Justice Malala the next eNCA exit as The Justice Factor gets cancelled after nearly 10 years.

Justice Malala is the next high-profile exit from eNCA (DStv 403) with his long-running political interview show The Justice Factor that is cancelled.

eNCA on late Monday afternoon abruptly announced five hours before The Justice Factor that Monday night's edition would be the last episode on the rebranded eNCA.

The channel conspicuously left out the political talk show and Justice Malala when it announced its adjusted programming line-up and talent roster in mid-July a month after the channel's 10th birthday.

Industry insiders have been buzzing for weeks that the well-respected political commentator is in the running and part of the shortlisted candidates to start a new TV news channel to rival eNCA and SABC News to replace Mzwanele Manyi's struggling Afro Worldview (DStv 405), formerly ANN7, that will be shut down on 20 August on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.

MultiChoice has however refused to announce the names of the shortlisted candidates for public scrutiny, with MultiChoice SA CEO Calvo Mawela who said the Naspers-owned pay-TV service plans to announce the winning local TV news channel bid before Afro Worldview's termination date.

Justice Malala's eNCA exit after nearly a decade of hosting The Justice Factor with its "Loser of the Week" closer segments, is the latest in a flurry of well-known and respected on- and off-screen news and actuality talent that have left the eMedia Investment's Hyde Park hangout this year - some after having been at e.tv for many years.

eNCA and e.tv defections have continued unabated in 2018, including senior reporter Karyn Maughan, political analyst Angelo Fick, anchors Marc Chase, Joanne Joseph and Ayanda-Allie Paine, eNCA's former head of current affairs, Debbie Meyers, and Phathiswa Magopeni who was eNCA's business and economics editor and head of terrestrial news services at eNCA.

Over the past almost 10 years Justice Malala and The Justice Factor often created buzz-worthy moments with Malala's unrelenting probing of politicians who were willing to do sit-down interviews, as well as trainwreck spectacles with the likes of Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Justice Malala, well-versed in the visual power of television to demonstrate a point more powerfully than words can, in October 2013 drove home the shocking corruption and mismanagement in the South African government when the production crew bought R1 000 of KFC and stacked it on the anchor desk to show the shocking waste of the R53 000 in fast food including KFC that the then Northern Cape premier Sylvia Lucas bought during just 10 weeks in office using her government credit card.

In a statement Justice Malala said "I started my TV career at e.tv and will forever be grateful to have been there 10 years ago to see eNCA being born and grow to become the national treasure it is today. It is a voice that has enriched this democracy and has become a pillar of our society. I have no doubt it will continue to be vigorous and to report without fear or favour. It is a voice that must not be stilled".

Justice Malala will apparently be going overseas with his family for a sabbatical.

Mapi Mhlangu, eNCA editor-in-chief and managing director, said "we would like to thank Justice for so many years of consistently great television. He has made an enormous contribution not only to eNCA but also as a powerful voice in the political landscape of our country. We wish him and his family all the best as they embark on this new adventure".

SABC's matricless Hlaudi Motsoeneng calls South African print media 'propaganda', says 'they are poisoning the mindset of people'.

The SABC's famously matricless acting chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng seemed unsure of what to do, how to behave, and how exactly a TV interview works - even though he works in television - when he appeared on The Justice Factor with Justice Malala on eNCA (DStv 403).

Hlaudi Motsoeneng weirdly got up and walked to the presenter while the insert was still going on, instead of remaining seated and waiting for the floor manager or producer to come over and give him the okay to get up and walk out of shot.

On-air guests usually know that they have to remain seated after the end of an interview until a commercial break has kicked in.

"Please, keep -  just stay seated," implored Justice Malala as Hlaudi Motsoeneng sheepishly returned to his seat at the end of the interview after having walked halfway across the set already, in front of the back panel TV and seemingly ready and intent on exiting the studio on the opposite side behind the presenter.

It made for a cringe worthy and embarrassing television moment.

It all started on Monday night when Justice Malala asked Hlaudi Motsoeneng - who doesn't have a matric qualification and who wants South African journalists to be licensed - what qualifications journalists will have to have and what criteria will be used to "license" South African journalists.

"For me what is important is we need to license all journalists. What informs me to say that is because some of the journalists really they don't have ethics and principles," said Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

"I also agree that there are some journalists they are doing so well. They investigate stories and so on. I applaud such journalism. But there are those journalists they just go to internet. Some of them they just go to print media and just own the story when they know this is not their story".

Asked who would issue these licences, Hlaudi Motsoeneng said "an independent body", and pressed again on it said: "in that independent body we should have community representatives, professional peoples dealing with this issues" and "you can have retired journalists".

Hlaudi Motsoeneng told Justice Malala "I have concern about ombudsman" when asked about the Press Ombudsman of South Africa "because what I know is that print media pay the ombudsman. It is not an independent body. It will always be biased towards media".

Justice Malala asked Hlaudi Motsoeneng whether he realises that his suggestions are taking South Africa back to apartheid days and the Zimbabwe scenario where the government uses these kinds of bodies to stifle freedom of speech.

"No. I'm not talking about government. I'm talking about South Africa. I'm talking about people of South Africa," said Hlaudi Motsoeneng.

Hlaudi Motsoeneng was unable to give names or indicate who would be "community", only saying "ordinary people".

Hlaudi Motsoeneng called print media in South Africa "propaganda. They are portraying and even poisoning the mindset of people because most of journalists, when you talk about print media, it's always negative. South Africa is not about corruption".

Hlaudi Motsoeneng told Justice Malala "I don't get involved in running the stories" at the SABC.

He couldn't explain or say whether SABC News runs stories based on purely news values or whether its "good" or "bad" stories.

Hlaudi Motsoeneng, asked on television if he falsified his qualifications - which he apparently admitted to in a recorded interview with the Public Protector - said: "I did not".

Hlaudi Motsoeneng wasn't willing to say whether he is applying for the job of COO at the SABC when asked.

Asked if he was irregularly appointed to the job, Hlaudi Motsoeneng said the question should go to the people at the SABC who appointed him.

JUSTICE VS JULIUS. Julius Malema the studio guest Monday on The Justice Factor with Justice Malala on eNCA at 20:30.

Cue the fireworks. The EFF leader Julius Malema will be the in-studio guest of The Justice Factor with Justice Malala this coming Monday, 17 February, at 20:30 on eNCA (DStv 403).

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader was just provisionally sequestrated, which could prevent him from becoming a member of parliament, although Julius Malema keeps saying that he will be the next president of South Africa.

The Justice Factor on Monday night on eNCA is sure to make for interesting television, given that neither Julius Malema, nor Justice Malala ever pull any punches.

The Justice Factor will repeat next week Tuesday at 09:30, 15:30 and 22:30.

The Justice Factor on eNCA slams premier Sylvia Lucas with Kentucy Fried Chicken; demonstrates the well-used visual power of television.

Justice Malala of the weekly political talk show The Justice Factor on eNCA (DStv 403) slammed the Northern Cape premier Sylvia Lucas with boxes full of Kentucky Fried Chicken in a visually powerful television take-down and called on president Jacob Zuma to get rid of her.

Demonstrating the effective and incredibly powerful visual impact of television when using the strengths of TV to show the story, Justice Malala bought and stacked all the KFC Sylvia Lucas bought during just one visit to the fast food outlet.

Sylvia Lucas, branded The Justice Factor's "Loser of the week", used her government credit card - only meant to be used when she is out of town - to buy R53 000 of fast food during just the first 10 weeks in office.

Every time she would buy fast food, Sylvia Lucas would buy R1 000 at KFC, Nando's or Spur, places which are just near her home. Sylvia Lucas has denied that she has done anything wrong.

"How much can you get for R1 000 at KFC?" asked Justice Malala, as the eNCA's studio camera panned back to reveal a desk stacked high with KFC boxes and even a bucket. The visual impact was startling as the show employed the best visual elements of what great television is capable of.

"We went and bought a meal of R1 000 for one of our charities here at The Justice Factor. Look at what we got! One barrel of 20 pieces and 38 boxes of KFC Streetwise Two. With this food we will be able to feed more than 5 children tonight!" said Justice Malala.

"The R53 000 that Sylvia Lucas spent on herself could feed 136 children with three meals a day for a whole month. Where did the ANC find this poor excuse for a leader? President Zuma, do the nation a favour and fire this loser right now" said Justice Malala after having visually made one of the most powerful demonstrative statements you can possibly do with television.

Justice Malala who called her "Sylvia Full Chicken Lucas" said the food the show bought is being donated to the Othandweni Family Care Centre in Soweto.

The Justice Report on eNCA with Justice Malala has a new desk as it returns to its former studio corner.

Of course no word from e.tv but The Justice Report on eNCA (DStv 403) with Justice Malala has a new desk and is back in its own studio after weeks of borrowing the NewsNight desk at eNCA headquarters in Hyde Park.

The new studio colours of blue and red of The Justice Report now echo the new logo the show unveiled two months ago when it moved away from the amber browny set and desk.

The new The Justice Factor desk sports an obtuse angle with the political commentator and analyst sitting on one side, and guests on the other of the desk rising up with sharp corners on the sides.