Veteran broadcasting journalist Thinus Ferreria has criticised the Broadcasting Research Council of South Africa’s (BRC’s) decision to hide the country’s declining linear television viewership figures.
The BRC stopped publishing its monthly Television Audience Measurement Survey (TAMS) of the most-watched TV broadcasts after November 2024.
It has defended the decision as necessary to maintain the “credibility” of the data and to protect it from being extracted in a manner different from its methodology.
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Mercury Reborn
Satan visits Johannesburg and meets Gatiep.
\”Do you know who i am?\” Satan asks?
\”No I dont\” says Gatiep \”Give me a hint\”.
\”I am the prince of darkness\” says Satan.
\”My F#K\” yells Gatiep \”You\’re the CEO of Eskom then!\”
Red Woman
Fun South African Fact: Can you think of any other place in the world where two Nobel Peace Prize winners lived on the same street? Both Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu had houses on Vilakazi Street in Soweto.