist and editor for almost two decades. He hosted The Koketso Sachane Show on CapeTalk for many years.

Ayanda Dlamini is Open News' social media anchor. Having hosted her own Good Hope FM radio show for over a decade, she will be the conduit for the day's viral social media stories.

Open News will broadcast between 17:00 and 23:00 on channel 120 on Openview, with the rest of the schedule that will be filled with international news content from global TV news channels.


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