SABC to launch own on-demand video streaming service

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is planning to launch its own video-on-demand streaming service, competing with likes of Netflix and Apple TV Plus.

The news comes as the embattled broadcaster and the Communications Department craft a plan to get more South Africans to contribute to TV licence fees.

Details around the video streaming service are still murky but according to Channel24, the plan is to have this service working in the same way as the SABC news app.

The offering is expected to launch sometime next year.

-EWN

In other news – Drama as traffic police officer stops actress Rami Chuene to only ask her to unblock him on Twitter

Rami Chuene has shared a rather bizarre experience she had with a Metro Police officer who stopped her on the road as she was driving home. The police officer requested that the Isono actress unblocks her on Twitter.

The former The Queen actress shared this experience on her social media this week and explained that she could not agree to his request because she might have blocked him for a reason. Learn More