SABC to broadcast Barack Obama's lecture on 17 July on its SABC News and SABC2 channels as part of the 6th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture.

The SABC will broadcast the former American president, Barack Obama's lecture on Tuesday 17 July as part of the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg.

Barack Obama's lecture is entitled "Renewing the Mandela Legacy and promoting active citizenship in a changing world".

So far there's been no programming advisory notification to media from enCA (DStv 405) and Afro Worldview (DStv 405) as to whether these South African channels would also be covering Barack Obama's lecture.

The SABC's SABC News (DStv 404) and SABC2 channels will broadcast Barack Obama's lecture live between 14:00 and 16:00 on Tuesday, followed by an on-air analysis of the speech.

Ten of the SABC radio stations will also be carrying the speech live from the Nelson Mandela Foundation and it will also be live streamed online through the SABC News service on YouTube. SABC News will have 2 live streams running simultaneously - one focusing on Barack Obama and the speech, and one giving a 360 degree view of the venue, with both starting at 14:00.

BREAKING. American president Barack Obama to trek through the Alaskan wilderness with Bear Grylls in special episode of Discovery Channel's Running Wild.

America's president Barack Obama will tackle nature's challenges when he appears in a special episode with survivalist Bear Grylls in  Discovery Channel's (DStv 121) Running Wild with Bear Grylls.

Running Wild With Bear Grylls started in May on the Discovery Channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform and sees the survivalist take celebrities with him as they endure harsh wilderness in remote locations in high-octane, action-based and empowering journeys.

Now the outgoing president Barack Obama will trek through the Alaskan wilderness with Bear Grylls.

The episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls will be recorded soon and broadcast later this year to help highlight the effects of climate change in Alaska.

"President Obama will meet with Bear Grylls while visiting Alaska to observe the effects of climate change on the area. The two will then come together in the Alaskan wilderness. President Obama will become the first US president to receive a crash course in survival techniques from Bear Grylls."

Celebrities like Channing Tatum, Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Zac Efron, Ben Stiller and others have already joined Bear Grylls in his wilderness treks.

BREAKING. eNCA and e.tv plans simulcast 'Obama in South Africa' live TV coverage on Saturday from 15:30.

The eNCA (DStv 403) and e.tv will have simulcast live coverage on Saturday 29 June from 15:30 until 17:00 of the visit of the United States president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama in South Africa with the eNCA's "new" American reporter Simon Marks covering proceedings.

The eNCA and e.tv will be crossing over for a live simulcast broadcast of Obama in South Africa on Saturday at 15:30 until 17:00 when the e.tv schedule will resume with WWE NXT.

The eNCA will in fact already start pre-coverage at 15:00 on Saturday, although e.tv will join in from 15:30.

The SABC didn't immediately respond to a media enquiry made asking what the SABC's possible coverage plans of the Obama trip to South Africa might entail on which channels.

On Saturday MTV Base in Johannesburg will also film an episode of MTV Base Meets... with Michelle Obama when she will be talking to South African teenagers for an episode to be broadcast on MTV Base in July.

BREAKING. M-Net goes inside the White House with Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey.

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One South African TV channel that's very definitely NOT on holiday is M-Net. The pay channel just secured the rights to the once-off special, Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Winfrey Special and will broadcast this special THIS SUNDAY, 3 January at 18:00 on M-Net.

In the hour long entertainment special that was shown just before Christmas in America, Oprah Winfrey visits the White House to chat with Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. In an exclusive sit-down interview The White House couple shares personal Christmas stories with the talk show host, tour the official American presidential residence and show what's happening behind the scenes as the White House prepares for Christmas. Even the White House dog, Bo, has a Christmas stocking!

While the cameras are rolling, president Barack Obama, also a recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, makes a surprising disclosure about how he would grade his performance in office thus far.